RSVP to attend “Stem Cell Therapies: from the Lab to the Bedside”: The Promise and Hope of Regenerative Medicine

University Technologies is proud to sponsor these free public forums, to be held in Calgary on November 25 and Edmonton on November 26 (the Edmonton event will be simultaneously broadcast via the web).  Visit www.abctech.ca for more information and to register. 

Forums will focus on the patient’s perspective:
• The potential of stem cell therapies in preventing and treating degenerative diseases
• The status and timeline for patient delivery
• The implications on health care delivery
• The collaboration required to get the technology to the bed side
• Ethical considerations
• Positioning Alberta’s biotech industry as a world leader

Calgary:
Wednesday November 25, 2009
The Kerby Seniors Centre
1133 – 7th Avenue SW
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Refreshments served

Edmonton: (web broadcast available)
Thursday November 26, 2009
Central Lions Seniors Centre
11113 – 113th Street
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Refreshments served

Contact: susanbly@telus.net or kevinperrott@lifestarinstitute.org
Free Parking.  Wheelchair Accessible

Panel Participants:
• Robert Burrell – Presenter: Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation Recipient
• Allan Davidoff – Moderator, Calgary: VP Product Development, Stem Cell Therapeutics
• Martin Ferguson-Pell – Moderator, Edmonton: Dean, U of A Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine

Stem Cell Therapies Resource Panel:
• Research
• Theologist/Ethicist
• Finance
• Economics
• Development/Regulatory
• Medical/Clinical

Patient/Caregiver Panel:
• Panelists chosen by Patient Associations