Afternoon - Arrival and Registration

6:00 - Opening Reception

• Joseph D. Fenstermacher - Henry Ford Hospital. Detroit, MI, USA
  "Anatomy, Physiology, and Interactions of the Brain Barriers."
• Malcolm B. Segal - Sherrington School of Physiology, London, UK
  "The Formation of Brain ECF at the BBB and the Interactions Between CSF and the Brain ECF."

8:30: Group Photo

• Adam Chodobski - Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
  "Choroid Plexus: Not Only for CSF Production."
• Jean F. Ghersi-Egea - INSERM, Faculte de Medecine RTH Laennec, Lyon, France
  "Implication of the Choroid Plexus and Other Blood-Brain Interfaces in Cerebral Detoxication Processes."

10:35-10:55: Coffee Break

• Nathalie Strazielle - INSERM, Faculte de Medecine RTH Laennec, Lyon, France
  "Contribution of Cell Culture Models to the Investigation of Transport Mechanisms at the Blood-CSF Barrier."
• Marc R. Del Bigio - University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
  "Ependymal Barrier Function and Alterations in Brain Fluids in Hydrocephalus."

12:30 (prompt): Lunch

4:00: Drinks and snacks

6:00: Candlelight Dinner

• Katarzyna Dziegielewska - University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
  "Bypassing the Barrier."
• Hazel Jones - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
  "Molecular Markers and Mechanisms in BBB Development."
• Norman R. Saunders - University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
  "Barriers in the Developing Brain: Structural and Functional Aspects."

• Joan N. Abbott - King's College, London, UK
  "In vitro models of the BBB."
• Milton W. Brightman - NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
  "The Interactions of Astroglia and the Brain Endothelium."

10:35-10:55: Coffee Break

• John Greenwood - University College, London, UK
  "Brain Endothelial Cell Signaling Pathways Involved in the Support of T Lymphocyte Migration."
• Maria Spatz - NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
  "The Role of Endothelin and NO in the BBB Function."

12:30 (prompt): Lunch

4:00-6:00: Poster Session #1

6:00: Dinner

• Quentin R. Smith - Texas Technical University, Texas, TX, USA
  "Designing Drugs for Facilitating Delivery to the Brain. Study with the L-system."
• Raymond T. Bartus - Alkermes, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
  "Increasing Delivery to the Brain by Pharmacological Modulation of the BBB."

• William M. Pardridge - UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  "New Drug Delivery Through the BBB."
• Edward A. Neuwelt - Oregon Health Sci. Univ., Oregon, OR, USA
  "Outwitting of the BBB to Deliver Drugs, Proteins and Viruses."

10:35-10:55: Coffee Break

• Renata Pasqualini - Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
  "Vasculature Targetting."
• Brian E. Wojcik - Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
  "Gene Delivery Across the BBB."

6:00: Dinner

• Richard M. McCarron - Naval Medical Research Inst., Bethesda, MD, USA
  "Possible Mechanisms of Adhesion Molecule Expression and their Role in Stroke."
• Richard F. Keep - University of Michigan, Michigan, MI, USA
  "BBB in Cerebral Ischemia."

9:00-9:30: Business Meeting

• Carol K. Petito - Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA
  "Brain Barriers' Dysfunction in HIV Infection."
• William F. Hickey - Dartmouth Medical Center, Dartmouth, NH, USA
  "Leukocytes and Macrophages Trafficking Across the BBB."

10:35-10:55: Coffee Break

• Berislav Zlokovic - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  "BBB and CNS Transport Mechanisms for Aß Peptides via Apolipoproteins J and E: Role in the Development of Cerebral Aß Amyloidosis and Alzheimer's Disease Pathology."
• Andrzej W. Vorbrodt - Inst. Basic Res. Devel. Disab., Staten Island, NY, USA
  "Age-Associated Changes at the BBB."

12:30 (prompt): Lunch

4:30-6:00: Poster Session #2

6:00: Dinner

• Paul M. Knopf - Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
  "Imposing a Bias on Immune Responses in the Brain."
• Elaine I. Tuomanen - St. Jude Children' s Res. Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
  "Penetration of Bacteria Across the BBB."