8:30                 Opening Remarks

Co-Chairs:      Phil Horner,  HMRI and George Eisenhoffer, MDACC

Session 1:      Practical Aspects of Moving Investigator-Initiated Cell Therapies and Reg Med Products/Devices
to Trials

Moderators:   Jason Sakamoto, BioDesign

8:40                 Julie Allickson, Mayo Clinic

8:55                 Matt Murphy, UT

9:10                 Rob Whitman, Forward Science

9:25                 Carl Gregory, TAMU

9:40                 Panel Q&R

10:10               Vendor Session and Break

Session 2:      University GMP Manufacturing: When to Outsource?

Moderators:   Doris Taylor, Regenmedix and Kevin McHugh, Rice  Univ.

10:45               Adrian Gee, CAGT, BCM/TCH

11:00               Fabio Triolo, UT Health

11:15               Frank Bugg, Lonza

11:30               Panel Q&R

12:00               Rapid Fire presentations
Daniel Harrington, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Matthew Hogan, Houston Methodist Research Institute
Andie Caroline Dorn, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Candice Haase, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Amber Lee  Royal, Houston Methodist Research Institute
Francesca Taraballi, Houston Methodist Research Institute

12:00               Lunch and Poster Session

12:30   Lunch

1:15     Poster session

Session 3:      Business Strategies: Academic Licensing or NewCo?

Moderators:   Dan Harrington, UTHeatlh and Will Clifton, Polyvascular

2:30                 Stan Watowich, Ridgeline Therapeutics

2:40                 Doris Taylor, Organamet Bio Technologies

2:50                 Donna Chang, Hope Biosciences

3:00                 Panel Q&R

3:30                 Break

Session 4:  University Perspectives on Tech Management and Tech Transfer: Mistakes Faculty Make and How to Prevent Them

Moderators: Ann Tanabe and Ross Poché, BCM

4:00                 Asha Rajagopal, Rice Univ.

4:05                 Michael Dilling, BCM

4:10               John Schultz, HMRI

4:15                 Papia Ghosh, MDA

4:20                 Sundeep Mattamana, UTMB

4:25                 Rick Silva, TAMU

4:30                 Panel Q&R

5:00                 Ion. Accelerating Innovation. Connecting Communities
Jan Odegard, The Ion

5:20                 Reception