| SUNDAY |
| 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Opening Reception |
| 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Intro Session |
| Discussion Leaders: Eric A. Rose, MD (Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons) & Marvin A. Konstam, MD (Tufts New England Medical Center) |
| Leslie Miller, MD (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
"State of the Art: Indications, Outcomes and Limitations" |
| Sharon A. Hunt, MD (Stanford University School of Medicine)
"Current Controversies in Destination Therapy: The Case for Conservatism" |
| James Long, MD (LDS Hospital)
"Current Controversies in Destination Therapy: The Case for Expansiveness" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Present and Emerging Technologies |
| Discussion Leaders: Alan J. Snyder, PhD (Penn State College of Medicine) & James Anderson, MD, PhD (Case Western Reserve) |
| Robert L. Kormos, MD (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
"Present and Future Devices" |
| William R. Wagner, MD (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
"Blood-Device Interface" |
| James F. Antaki, PhD (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Control Systems" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Preventing and Managing Adverse Events (1) |
| Discussion Leaders: William L. Holman, MD (University of Alabama at Birmingham) & Mariell Jessup, MD (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania) |
| Franklin D. Lowy, MD (Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons)
"Infection" |
| Terry Lennie, PhD, RN (University of Kentucky School of Nursing)
"Nutrition" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Preventing and Managing Adverse Events (2) |
| Discussion Leaders: Ann Marie Schmidt, MD (Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons) & Robert C. Bourge, MD (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| Yoram Vodovotz, MD (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
"Predicting the Inflammatory Response Using Mechanistic Mathematical Models" |
| Kenneth G. Mann, PhD
"Coagulation, Bleeding and Thrombosis" |
| Diane E. Meier, MD (Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY)
"Ethical Issues: End of life, quality of life" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Clinical Trials |
| Discussion Leader: Annetine C. Gelijns, PhD (Columbia University Medical Center) |
| Annetine C. Gelijns, PhD (Columbia University Medical Center)
"Challenges in Designing and Conducting Clinical Trials and Registry Studies" |
| LVAD Registry Awardee: James K. Kirklin, MD (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
| Daniel Heitjan, PhD (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)
"Analysis of Non-Survival Endpoints" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Challenges to Technological Innovations |
| Discussion Leaders: John T. Watson, PhD (University California San Diego) & Beverly H. Lorell, MD, FACC (VP and Chief Medical and Technology Officer, Guidant Corp, and Professor of Medicine, Harvard University Medical School) |
| John C. Woodard, MD (Ventracor, Inc.)
"Who and What Are We Designing For?" |
| Eric A. Rose, MD (Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons)
"Process and Innovation" |
| J. Timothy Baldwin, PhD (NIH, NHLBI)
"Role of Government and Technology" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Recovery |
| Discussion Leader: Robert L. Kormos, MD (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) |
| Guillermo Torre-Amione, MD, PhD (Texas Medical Center)
"Overview of Recovery" |
| Christine S. Moravec, PhD (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
"Mechanisms of Recovery" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cell Transplantation |
| Discussion Leaders: Silviu Itescu, MBBS (Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons) & Richard D. Weisel, MD (Toronto General Hospital) |
| Doris A. Taylor, PhD (University of Minnesota)
"Undifferentiated Stem Cell Transplantation" |
| Warren Sherman, MD (Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons)
"Delivery Mechanisms" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Closing Reception |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Organizers: J. Timothy Baldwin, PhD (NIH, NHLBI) & Alan J. Snyder, PhD (Penn State College of Medicine) |
| Discussion Topics: Nominating next Chair, Nominating next Vice-Chair, Agreeing on location, preferred dates, Nominating conference representative to the Council |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
