Emerging Cell Therapies: A New Era of Regenerative Medicine

Feb 21–24, 2027 | Fairmont Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Scientific Organizers: Stefan Irion, Agnete Kirkeby, and Christopher S. Chen

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Feb 21–24, 2027 | Fairmont Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco

Scientific Organizers: Stefan Irion, Agnete Kirkeby, and Christopher S. Chen

Supported by the  Directors' Fund

***Meeting program subject to change.

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Sunday, February 21, 2027
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Monday, February 22, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Poster Setup
7:30–8:00 AM
Poster Viewing
7:45–5:00 PM
Welcome and Keynote Address
8:00–9:00 AM
Douglas A. Melton †, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Treating T1D with PSC-Derived Islet Cells
Bringing the Future Forward: Cell Therapies Proving Potential in Trials
9:00–11:15 AM
Agnete Kirkeby, University of Copenhagen
Comprehensive Overview of the field of Cell Therapies
Jennifer Bahr-Davidson †, Lineage Cell Therapeutics
CMC Considerations for Late-Stage Clinical Development of OpRegen for dry AMD
Catherine Priest †, Neurona Therapeutics
NRTX-1001 Interneurons for Epilepsy
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
Panel Discussion 1: Funding Cell Therapies
11:15–12:15 PM
Lunch
12:15–1:15 PM
Posters
12:30–2:30 PM
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Scanning the Horizon: The Next Generation of Cell Therapies Under Development
5:00–7:00 PM
Ludovic Vallier, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité
Therapy for Liver Disease
Stefan Irion, BlueRock Therapeutics
Cell Therapies for CNS Disease
Rob Coppes, University Medical Center Groningen
Autologous Salivary Gland Organoids as Cell Therapy to Treat Radiotherapy-Induced Xerostomia
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Tuesday, February 23, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Poster Setup
7:30–8:00 AM
Poster Viewing
7:45–5:00 PM
Beyond the Cell: Building Multicellular Systems
8:00–11:00 AM
Christopher S. Chen, Boston University
Vascularization of Multicellular Implants
Krishanu Saha, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Engineering Next-Gen Cell Therapies with CRISPR
Kelly R. Stevens, University of Washington
Synthetic Human Tissues from Stem Cells
Holger Andreas Russ †, University of Florida and Tolerance Bio
Restoring Thymic Function to Induce Tolerance
Short Talk Chosen fro Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
Panel Discussion 2: The Second Valley of Death: How Cell Therapies can Survive in the Market Place
11:00–12:00 PM
Lunch
12:00–1:00 PM
Posters
12:30–2:30 PM
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Beyond the Tissue: The Realm of Whole Organ Transplantation
5:00–7:00 PM
Adam W. Feinberg †, Carnegie Mellon University
Bioprinting the Human Heart
Jennifer A. Lewis †, Harvard University, SEAS
Engineering the Kidney
Wenning Qin †, eGenesis
Safe and Effective HuCo Organs for Xenotransplantation
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Wednesday, February 24, 2027
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Engineering Tolerance: Designing for Immune Acceptance
8:00–11:00 AM
Tobias Deuse, University of California, San Francisco
Synthetic Immune Checkpoint Engagers to protect Allo-Grafts
Megan K. Levings, University of British Columbia
Tregulatory Cells for Organ Transplantation
Vaneet Sandhu †, Fate Therapeutics
Clinical Trials for Autoimmune Disease
Speaker to be Announced
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
Panel Discussion 3: Preclinical Models: Human Cells in a Murine World: The Challenges of Testing Human Cells in Rodents
11:00–12:00 PM
Lunch
12:00–1:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Engineering the Future: Cell and Tissue Therapies of Tomorrow
5:00–6:45 PM
Patrick D. Hsu †, Arc Institute | University of California, Berkeley
Computational Mining to Identify Tools for Biological Programming
Charlotte Bunne †, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Large Language Models and the Virtual Cell to Advance Cellular Therapies
Katie Galloway †, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synthetic Biology Tools for Mammalian Cell Engineering
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions
6:45–7:00 PM
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Thursday, February 25, 2027
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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