Agenda of the 1st International Association of Neural Restoration Annual Conference (IANRAC)

Agenda of the 1st International Association of Neural Restoration Annual Conference (IANRAC)

May 15, 2008

19: 00 – 21 :30  Council for the members of the 1st International Association of Neural Restoration Annual Conference（IANRAC）

May 16, 2008

8：00-8：10   Report on preparation of International Association of Neural Restoration（Huang Hongyun）

8：00-9：45   Topics on Olfactory Entheathing Cells

Hosts: Da jue, Wang, Meng Inn Chuah

8：10-8：35   Auto-transplantation of olfactory bulb glia to repair spinal cord injuries: clinical perspectives（Almudena Ramón-Cueto）

8：35-9：00   Issues of immune and neural restoration properties of olfactory ensheathing cells（Meng Inn Chuah）

9：00-9：15   Discussion

9：15-9：45   Tea Break

9：45-11：15  Basic and Clinical Researches on Neural Restoration

Hosts : Wagih S El Masry，Hongyun Huang

9：45-10：10   Spinal cord repair – an evolution process（Wang Dajue）

10：10-10：35  Brief view on injury and restoration of central nervous system（Liu Enzhong）

10：35-11：00  Neural restoration strategies for pediatric neurological diseases（Luan Zuo）

11：00-11：15  Discussion

11：15-12：15  Basic and Clinical Researches on Peripheral Nerve Restoration

Hosts : Zhang Shaocheng, Ying Li

11：15-11：40  Basic and clinical researches on side-to-side suture interfascicular of peripheral nerves（Zhang Shaocheng）

11：40-12：05  Experimental study of treatment of brachial plexus（Liu Song）

12：05-12：15  Discussion

12：15-13：30  Lunch

13：30-16：30  Past, Present and Future of Neural Restoration

Hosts: Wu Chengyuan, Wise Young, Albert Bohbot

13：30-13；55  The history and status of basic study on neural restoration（Chen Lin）

13：55-14：20  The history and status of clinical treatment on neural restoration（Huang Hongyun）

14：20-14：45   Prospects in future for basic research and clinic of neural restoration（Wise Young）

14：45-15：10   Basic and clinical researches of neural transplantation on neural functional restoration（Wu Chengyuan）

15：10-15：35   Ethics problems in neural restoration（Zhai Xiaomei）

15：35-16：30   Discussion

16：30-17：30  Cell Transplantation on Spinal Cord Injury

Hosts : Zhu Hui , Feng Shiqing , Gustavo Moviglia

16：30-16：55  Umbilical cord blood cell transplant and lithium treatment of spinal cord injury（Wise Young）

16：55-17：20   Basic and clinical researches on treatment of spinal cord injury by Schwann cells transplantation（Feng Shiqing）

17：20-17：30  Discussion

17：30-19：00  Dinner

19：00-20：30   Topics on Stem Cells

Hosts : Hui Guozhen , Luan Zuo

19：00-19：25  Study on differentiation of neural stem cell and neural regeneration & restoration（Dai Jianwu）

19：25-19：50  Study of human amniotic epithelial cells transplantation on treating spinal cord injury of primates（Hui Guozhen）

19：50-20：05   Analysis of the similarities and differences on neural stem cells concept ( Bao Jianling )

20：05-20：30   Discussion

May 17, 2008

8：00-10：10  Various Intervention Strategies on Neural Restoration

Hosts : Wagih S El Masry , Sun Tiansheng , Shinsuke Katoh

8：00-8：30  The neurological outcomes of traumatic spinal cord injuries without intervention（Wagih S El Masry）

8：30-8：55   The integral treatment of spinal cord injury（Sun Tiansheng）

8：55-9：20   Laserponcture® contribution in the neural restoration（Albert Bohbot）

9：20-9：40   The status and future of applications of bioengineering in central nervous system（Tang Zhouping）

9：40-10：00  Discussion

10：15-11：15  Basic Researches on on Neural Restoration

Hosts : Almudena Ramón-Cueto , Shen Huiyong

10：15-10：40 Olfactory ensheathing cells and the pathway hypothesis of repair（Geoffrey Raisman）

10：40-11：05  Developing a clinical model of repair（Li Ying）

11：05-11：15  Discussion

11：15-12：15  Clinical Application of Cell Transplantation

Hosts ：Geoffrey Raisman，Alan Mackay-Sim

11：15-11：40  Autologous transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells: report on a clinical trial（Alan Mackay-Sim）

11：40-12：05  Cross  talk between the protective autoimmunity and the use of adult neural  stem cells. Clinical aplications in Spinal Cord injuries and ALS（Gustavo Moviglia）

12：05-12：15  Discussion

12：15-13：30  Lunch

13：30-18：10  Contributors’ Public Speaking

18：30-21：00  Closing dinner and performance