Symposium - Schedule of Events

Friday, February 6, 2008
Wake Forest School of Law, Room 1312
Winston Salem, NC

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration and breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Introductory Remarks
9:15 – 10:15 a.m. Regenerative Medicine – the Past, Present, and Future
Anthony Atala, M.D., Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 12:00 p.m. Ethical Issues in the Field of Regenerative Medicine
Nancy King, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences
Lance Stell, Davidson College
Wilson Parker, Wake Forest University School of Law
Steve Nickles, Wake Forest University School of Law, Babcock Graduate School of Management, and Divinity School
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Patentability of Research and Discoveries in Regenerative Medicine
Charles Calkins, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Tom Clarkson, Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. Break
2:45 – 4:45 p.m. Utilization and Commercialization of the Research in Regenerative Medicine
Tim Bertram, Tengion
Alan Farney, M.D. Ph. D., Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Jason Conner, Life Sciences Law
Ram Baliga, Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management