Chairman : Tavazzi

Chiu Ray-JC : Lessons Learned from the First Experiments

Chairmen : Ponikowski P. – Thiene G

09.15	Chachques J.C.	Cellular Cardiomyoplasty with Skeletal Myoblasts : Experimental Evidences
09.30	Weisel R.	Autologous Muscle Cell for the Treatment of Dilated Cardiomyopathy
09.45	Taylor D.A.	Comparison Between Skeletal Muscle Cells and Bone Marrow Cells for Cardiac Transplant
10.00	Komeda M.	Factors Related to the Efficacy of Skeletal Muscle Cell Transplantation
10.15	Panel Discussion

Chairmen : Poole-Wilson P.A. – Capogrossi M.  

11.00	Orlic D.	The Strength of Plasticity : Stem Cells for Cardiac Repair
11.30	Strauer B.E.	Do Transplanted Stem Cells Promote More Angiogenesis than Contractile Tissue Regeneration?
	Brehm M.
11.45	Quaini F.	External or Local Stem Cell Mobilization
12.00	Penn M.	Are Homing Signals Mandatory for Effective Stem Cell Transplantation ?
12.15	Panel Discussion

Chairmen : Doevendans P. – Tarella C.

13.00	Assmus B	Circulating Progenitor Cells for Cardiac Repair
13.15	Weisel R	Autologous Cardiac Myocytes
13.30	Hassink R.	Transplantation of Cardiomyocytes Derived from Human Embrionic Stem Cells
13.45	Latini R.	Other Potential Sources of Cells for Cardiac Repair
14.00	Panel Discussion

Chairmen : Klugmann S. – Alfieri O.

15.00	Strauer B.E.	Bone Marrow Engrafting for Acute Myocardial Infarction
	Brehm M.
15.15	Assmus B.	TOPCARE-AMI Trial
15.30	Penn M.	The US Trials and Current Perspectives of Cell Transplant in Acute Coronary Syndrome
15.45	Pompilio G.	Cell Implantation for Inoperable Coronary artery Disease
16.00	Panel Discussion

Chairmen : Gronda E. – Donatelli F.

16.45	Taylor D.A.	Clinical Trials and Results of Skeletal Muscle Cell Implantation for Cardiac Repair
17.00	Perin E	Clinical Outcome of Cell Transplant in Chronic Heart Failure : The US Experience
17.15	Assmus B.	Updating of TOPCARE-HF Trial
17.30	Panel Discussion	and the Italian Experience (Santini M., Gerosa G., Pompilio G.)

Chairmen : Tendera M. – Valfrè C.

08.30	El Oakley R.	Controversies in Animal Models for Cardiac Cell Therapy
08.45	Peschle C.	New Research Directions in Stem Cells for Cardiac Therapy
09.00	Weisel R .	Enhanced Cell Transplantation to Improve Angiogenesis, Engraftment, and Matrix Remodeling
09.15	Rebulla P.	Clinical Upgrade in Cell Manipulation
09.30	Chiu R.J.C.	Xenogeneic Cell Transplant : Feasible or Unfeasible?
09.45	Panel Discussion

Chairmen : Parodi O. – Minzioni G.

10.00	Garcia M.	Echocardiography and MRI Imaging in Cell Transplantation
10.15	Marzullo P.	Nuclear Imaging after Cell Implantation
10.30	Burkhoff D.	LV Performance and Dyssynchrony by P/V Loop in Cell Transplant
10.45	Angelini A.	Histological Evidences of Successful Cell Tx and Myocardial Regeneration
11.00	Panel Discussion

Chairman : Orlic D.

11.40

Penn M.

Effects of Isolated Growth Factors or Combined with Cell Transplant for Cardiac Repair

Chairmen : Mazzucco A. – Cotrufo M.

12.00	Giordano E.	Molecular Basis of Cell-Matrix Interaction in Heart Valves
12.15	Flameng W.	New Insights in Tissue Valve Engineering
12.30	Hoerstrup S.	Tissue Engineering of Autologous Heart Valves
12.45	Wolfinbarger L.	Tissue Engineered Natural Cardiovascular Tissue Grafts
13.00	Carpentier A.	Perspectives of Tissue Valve Engineering
13.15	Panel Discussion

Chairmen : Arena V. – Mauri F.

Chairmen : Rosano M. – Gherli T.

14.30	Komeda M.	The Epicardial Approach
14.45	Perin E.	The Endocardial Approach
15.00	Thompson C. A.	Transvascular Cellular Cardiomyoplasty
15.15	Doevendans P.	Indications and Timing for Cell Tx : A Specific Cell for a Specific Disease and Timing ?
15.30	Panel Discussion

Chairmen : Di Sciascio G. – Vitali E.

16.15	Kornowski R.	Limitations and Adverse Effects of Cell Transplant & Growth Factors for Cardiac Disease
16.30	Porta F.	Stem Cell Therapy for Pediatric Heart Diseases
16.45	Folliguet T.	Patch Transplantation with Cardiomyocytes
17.00	El Oakley R.	Future Directions of Cell Implantation & Growth Factors Delivery in Interventional Cardiology
17.15	Pagani F.D.	Cell Tx Combined with Left Ventricular Assist Device and other Cardiac Surgery Procedures
17.30	Taylor D.A.	Progenitor Cells to Prevent Atherosclerosis and Vascular Injury
17.45	Panel Discussion

Chairmen : Chiu R.J.C. – Weisel R. – Orlic D. – Taylor D.A.