Monday, 24 October, 2005:

12.00 – 13.00

Arrival and Registration.

14.00 – 17.00

SYMPOSIUM I: Embryonic stem cells and early fetal development.

Organizers: Moustapha Kassem, Odense University Hospital, and Palle Serup, Hagedorn Research Institute.

Outi Hovatta, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Instiute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden: Human embryonic stem cells

Henrik Semb, Lund University, Sweden: Human embryonic stem cells, differentiation to endoderm

Anne Grete Byskov, Laboratory for Reproductive Biology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen: Germ line and fetal stem cells

Palle Serup, Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark: Embryonic development of the pancreas

20.00 – 21.30

EMBO LECTURE:
John B. Gurdon, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, Cambridge, UK: Nuclear reprogramming and stem cell creation.

Tuesday, 25 October 2005:

09.00 – 12.00

SYMPOSIUM II: Tissue-derived somatic stem cells and role of stem cells in tumour and cancer development.

Organizers: Jens Zimmer, University of Southern Denmark, Jørgen K. Larsen, Rigshospitalet, and Jens Høiriis Nielsen, University of Copenhagen.

Snorri S. Thorgeirsson, Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA: Liver stem cells and carcinigenesis

Ole William Petersen, Department of Medical Anatomy, University of Copenhagen: Stem cells in mammary cancer

Niels Aagaard Jensen, Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark: Stem cells and brain tumors

Ole Didrik Lærum, Stem Cell Research Group, Gade Institute, Department of Pathology,  Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway: Circadian regulation in hematopoietic stem cells

Uffe Birk Jensen, Department of Human Genetics, University of Aarhus, Denmark: Epidermal stem cells

13.00 – 15.00

EXHIBITION, POSTER SESSION AND REFRESHMENTS

Organizer: Steen Gammeltoft, Glostrup Hospital.

15.00 – 18.00

Cultural, physical and social activities.

Wednesday, 26 October 2005

09.00 – 12.00

SYMPOSIUM III: Stem cells and therapy.

Organizer: Peter Hokland, Aarhus University, Jens Kastrup, Rigshospitalet, and Lars Wahlberg, NsGene.

Malcolm M. Moore, Laboratory for Developmental Hematopoiesis, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Hematopoietic stem cells

Kai C. Wollert, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany: Clinical Applications of Stem Cells for the Heart.

Stefan Karlsson, Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, Lund University Hospital, Sweden: Role of SMAD signaling in hematopoiesis.

Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Lund Center for Stem Cell Biology & Cell Therapy, Lund University, Sweden: Hematopoietic stem cells and transdifferentiation

13.00

Departure.