Friday 3 December 2010
| 08:25 | Welcome & Opening Remarks | R Schmid, Switzerland |
| Plenary Presentation: Regeneration of the Heart & Lung Introduction: Gunther Laufer | ||
| 08:30 | Regeneration of Heart and Lung: Experimental Organ Engineering and Transplantation | H Ott, USA |
| 09:15 | Morning Coffee | |
| Session 1: Importance of Microenvironment and Inflammation in Heart & Lung Disease Moderators: T Geiser & H Ankersmit | ||
| 09:45 | Inflammation and Fibrosis in Cardiac Repair | N Frangogiannis, USA |
| 10:25 | The epithelial compartment in chronic lung disease: Challenges for regenerating lung tissue | O Eickelberg, Germany |
| 11:15 | Stroma, Immunosuppression and Tissue Repair | F Dazzi, UK |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| Session 2: Clinical and Basic Regeneration Research – Swiss/Austrian Perspective Moderators: G Maurer & I Long | ||
| 14:00 | Up to Date on Myocardial Tissue Engineering | H Tavvaearai, Switzerland |
| 14:20 | The final destination of the carially delivered stem cells - tracking the biodistribution in remote organs | M Gyöngyösi, Austria |
| 14:40 | How do the Progenitor Cells Contribute to Heart Regeneration and Pathological Remodelling in Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy? | G Kania, Switzerland |
| 15:00 | Cytoprotection and Antiapoptotic Pathways Induced by PBMC Secretoma: Implications for Regenerative Medicine | H Ankersmit, Austia |
| 15:20 | Cell-specific HGF gene transfer in pulmonary fibrosis | T Geiser, Switzerland |
| 15:40 | The role of GSTP-1 in heart failure and ischemic heart diseases | S Aharinejad, Austria |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break/Posters | |
| Session 3: Young Investigoator Best Poster Presentations Moderators: G Karoubi & M-N Giraud | ||
| 16:30 - 17:30 | ||
| 20:00 | Apero | |
| 20:25 | Congress Remarks | Congress Chairs |
| 20:30 | CONGRESS DINNER |
Saturday 4 December 2010
| Session 4: Cell Based Therapy for Cardiac and Pulmonary Regeneration Moderators: H Tavaearai & M Gyöngyösi | ||
| 08:30 | Cell Replacement Therapy for Lung Disease - The Role of Bone Marrow Cells | T Waddell, Canada |
| 09:15 | Young at heart: cardiovascular stem cells and heart regeneration | M-J Goumans, Netherlands |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 5: Growth Factor-/Secretome-Based Therapy for Cardiac and Pulmonary Regeneration Moderators: R Ziesche & M-N Giraud | ||
| 10:30 | Stem cell therapy for heart disease revisited: the paracrine paradigm | M Gnecchi, Italy |
| 11:10 | TBA | S Janes, UK |
| 11:50 | Secretome Analyses in (Stem) Cells to Identify New Cardioactive Peptides | K Wollert, Germany |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| Session 6: Regeneration in the Skin – Lessons for the Heart & Lung Moderator: E Tschachler | ||
| 14:00 | Control of Tissue Repair by Stromal-Epithelial Interaction | S Werner, Switzerland |
| 14:45 | Epithelial Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine | M De Luca, Italy |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break/Posters | |
| Plenary Session 2: Stem Cells in the Clinic Introductions: G Karoubi & H Ankersmit | ||
| 16:00 | Gene-Enhanced Cell Therapies for Cardiac and Lung Vascular Diseases: First-in-Human Experience | D Stewart, Canada |
| 16:45 | Bone marrow stem cell therapy in cardiac surgery | G Steinhoff, Germany |
| 17:30 | Closing Remarks | |
Programme Subject to Change