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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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4:00 - 11:00 PM
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Hotel Check-in / Conference Check-in
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| 6:30 - 9:30 PM |
Buffet Reception |
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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| 7:00 – 7:45 AM |
Buffet Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 9:30 AM |
Session 1 – Telemanagement of Very Small In Vivo Devices |
| 8:00 – 8:20 AM |
Robert C. Bourge, M.D., – Chairman, Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Disease: University of Alabama at Birmingham,
“Future Potential of Telemedical Devices to Monitor & Enhance Patient Health”
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| 8:30 – 8:50 AM |
Christian Dahmen, M.Sc. – Head Researcher: University of Oldenburg,
“MRI-based Navigation and Control of Micro- and Nanobots for Targeted Drug Delivery” |
| 9:00 – 9:20 AM |
Sinan Haliyo, Ph.D. – Associate Professor: Université Pierre et Marie Curie, “Artificial Helical Nanobelt Robots for Biomedical Applications” |
| 9:30 – 10:00 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 10:00 – 12:00 PM |
Session 2 – Technology Development Pathways for Medical Nanobots |
| 10:00 – 10:20 AM |
Sylvain Martel, Eng., Ph.D., FCAE – Associate Professor: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, “Travelling From the Arteries to the Microvasculature with Different Types of Nanobots” |
| 10:30 – 10:50 AM |
Ralph C. Merkle, Ph.D. – Senior Research Fellow: Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, “Medical Nanorobots and Their Development” |
| 11:00 – 11:20 AM |
Tad Hogg, Ph.D. – Research Fellow: Institute of Molecular Manufacturing, “Chemical Power for Microscopic Robots in Capillaries” |
| 11:30 – 11:50 PM |
Stephen C. Lee – Associate Professor: The Ohio State University,
“Protein Engineering to Solve Problems at Nanoscale” |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PM |
Buffet Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:00 PM |
Keynote Speaker
Ray Kurzweil – Founder, Chairman & CEO: Kurzweil Technologies, Inc., “The Democratization of Health and Medicine in an Era of Accelerating Technologies” |
| 2:00 – 2:30 PM |
Ray Kurzweil - Q & A Discussion |
| 2:30 – 3:00 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 3:00 – 4:30 PM |
Session 3 – Nanomedical Structures and Devices in Development Today |
| 3:00 – 3:20 PM |
Ennio Tasciotti, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor: University of Texas Health Sciences Center, “BioNanoScaffolds for Personalized Post-Traumatic Osteoregeneration” |
| 3:30 – 3:50 PM |
Shuyi Li, M.D., Ph.D. – Research Scientist: Medical College of Georgia, “Porous-wall Hollow Glass Microspheres as Novel Potential Nanocarriers for Biomedical Applications” |
| 4:00 – 4:20 PM |
Francine Goulet, Ph.D. – Professor: CHA, Hopital de l’Enfant-Jesus,
“Nanomedical Biological Device in Development for Torn ACL Replacement” |
| 4:30 – 4:50 PM |
Mark Kester, Ph.D. – Professor: Pennsylvania State Hershey College of Medicine, " Dihydrosphingosine-1-Phosphate Triggers Lineage Switching of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells to Antitumor Immune Effectors During Photoimmuno-Nanotherapy" |
| 7:00 – 9:00 PM |
Dinner at Manoir des Sables |
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
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| 7:45 – 8:45 AM |
Buffet Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM |
Opening Remarks – Baruch S. Blumberg, M.D., Ph.D., Conference Co-Chair |
| 9:30 – 10:30 AM |
Session 4 – Nano-Bio Interfaces & Hybrids |
| 9:30 – 9:50 AM |
William Dynan, Ph.D. – Professor & GRA Eminent Scholar: Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics; College of Georgia, “Understanding and Re-engineering Nucleoprotein Machines to Cure Human Disease” |
| 10:00 – 10:20 AM |
Professor Yechezkel Barenholz, Ph.D. – Professor: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, “Phospholipid Liposomes as Potential Biolubricant Agents for Friction and Wear Reduction in Cartilage of Human Synovial Joints: The Role of Phospholipid Physical Chemistry and Nanoism” |
| 10:30 – 11:00 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 12:00 PM |
Session 5 – Use of Systems Biology to Accelerate Nanomedical Therapies |
| 11:00 – 11:20 AM |
Eberhard O. Voit, Ph.D. – Professor: Georgia Institute of Technology,
“The Role of Systems Biology in Drug Delivery and Predictive Health” |
| 11:30 – 11:50 AM |
James Hickman, Ph.D. – Professor: University of Central Florida, “Functional In vitro Systems as Models for the Next Generation of Systems Biology Research and Applications.” |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PM |
Buffet Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:30 PM |
Keynote Speaker
Ricardo Carvajal, J.D., M.S. – Counsel: Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., “The Controversy Over FDA’s Regulation of Nanotechnology: Potential Impacts on Nanomedicine” |
| 1:30 – 2:00 PM |
Q & A on Regulation of Nanomedical & Telemedical Technology |
| 2:00 – 2:30 PM |
Coffee Break |
| 2:30 – 4:30 PM |
Session 6 – Nanomedical Pharmaceuticals |
| 2:30 – 2:50 PM |
Professor Yechezkel Barenholz, Ph.D. – Professor: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, “From Nanotechnology to Nano-drugs: Our DoxilTM Experience” |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM |
Bradley K. Weiner, M.D. – Associate Professor: Weill Cornell Medical College, “Nanoporous Silicon Particles (NSP) as a Delivery System for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Disease” |
| 3:30 – 3:50 PM |
Molly S. Shoichet, Ph.D., FRSC – Professor: University of Toronto,
“Polymeric Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery in Cancer” |
| 4:00 – 4:20 PM |
Christian Schafmeister, Ph.D. – Associate Professor: Temple University,
“Using Molecular Lego for Nanomedicine” |
| 4:30 – 4:45 PM |
Closing Remarks
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| 7:00 – 10:00 PM |
Closing Banquet at Cavallini Restaurant; 101 Rue du Moulin, Magog, QC |
| Friday, February 26, 2010 |
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| 12:00 PM |
Hotel Check Out |
