Regener8 Annual Conference 2012 'Regenerative Therapies
the Road to the Clinic’
27th September 2012

The Regener8 Annual Conference 2012 is a one day meeting with a focus on the translation and commercialisation of regenerative therapies.

Following the sucess of last year's annual conference in Manchester's The Lowry Theatre and Art Gallery, we are delighted to announce that this year's conference will see the first time this important event in the UK RegenMed sector's calendar is held in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Regener8 Annual Conference 2012 is a one day meeting with a focus on the translation and commercialisation of regenerative therapies. Delegates will hear from respected industry and academic experts and see how Regener8 is promoting translation in the region with a showcase of Regener8-funded projects.

This day is aimed at academics, clinicians and industry representatives who are involved in the field of regenerative medicine. We welcome existing Regener8 members as well as new representatives from the wider regenerative medicine community that would like to engage with like-minded delegates.

The theme for 2012 will be focussed around progressing regenerative therapies into the clinic, with keynote speakers from companies who are doing this successfully in the UK and beyond.

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PROGRAMME

9.00-10.00am Registration, networking, exhibition & poster viewing
10.00-10.10am Opening Address
Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council of England
10.10-10.20am Welcome & Regener8 update
John Fisher, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds & Executive Director, Regener8
10.20-10.40am Islet Transplantation (exact title TBC)
James Shaw, Professor of Regenerative Medicine for Diabetes and Honorary Consultant Physician, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University
10.40-11.10am Keynote: Translating an innovative research concept in to a final regulatory approved medical device product (exact title TBC)
Helen Berry, Research and Technical Manager, Tissue Regenix Group
Session Chair: John Fisher
11.10-11.30am Refreshments, networking, exhibition & poster viewing
11.30-11.55am Tendon Regeneration (exact title TBC)
Clinical Speaker (School of Medicine, University of Manchester)
11.55-12.20pm The supply route for human tissue – in a changing environment (exact title TBC)
Dr Paul Rooney, Research and Development Manager in Tissue Services,
NHS Blood and Transplant.
Session Chair: TBC
12.20-1.50pm Lunch, networking, exhibition & poster viewing
1.50-2.35pm Technology Strategy Board Cell Therapy ‘Catapult’ Centre Overview
Keith Thomson, CEO, Cell Therapy Catapult Centre & Zahid Latif, Head of Healthcare, Technology Strategy Board
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Technology Strategy Board Developing Therapeutics projects:
2.35-2.50pm FibroFix™: Functional, tissue regenerative cartilage repair implants
Nick Skaer, CEO, Orthox Ltd.
2.50-3.05pm The ASPIRE Project - Adenovirus Specific Paediatric Immune Reconstitution
Karen Hodgkin, Head of Clinical Development, Cell Medica
Session Chair: Paul Kemp
3.05-3.30pm Refreshments, networking, exhibition & poster viewing
3.30-3.45pm RAFT: Corneal Stem Cells – First in Man Safety Study
Julie Daniels, Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapy, UCL
3.45-4.00pm EktoTherix™: regenerative tissue scaffold for repair of surgical excision wounds
Peter Iddon, Development Manager, Neotherix
4.00-4.30pm Keynote: Evaluating regenerative medicines in the clinic - not business as usual
Wilfried Dalemans, Chief Technical Officer, TiGenix
Session Chair: TBC
4.30-5.30pm Refreshments, networking & exhibition including announcement of Poster Competition awards at 4.45pm

Expected Number of Attendees

MA

View Conference Website: Regener8 Annual Conference 2012 'Regenerative Therapies: the Road to the Clinic’

Price of Attendance

£75.00

Brochure

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Location

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays, South Shore Rd,
Gateshead
United Kingdom
NE8 3BA