The Boston Children’s Hospital Stem Cell Program’s 20th Anniversary Symposium will explore the basic science of, and clinical progress in, stem cell biology and cell-based therapies. This in-person event will foster active exchange among speakers and attendees from the Boston community. Speakers will include preeminent stem cell scientists from academia and biopharma and prominent investors in the field.
Program schedule
| Time | Event |
| 8:30 to 9 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. | Welcome Wendy Chung, Chief of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| 9:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. | Opening Keynote Elaine Fuchs, Rockefeller University |
| 9:45 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. | Scientific Discoveries and Foundations Carla Kim, moderator Timothy Springer, Boston Children’s Hospital Paola Arlotta, Harvard University Fernando Camargo, Stem Cell Program, Boston Children’s Hospital Leonard Zon, Stem Cell Program, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| 11:05 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. | Break |
| 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Discoveries Enabling Translation Leonard Zon, moderator Stuart Orkin, Boston Children’s Hospital Carla Kim, Stem Cell Program, Boston Children’s Hospital Leslie Kean, Boston Children’s Hospital Suneet Agarwal, Boston Children’s Hospital George Daley, Stem Cell Program, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | Lunch and Networking |
| 2 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. | Translating Therapies Into Practice George Daley, moderator Serena De Vita, AstraZeneca Jennifer Dovey, Triveni Bio Seth Ettenberg, BlueRock Therapeutics Samarth Kulkarni, CRISPR Therapeutics Andrew Plump, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company |
| 3:20 p.m. to 3:35 p.m. | Break |
| 3:35 p.m. to 4:35 p.m. | Financing Stem Cell Therapies Andrew Plump, moderator David Fallace, Cure Ventures Jean-François Formela, Atlas Venture Paulina Hill, Sanofi Ventures Rajiv Kaul, Fidelity Investments |
| 4:35 p.m. to 5:05 p.m. | Closing Keynote Sean Morrison, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| 5:05 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
Sponsored by the Boston Children's Hospital Stem Cell Program and its partners:
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