MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2014
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Poster Session I Setup | |||
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Opening Remarks from Conference Chairs Translational Panel: How to Effectively translate Technologies from the Bench to the Bedside Panelists: -M. Allen Northrup (founder of Cepheid) -Swati Chaturvedi (Propelx) -Ronald Li (ITF HK Funds) -Chris Hughes (Faculty Entrepreneur) -George Vasmatzis (Clinical Needs) Panelists: Propelx (Swati Chaturvedi) ITF HK Funds (Ronald Li) Faculty Entrepreneur (Chris Hughes) Clinical Needs (George Vasmatzis) |
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| 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Point of Care Chairs: John Zhang and Dino DiCarlo Speakers: – Utkan Demirci – Elliot Hui – Ken Patel – Aydogan Ozcan – John Zhang |
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| 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Opening Reception | |||
| 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Keynote Speaker: Luke Lee | |||
| 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Poster Viewing I | |||
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2014: Biotech/Bioinspired Day
| 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Registration | |||
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Bionantechnology/ Bioinspired Chairs: Dean Ho and Beth Pruitt – Sunghoon Kwon – Peng Yin |
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| 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Poster Session I & Coffee Break (Cell and Organ on Chip, Bionanotechnology/Bioinspired Engineering, Drug Delivery) | |||
| 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Bionanotechnology / Bioinspired – Milica Radisic – Tom Soh – Shoji Takeuchi – Michel Maharbiz – Beth Pruitt |
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| 12:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Break & Group Activities / Excursions (Lunch and Dinner on your own) |
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| 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Plenary Speaker: Joseph DeSimone | |||
| 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM | New Innovators: Superstar Jr Faculty Track & People’s Choice Vote: – Andrew Smith – Sindy Tang – SungWoo Nam – Kaori Kuribayashi-Shigetomi – Edward Kai-Hua Chow – Somin Lee |
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| 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Poster I Session |
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014 : Cells & Organs
| 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Registration | |||
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Cells & Organs Chairs: Albert van den Berg and Elliot Hui Speakers: – Albert Folch – Steve George – Hyun Joon Kong |
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| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Coffee break and Poster Session I | |||
| 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Cells & Organs Speakers: – Noo Li Jeon – Ron Li – Taher Saif – Albert van den Berg – Nitish Thakor |
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| 12:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Break & Group Activities / Excursions (Lunch on your own) |
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| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Plenary, Dinner, New Innovator’s Award and Trailblazer Award Ceremony: Sangeeta Bhatia | |||
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014 : Microfluidics Technology and Systems
| 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Registration | |||
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Microfluidics Technology and Systems Chairs: Amy Herr and Aaron Wheeler Speakers: – Dino Dicarlo – Dave Eddington – Tony Huang |
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| 09:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Coffee break and Poster Session II | |||
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Microfluidics Technology and Systems Speakers: – Amy Herr – Abe Lee – Elliot Hui – Aaron Wheeler |
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| 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Break & Group Activities / Excursions (Lunch and Dinner on your own) |
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| 7:00 PM – 08:00 PM | Plenary Speaker:Chad Mirkin | |||
| 08:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Drug Delivery Speakers: – Tejal Desai – Dean Ho – Samir Mitragotri – Blaine Pfeifer |
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2014
| 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Registration | |||
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Microfluidic Biosensors Chairs: Tony Huang and Samir Iqbal Speakers: – Brian Cummingham – Jason Heikenfeld – Samir Iqbal |
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| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Coffee break and Poster Session II | |||
| 10:00 AM – 11:30 PM | Bionanotechnology Speakers: – Sumita Pennathur – Alex Revzin – Oleksii Aksimentiev – Ennio Tasciotti |
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| 12:00 PM – 02:30 PM | Lunch break | |||
| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Coffee break and Poster Session II | |||
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Plenary Speaker: Buddy Ratner | |||
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Closing Ceremony | |||