The meeting will take place in CLAPP HALL.

Arrive at the Hovorka Atrium, at the center of the Millis Science Center Building, 2080 Adelbert Road Cleveland, OH 44106-7080. (Click here for a Campus Map to locate the Millis Science Center).Check-in begins Monday, May 23, 2016 at 7:00 a.m. in the Hovorka Atrium. Questions can be answered by emailing us directly at ccmeec@case.edu.

Start End Speaker Title Venue
07:30 08:30 Continental breakfast Atrium
Session I: Introduction
08:30 08:40 CWRU President Snyder Welcome Clapp 108
08:40 09:00 Arnold Caplan Introduction / Overview of Center – External Advisory Committee (EAC) introduction Clapp 108
09:00 09:10 Rosemarie Hunziker Intro to P41 mechanism and goals Clapp 108
09:10 09:20 Joe Jankowski Tech transfer – IP – innovation Clapp 108
Session II: TR&D-4 — Objective: Specific Aims, progress, and collaborations
09:20 09:35 Joseph Mansour Overview of TR&D-4 Clapp 108
09:35 09:45 Kyriacos Athanasiou (CP-1): Assessing repair outcomes in in relation to nondestructive preimplantation properties of TE constructs Clapp 108
09:45 09:55 Kirk Shung (CP-8): Developing a linear array ultrasound transducer for real-time cartilage damage detection Clapp 108
09:55 10:05 Jennifer Elisseef (SP-4): Imaging and friction in cartilage engineered with HA binding technology Clapp 108
10:05 10:20 Discussion Clapp 108
10:20 10:35 Break Atrium
Session III: TR&D-1 — Objective: Specific Aims, progress, and collaborations
10:35 10:50 Zhenghong Lee Overview of TR&D-1 Clapp 108
10:50 11:00 Ivan Martin (CP-15): Nasal chondrocytes for the treatment of articular osteoarthritic lesions Clapp 108
11:00 11:10 Jim Dennis (CP-2): Tissue engineered constructs for articular cartilage repair Clapp 108
11:10 11:25 Discussion Clapp 108
Session IV: TR&D-2 — Objective: Specific Aims, progress, and collaborations
11:25 11:40 Rodrigo Somoza / Diego Correa Overview of TR&D-2 Clapp 108
11:40 11:50 Chul-Won Ha (CP-5): In vitro and in vivo characterization of chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs derived from novel sources Clapp 108
11:50 12:00 Eben Alsberg (SP-1): Driving tissue formation by inductive stem cell sheet technology Clapp 108
12:00 12:15 Discussion Clapp 108
12:15 13:15 Lunch break Atrium
Session V: TR&D-3 — Objective: Specific Aims, progress, and collaborations
13:15 13:30 Hari Baskaran Overview of TR&D-3 Clapp 108
13:30 13:40 Farshid Guilak * (CP-4): Scaffold-mediated gene delivery for engineering of osteochondral tissues Clapp 108
13:40 13:50 Rocky Tuan * (CP-10 & SP-9): Regenerative repair of traumatic articular cartilage injuries: point-of-care application of mesenchymal stem cells and chondrocytes Clapp 108
13:50 14:00 Antonios Mikos (SP-11): Injectable cellular composites for cartilage engineering. Clapp 108
14:00 14:15 Discussion Clapp 108
Session VI: Breakout Sessions — Objective: Goals and logistics for next 12 months
14:15 15:45 Concurrent organizational small-group meetings between EAC members, TR&D and CP/SP PIs: 
I - David Kaplan (by WebEX) / Zhenghong Lee / Ivan Martin / Jim Dennis 
II - Suneel Apte / Rodrigo Somoza / Diego Correa / Chul-Won Ha / Eben Alsberg
III - Robert Guldberg / Hari Baskaran / Rocky Tuan*/ Farsh Guilak*/ Tony Mikos
IV - Kirk Shung / Joseph Mansour / Kyriacos Athanasiou / Jennifer Elisseeff
 
Clapp 304
Clapp 405
Millis 123
Millis 220B
15:45 16:00 Entire group reconvenes Atrium
16:00 17:00 TR&D PI’s report to EAC (10 min report, 5 min Q&A) Clapp 108
17:00 17:30 Other business Clapp 108
Session VII: Executive Session — Objective: EAC advice for next 12 months
17:30 18:00 EAC and PI/co-PI Clapp 108
17:30 18:00 Drinks and hors d’oeuvres Atrium
18:00 20:00 Dinner Atrium
NOTES: * Drs Guilak and Tuan are unable to attend for personal reasons, we will present their slides for discussion