| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Lessons Learned: Where Do We Go from Here? |
| Discussion Leaders: Kevin E. Healy (University of California at Berkeley) & Allan Hoffman (University of Washington) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | David F. Williams (University of Liverpool)
"Where Inertness is Bliss, Tis Folly to be Active" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Buddy D. Ratner (University of Washington)
"Respectfully Disagreeing with Conventional Wisdoms on Biocompatibility" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | David F. Williams & Buddy Ratner
"Rebuttal and Discussion" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cell-Material Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Andrés García (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Christopher Chen (University of Pennsylvania)
"Mechanotransduction by Intra-, Extra-, and Inter-Cellular Forces: A Stretch in Biomaterial Applications" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:25 am - 11:25 am | Dennis Discher (University of Pennsylvania)
"Differentiation of Stem Cells & Myocytes is Influenced by Compliant Substrates: How Far Can Cells Feel?" |
| 11:25 am - 12:25 pm | Joyce Wong (Boston University)
"Engineering Substrate Mechanics to Control Cell Behavior: From Nano to Macro" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | “Rapid Fire” Poster Presentations |
| 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 | Host Response-Patient Variability |
| Discussion Leader: Jonathan Black (Clemson University) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Steve Goldring (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)
"You are What You Eat" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Joshua J. Jacobs (Rush Medical University)
"Systemic Implications of Orthopaedic Implants" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | In Vivo Function of Tissue Equivalents |
| Discussion Leader: James M. Anderson (Case Western Reserve University) |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Stephen F. Badylak (McGowan Inst. of Regenerative Medicine)
"Mechanisms of Host-Matrix Remodeling When ECM is Used as a Scaffold for Tissue Engineering Applications" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Laura E. Niklason (Duke University)
"Engineered Vessels: What's Important?" |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Tony Atala (Wake Forest University)
"Size Matters: Contribution of Cells and Matrices to Engineered Tissues and Organs" |
| 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 | Protein Adsorption |
| Discussion Leader: Igal Szleifer (Purdue University) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Erwin A. Vogler (Pennsylvania State University)
"Energy and Mass Balance for Protein Adsorption to Hydrophobic Surfaces from Aqueous-Buffer Solution" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Tom Horbett (University of Washington)
"The Pursuit of Zero: The Dual Roles of Adsorbed Fibrinogen and von Willebrand's Factor at High Shear Rate" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Materials-Dependent In Situ Tissue Regeneration |
| Discussion Leader: William Wagner (Univ. of Pittsburgh) |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Jeffrey A. Hubbell (EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Bioresponsive Materials in Protein and Gene Delivery" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:25 am - 11:25 am | Kristi Anseth (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"Hydrogel Niches Designed to Permit or Promote Cell Function" |
| 11:25 am - 12:25 pm | David Mooney (Harvard University)
"Cell Instructive Materials for Tissue Regeneration" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | “Rapid Fire” Poster Presentations |
| 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 | Wound Healing in Context |
| Discussion Leader: François A. Auger (LOEX/Laval University) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Elazer R. Edelman (M.I.T.-Harvard Medical School)
"Vascular repair, inside and out, devices, drugs and cells" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Julia Babensee (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Biomaterials as Adjuvants of Immune Responses" |
| 9:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Advances in Biomaterials Science |
| Discussion Leader: David W. Grainger (Colorado State University) |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | David Tirrell (California Institute of Technology)
"Protein Engineering Approaches to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Mark W. Grinstaff (Boston University)
"Crosslinked Dendritic Hydrogels For Tissue Repair" |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Heather Maynard (U.C.L.A.)
"Synthesis of Biomimetic and Nano-Structured Materials" |
| 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 | Stem Cell Therapy - Hype or Reality? |
| Discussion Leader: Kevin E. Healy (University of California at Berkeley) |
| Jane Lebkowski (Geron Corporation)
"Human Embryonic Stem Cells: The Path To Therapeutic Application" |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
