Annual Unither Nanomedical & Telemedical Technology Conference

Conference Agenda

2nd Annual Unither Nanomedical & Telemedical Technology Conference

Tuesday, February 24, 2009
4:00 - 11:00 PM	Hotel Check-in / Conference Check-in
6:30 - 9:30 PM	Buffet Reception

Wednesday, February 25, 2009	Nanomedical Technology
6:15 – 6:45 AM	Buffet Breakfast
6:50 – 7:10 AM	Opening Remarks – Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., Conference Co-Chair
7:10 – 9:10 AM	*Session 1 – Telemanagement of Very Small In Vivo* Devices**
7:10 – 7:30 AM	Ven Manda – Vice President of Medtronic Ventures & New Therapies, “Remotely Managing Chronic Diseases-Role of Implantable Devices”
7:40 – 8:00 AM	Robert Sclabassi, M.D., Ph.D. – CEO: Computational Diagnostics, Inc., “Brain-Implantable Computing Platform”
8:10 – 8:30 AM	Julien Penders, M.Sc. – Program Manager: Holst Centre/ IMEC, “Potential and Challenges of Body Area Networks for Personalized Health”
8:40 – 9:00 AM	Jay Yadav, M.D., FACC – CEO: CardioMEMS, Inc., “Wireless Sensing for the Body”
9:10 – 9:30 AM	Coffee Break
9:30 – 12:20 PM	Session 2 – Technology Development Pathways for Medical Nanobots
9:30 – 9:50 AM	Alex Travis, V.M.D., Ph.D. – Associate Professor: Cornell University, “Sequential Metabolic Reactions on a Chip: A Step Toward Energy Production to Power Implantable Medical Nanodevices”
10:00 – 10:20 AM	Sonia Antoranz Contera, M.D. – RCUK Fellow in Biological Physics: University of Oxford, “Nanotubes as a Drug Delivery System”
10:30 – 10:50 AM	Rob Burgess, Ph.D. – Founder & President: Medical Nanotechnologies, Inc., “Carbon Nanotube-Based Therapeutics”
11:00 – 11:20 AM	Coffee Break
11:20 – 11:40 AM	Srinivas Sridhar, Ph.D. – Director: NCI/NSF Igert Nanomedical Program - Northeastern University, “Nanoplatforms for Nanomedicine”
11:50 – 12:10 PM	Tihamer Toth-Fejel – Nanotechnology Researcher: General Dynamics Advanced Intelligence Systems, “Respirocytes from Patterned Atomic Layer Epitaxy: The Most Conservative Pathway to the Simplest Medical Nanorobot”
12:20 – 1:00 PM	Buffet Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM	Keynote Speaker Ray Kurzweil – Founder, Chairman & CEO: Kurzweil Technologies, Inc., “The Radical Expansion of Human Longevity and Intelligence”
2:00 – 2:30 PM	Ray Kurzweil – Q & A Discussion
2:30 – 2:50 PM	Coffee Break
2:50 – 6:10 PM	Session 3 – Nanomedical Structures and Devices in Development Today
2:50 – 3:10 PM	Jamboor K. Vishwanatha, Ph.D. – Dean & Professor: University of North Texas Health Center at Fort Worth, “Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy”
3:20 – 3:40 PM	John Yeow, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor: University of Waterloo, “Flexible and Transparent Dosimeters for Radiation Oncology Applications”
3:50 – 4:10 PM	Laurent Levy, Ph.D. – CEO: Nanobiotrix SA, “Nanodevice for Radiotherapy: Preclinical & Clinical Development”
4:20 – 4:40 PM	Coffee Break
4:40 – 5:00 PM	Morten Foss, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist: Aarhus University iNANO (Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center), “Micro- and Nanotopography for Controlled Cellular Response”
5:10 – 5:30 PM	Shuyi Li, M.D., Ph.D. – Research Scientist: Medical College of Georgia, “Modifying the Function of DNA Repair Nanomachines for Therapeutic Benefit”
5:40 – 6:00 PM	Simon Benita, Ph.D. – Professor: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, “Antibody-Nanocarrier Conjugates for Drug Targeting and Improved Cancer Therapy”
6:30 – 9:30 PM	Dinner at Manoir des Sables

Thursday, February 26, 2009	Telemedical Technology
6:30 – 7:00 AM	Buffet Breakfast
7:15 – 7:30 AM	Opening Remarks – Baruch S. Blumberg, M.D., Ph.D., Conference Co-Chair
7:30 – 10:00 AM	Session 4 – Nano-Bio Interfaces & Hybrids
7:30 – 7:50 AM	Mark Kester, Ph.D. – Professor: Pennsylvania State University, “Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles as Nano ‘Solutions’ for Drug Delivery and Bioimaging”
8:00 – 8:20 AM	David Yu Zhang, Ph.D. – Professor: California Institute of Technology, “Bioengineering with (only) DNA”
8:30 – 8:50 AM	Ennio Tasciotti, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor: Division for Nanomedicine at the Institute for Molecular Medicine, UTHSC-Houston, “Nanoporous Silicon as a Platform for Targeted Drug Delivery & Discovery of Proteomic Signatures for Cancer Diagnostics”
9:00 – 9:20 AM	Gary Craig, M.S., E.I.T. – University of Maine, “PEGylated Gold Nanoparticles Conjugated to Monoclonal F19 Antibodies as Targeted Labeling Agents for Human Pancreatic Carcinoma Tissue”
9:30 – 9:50 AM	Jean-Pierre Leburton, Ph.D. – Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Merging Biology and Nanoelectronics for Bio-molecule Detection and Manipulation”
10:00 – 10:20 AM	Coffee Break
10:20 – 11:20 AM	Session 5 – Nanomedical Functionality
10:20 – 10:40 AM	Eric Jakobsson, Ph.D. – Director: National Center for Design of Biomimetic Nanoconductors - University of Illinois, “Functional Protocells for Nanomedicine”
10:50 – 11:10 AM	Raj Bawa, Ph.D. – Adjunct Associate Professor: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute & Patent Agent at Bawa Biotech Consulting, “Nanomedicine & Drug Delivery: Size Does Matter”
11:20 – 11:50 AM	Keynote Speaker Professor Kevin Warwick, Ph.D. – Professor of Cybernetics: University of Reading, “Practical Experimentation with Implant Technology”
11:50 – 12:20 PM	Professor Kevin Warwick, Ph.D. – Q & A Discussion
12:30 – 1:30 PM	Buffet Lunch
1:40 – 4:10 PM	*Session 6 – Telemedical In Vivo* Devices in Development Today**
1:40 – 2:00 PM	Brian Brockway – President, CEO & Chairman: Transoma Medical, Inc., “Implantable Systems for Monitoring and Diagnosis of Patients with Chronic Cardiovascular Disease”
2:10 – 2:30 PM	Diana Hodgins, D.Sc. – Managing Director: European Technology for Business, “Development of Intelligent Implants”
2:40 – 3:00 PM	Elias Greenbaum, Ph.D. – Corporate Fellow: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, “Nanoscale Photovoltaics & Artificial Sight”
3:10 – 3:30 PM	Justin C. Sanchez, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor: University of Florida, “Direct Brain-Machine Interfaces”
3:40 – 4:00 PM	Robert C. Bourge, M.D. – Director: Division of Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, “The Clinical & Investigational Potential of Implanted Remotely Monitored Hemodynamic Monitoring Devices”
4:10 – 4:30 PM	Coffee Break
4:30 – 6:20 PM	Session 7 – Telemedical Control of Medical Nanobots
4:30 – 4:50 PM	Jun Li, Ph.D. – Associate Professor: Chemistry Department at Kansas State University, “Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofiber Array as a Neural Electric Interface for Neural Stimulation”
5:00 – 5:20 PM	Jamil Khan, Ph.D. – Head of Electrical Engineering Discipline: University of Newcastle-Callaghan, “Wireless Technologies for Wearable & Implantable Wireless Body Area Networks”
5:30 – 5:50 PM	Christian Dahmen, M.Sc. – Research Associate: University of Oldenburg, “Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Magnetic Nanobots for Targeted Drug Delivery”
6:00 – 6:20 PM	Closing Remarks – Dismissal from Panel Discussions
7:30 – 10:00 PM	Closing Banquet at Cavallini Restaurant; 101 Rue Du Moulin, Magog, QC

Friday, February 27, 2009
12:00 PM	Hotel Check Out

For further information contact Temple Fortson at 301.608.9292 ext. 1703 or tfortson@unither.com.
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