Program-at-a-Glance

(This program is subject to updates/changes)

Tuesday, May 26
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Registration Open
Wednesday, May 27 - NEW EARLIER SESSIONS!
7:00 am - 8:00 pm	Registration Open
8:30 am - 12:15 pm	ASGT Board of Directors Meeting
8:30 am - 11:30 am	BioProcessing Symposium: The Biologic License Application Validation Process - New in 2009!
8:30 am - 11:30 am	International Symposium: Clinical Trials from around the Globe - New in 2009!
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Scientific Symposia Session II - New in 2009!
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Education Session I
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Education Session II
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Social
Thursday, May 28
7:00 am - 5:00 pm	Registration Open
8:00 am - 9:45 am	Outstanding New Investigator Symposium
10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Scientific Symposia Session III
12:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Poster Viewing (authors present from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm)
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Corporate Supported Presentation: First-in-Human Gene Transfer to Treat Heart Failure (Supported by Celladon)
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Meet-the-Investigator Sessions (lunch included)
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm	George Stamatoyannopoulos Lecture Keynote: Brian J. Druker, MD: Imatinib as a Paradigm of Molecularly Targeted Cancer Therapies
3:15 pm - 5:30 pm	Oral Abstract Session I
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Exhibit Hall Welcome Reception and Poster Presentations I
Friday, May 29
7:30 am - 5:00 pm	Registration Open
8:00 am - 9:15 am	Outstanding Achievement Award Plenary Lecture Awardee: Inder Verma, PhD: 25 Years of Gene Therapy: Ups and Downs
9:30 am - 11:30 am	Scientific Symposia Session IV
12:00 pm - 8:15 pm	Poster Viewing (Authors present from 5:45 pm - 8:45 pm)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Oral Abstract Session II
3:45 pm - 5:45 pm	Plenary Session: Top Oral Abstract Presentations
5:45 pm - 8:45 pm	Exhibit Hall Networking Reception and Poster Presentations II
Saturday, May 30
7:30 am - 5:00 pm	Registration Open
7:30 am - 8:00 am	ASGT Business Meeting (with continental breakfast)
8:15 am - 10:15 am	Scientific Symposia Session V
10:45 am - 1:00 pm	Oral Abstract Session III
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Poster Viewing (Authors present from 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm)
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm	Meet-the-Investigator Sessions (lunch included)
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Presidential Symposium Keynote Speakers: John Carpten, PhD: Interrogation of Cancer Genomes: Towards More Profile-based Therapeutic Decision Making John J. Nemunaitis, MD: Personalized Cancer Gene Therapy Helen E. Heslop, MD: Immunotherapy of Viral Infections and Malignancy Chiara Bonini, MD: T-cell Based Gene Therapy to Improve Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
5:15 pm - 7:00 pm	Poster Presentations III
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm	Saturday Night Party on the Terrace - Live Music!
11:00 pm	12th Annual Meeting Concludes