AGENDA

7:45 am Bus departure to Brocher Foundation

08:45   Welcome and Introduction

·         Dr. Bartha M. Knoppers, CGP, McGill University  (Chair)

·         Dr. Alexandre Mauron, IEB, Université de Genève (Co-Chair)

·         Brocher Foundation representative/member

09:00   Scientific Advances: Looking Beyond the Embryo

Chair: Bartha Knoppers (Canada)

09:00     Scientific Advances in Stem Cell-based Therapies

Fanyi Zeng (China)

09:15     iPS, UCB and other Alternative Sources

Bing Lim (Singapore)

09:30     Stem Cells and Proteins Therapeutics

Michael Rudnicki (Canada)

09:45  Discussion

10:00   Coffee Break

10:15   Policy frameworks

Chair: Genevra Richardson (UK)

10:15     International Collaboration and Policy Interoperability

Rosario Isasi (Canada)

10:35     Stem Cell Research Policy at the European Level

Mr Jacques Remacle (European Commission, Health Directorate)

10:55     The Public, Policymakers and Researcher Perceptions

Timothy Caulfield (Canada)

11:15     Ethics, Policy and Regulation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Iran

Masooreh Saniei (UK, Iran) (Young Scholar)

11:30     Suggestions for a Transnational Policymaking Framework to Guide Stem Cell Research and Resolve Conflicts

Amy Campbell (USA) (Young Scholar)

11:45     Discussion

12:00   Lunch (Brocher Foundation)

12:50   TRANSnational organizations: Future Directions

Chair:  Alexandre Mauron (Switzerland)

12:50     ISCF

Bartha Knoppers (Canada)

13:10     IASCR

Geoffrey Lomax (USA)

13:30     The Hinxton Group

Ruth Faden (USA)

13:50     Discussion

14:00  Coffee Break

14:15   PATENTS AND COMMERCIALIZATION

Chair: Yann Joly (Canada)

14:15   European Patent Policy

Aurora Plomer (UK)

14:35   Avoiding the Subject: Patents, Stem Cells & Quality Science

Matthew Herder (USA) (Young Scholar)

14:50   Open Biotechnology and the Regulation of Commercialization of Human Stem Cell Lines

Carol George (Scotland) (Young Scholar)

15:05   Discussion

15:35   Bus to Hotel/Free time

19:30   Dinner (Cafė Papon)

8:20 am Bus departure to Brocher Foundation

09:00   Stem Cell Banks and Registries

Chair: Rosario Isasi (Canada)

09:00     hESreg - An Attempt to Handle Ethical Pluralism in Europe

Klaus Tanner (Germany)

09:20     Registries and Reality: The Role of Stem Cell Banks

Glyn Stacey (UK)

09:40     Performing Legitimate Practice in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Banking: the Case of Spain and the UK.

Neil Stephens (UK) (Young Scholar)

09:55     Embryo Banking for Stem Cell Research: Socio-ethical and Regulatory Issues in the United States

Michelle McGowan (USA) (Young Scholar)

10:10   Discussion

10:25   COFFEE BREAK

10:40   GOVERNANCE

Chair: Geoffrey Lomax (USA)

10:40     International Approaches to Governance

Salla Lötjönen (Finland)

11:00     Regulatory Issues & International Collaboration

Genevra Richardson (UK)

11:20     Stem Cell Governance in China: From Bench to Bedside?

Haidan Chen (China) (Young Scholar)

11:35     Policy Frameworks for Stem Cell Research and Translation in Emerging Economies

Dominique McMahon (Canada) (Young Scholar)

11:50     Discussion

12:05   Lunch

13:05   Stem Cell-based Clinical trials: ELSI PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES

Chair: Bartha Knoppers (Canada)

13:05     ISSCR Guidelines on the Clinical Translation of SCs

Insoo Hyun (USA)

13:25     Stem Cell-Based Clinical Trials: The German Perspective

Ludger Honnefelder (Germany)

13:45     Regulatory and Social Aspects of Stem Cell Clinical Trials

Christian Haddad (Austria) (Young Scholar)

14:00     Salvation or Exploitation? Assessing Patient Experiences with Unproven Stem Cell Therapies

Aaron Levine (USA) (Young Scholar)

14:15     Patient Recruitments Through ‘Bionetworking’: The Case of ‘Experimental’ Stem Cell Therapy in India

Prasanna Patra (India) (Young Scholar)

14:30     Discussion

14:45   concLUDING REMARKS

Co-Chair: Alexandre Mauron (Switzerland)

15:05   End of the Workshop

15:15   Bus to Hotel/Free time

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Speakers and Chairs

• Bartha M. Knoppers, CGP, McGill University (Chair)

• Alexandre Mauron, IEB, Université de Genève (Co-Chair)

• Timothy Caulfield (University of Alberta, Canada)

• Ruth Faden (Johns Hopkins University,USA)

• Ludger Honnefelder (University of Bonn, Germany)

• Insoo Hyun (Case Western Reserve University, USA)

• Rosario Isasi (McGill University , Canada)

• Yann Joly (McGill University, Canada)

• Bing Lim (Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore)

• Salla Lötjönen (Ministry of Justice, Finland)

• Geoffrey Lomax (CIRM, USA)

• Aurora Plomer (University of Sheffield, UK)

• Jacques Remacle (European Commission, Health Directorate)

• Genevra Richardson (King’s College London, UK)

• Michael Rudnicki (Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research, Canada)

• Glyn Stacey (UK Stem Cell Bank, UK)

• Klaus Tanner (Heidelberg University, Germany)

• Fanyi Zeng (Shanghai Stem Cell Institute, China)

Young Scholars

• Amy T. Campbell (SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA)

• Haidan Chen (Zhejiang University, China)

• Carol George (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)

• Christian Haddad (University of Vienna, Austria)

• Matthew Herder (New York University, USA)

• Aaron Levine (Georgia Tech, USA)

• Michelle McGowan (Case Western Reserve University, USA)

• Dominique McMahon (University of Toronto, Canada)

• Masooreh Saniei, M. (King’s College London, UK/ Iran)

• Neil Stephens(Cardiff University, UK)

• Prasanna Patra (Leiden University, India)

Observers

• Marisa Jaconi (Université de Genève, Switzerland)

• Gaia Barazzetti (Université de Genève, Switzerland)

• Ira Herrmann (Stem Cell Network NRW, Germany)

Brocher Foundation

• Cécile Caldwell Vulliéty (General Secretary)

• Marie Grosclaude (Scientific events coordinator)

• Raji Sultan (Communication officer)