Working 2 Walk 2011 Schedule

(subject to change)

  Saturday, October 15, 2011 - Arrival Day

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Early Registration and Check-In   Hilton Rockville Lobby

  Sunday, October 16, 2011 - Hilton Rockville Plaza Ballroom

7:00 -8:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Opening Remarks
Marilyn Smith, Executive Director, Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

8:45 am

"The Other Brain (Glia) and Their Role In Spinal Cord Injury"
R. Douglas Fields, PhD, Chief, Nervous System & Plasticity Development Section, National Institutes of Health, NICHD

9:15 am

"Neuralstem's Approach to Spinal Cord Injury"
I. Richard Garr, JD, CEO & Director, Neuralstem, Inc.

9:45 am

"Update on a Phase I Safety Trial of Human Embryonic Stem-Cell Derived Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells (GRNOPC1) in Subjects with Neurologically Complete, Subacute Spinal Cord Injuries"
Joseph Gold, PhD, Senior Director, Neurobiology and Cell Therapies Research, Geron Corporation

10:15 am

Break - Exhibitor Visits

10:45 am

Panel Discussion with Drs. Fields, Garr & Gold

11:15 am

"Advocacy - Your Role in Advancing Recovery"
Susan Maus, Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

11:45 am

"Gut and Digestive Health in Spinal Cord Injury"
Susan Testa, MS, RD, LN, Testa Nutrition, LLC

12:15 pm

Lunch - Exhibitor Visits

1:15 pm

"Current Studies Targeting Therapeutic Hypothermia and Schwann Cell Transplantation"
W. Dalton Dietrich III, PhD, Scientific Director, The Miami Project

1:45 pm

"Biomaterials in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury"
Frank Reynolds, CEO & Jonathon Slotkin, MD, Medical Director - InVivo Therapeutics

2:15 pm

Panel Discussion with Drs. Dietrich & Slotkin & Mr. Reynolds

2:45 pm

Break - Exhibitor Visits

3:15-5:00 pm

Breakout Sessions with Drs. Fields, Gold, Dietrich, Slotkin & Mr. Reynolds, and Dr. Wise Young.  Each speaker will be available individually throughout the afternoon for 2 out of 3 sessions of small-group discussions.

3:15 pm

Breakout Session 1

3:50 pm

Breakout Session 2

4:25 pm

Breakout Session 3

5:00-7:00 pm

Networking Reception hosted by National Rehabilitation Hospital
Atrium of the Hilton Rockville

 

 Monday, October 17, 2011 - Hilton Rockville Plaza Ballroom

7:30-8:30 am 

Registration and Continental Breakfast 

8:30 am 

Opening Remarks

8:45 am 

"Chondroitinase Overview"
Anthony Caggiano, MD, PhD, Vice President, Preclinical Development, Acorda Therapeutics

9:15 am 

"Robust Functional Regeneration Beyond the Glial Scar"
Jerry Silver, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University

9:45 am

"Combining Robotic and Electrophysiological Methods to Measure and Augment Locomotor Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury"
Keith Tansey, MD, PhD, Director, Spinal Cord Injury Research & Restorative Neurology Programs, Crawford Research Institute, The Shepherd Center

10:15 am

Break - Exhibitor Visits 

10:45 am

"Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Helps Replenish Progenitor Cells in the Injured Spinal Cord of Adult Rats"
John McDonald, MD, PhD, Director, International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at Kennedy Krieger Institute

11:15 am

Panel Discussion with Drs. Caggiano, Silver, Tansey & McDonald

11:45 am

"From Where I Sit - Voice of the International Spinal Cord Injury Community"

12:30 pm

Lunch - Exhibitor Visits

1:30 pm

Heidi Marchand, PharmD, Asst. Commissioner for Special Health Issues, FDA 

1:50 pm

"Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs for Spinal Cord Injury"
Naba Bora, PhD, Director, CDMRP, Department of Defense

2:15 pm

Panel Discussion with FDA & DOD Representatives

2:45 pm

Break - Exhibitor Visits

3:15-5:00 pm

Breakout Sessions with Drs. Caggiano, Silver, Tansey & McDonald and Dr. Stephen Davies.  Each speaker will be available individually throughout the afternoon for 2 out of 3 sessions of small-group discussions.

3:15 pm

Breakout Session 1

3:50 pm

Breakout Session 2

4:25 pm

Breakout Session 3

7:00-9:00 pm

"Champions of Hope Reception " hosted by the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at Kennedy Krieger Institute
ICSCI Outpatient Center, Baltimore MD (Light Fare Provided - Transportation Available - must be reserved by October 11.  See Link)

 

  Tuesday, October 18 - Capitol Hill Day

8:30-10:00 am

Kick-Off Breakfast and Advocacy Review - Hilton Plaza Ballroom III

"Making Regenerative Medicine a Reality: A National Strategy"
Michael Werner, JD, Alliance for Regenerative Medicine

Throughout the Day

Visits with Legislators on Capitol Hill - Metro Transport to Union Station
Lunch and Dinner on Your Own

Speaker Bios now available - learn more about this outstanding group!