Program Schedule
(This program is subject to updates/changes.)

• Wednesday, June 2
• Thursday, June 3
• Friday, June 4
• Saturday, June 5
• Sunday, June 6

Saturday, June 5

Scientific Symposium 400
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Cancer: Clinical Cancer Gene Therapy Trials
Chair
Svend O. Freytag, PhD
Speakers
Svend O. Freytag, PhD
Alain Rolland, PharmD, PhD
DC Yu, PhD
Robert Lorence, MD, PhD

Scientific Symposium 401
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Gene-Based Vaccines: Clinical Applications of Gene-Based Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics (Biodefense, Vaccines, Cancer)
Chair
Margaret A. Liu, MD
Speakers
Connie Schmaljohn, PhD
Jeffrey Ulmer, PhD
Philip R. Johnson, MD
Patrick Squiban, MD

Scientific Symposium 402
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Neural Disorders: Gene Therapy of Brain Tumors
Chair
Xandra Breakefield, PhD
Speakers
Xandra Breakefield, PhD
Maria Castro, PhD
Juan Fueyo, MD
Seppo Yla-Herttuala, MD, PhD

Scientific Symposium 403
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Viral: Intracellular Responses to Viral Infection
Chair
Michael J. Imperiale, PhD
Speakers
Michael G. Katze, PhD
Jonathan S. Bromberg, MD, PhD
Daniel A. Muruve, MD
Robert Korst, MD

Simultaneous Oral Abstract Sessions
10:15 am – 12:15 pm

Oral Abstract Session 410
Adenovirus Targeting
Moderators
Robin J. Parks, PhD
David T. Curiel, MD, PhD

Oral Abstract Session 411
Lipid Mediated Gene Transfer
Moderators
Volkmar Weissig, PhD
Ralph W. Paul, PhD

Oral Abstract Session 412
Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Lysosomal Storage and Other
Moderators
Katherine Ponder, MD
Brendan Lee, MD, PhD

Oral Abstract Session 413
Cancer Tumor Suppressor Gene and Apoptosis
Moderators
Sunil Chada, PhD
David H. Kirn, MD

Oral Abstract Session 414
Gene Transfer into Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Cells
Moderators
Jan Nolta, PhD
C. Anthony Blau, MD

Oral Abstract Session 415
What's Hot in the Lung: Recent Advances in Lung Gene Therapy
Moderators
Phillip Factor, DO
Robert Kaner, MD

Oral Abstract Session 416
Gene Regulation: Gene Modification and New Methods
Moderators
Matthew H. Porteus, MD, PhD
Brian Johnstone, PhD

Meet-the-Investigator 420
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Let’s Talk About Site-Specific Integration
Michele P. Calos, PhD

Meet-the-Investigator 421
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Transduction of Sick Hemotopoietic Stem Cells
Odile Cohen-Haguenauer, MD, PhD

Meet-the-Investigator 422
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Liver Directed Gene Therapy for Hemophilia and Lysosomal Storage Disease
Katherine Ponder, MD

Meet-the-Investigator 423
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
RNAi Based Therapies/Prospects and Problems
John J. Rossi, PhD

Meet-the-Investigator 424
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Assaying and Understanding Vector Insertion and Stem Cell Clonality
Christof von Kalle, MD

Presidential Symposium 430
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Chair
Donald B. Kohn, MD

Speakers
Gordon Keller, PhD - Deriving Tissues from Embryonic Stem Cells
Catherine Verfaillie, MD - Unexpected Potency of Adult Stem Cells: Fact or Fiction?

Presentation of Top 3 Abstracts