Time

Topic/Session

Speaker(s)

7:30 am

Registration, Networking & Coffee

8:00 am

Stem Cells 101

Renee Reijo Pera

8:45 am

Welcome to SOSCA

9:00 am

Keynote: Our Vision

Robert N. Klein

9:30 am

The Need for Advocacy

Amy Comstock Rick

10:00 am

Break & Networking

10:30 am

State of Stem Cell Science

Jeannie Fontana MD, PhD
Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD
Jay Levy, MD
Alan Trounson, PhD

11:30 am

Q&A

12:00 pm

Buffet Lunch with the experts

1:30 pm

Stem Cell Advocacy 2.0

Bernard Siegel

2:15 pm

Research Policy in the States

Mark Burton (MI)
Brad Kemp (KS)
Donn Rubin (MO)

3:15 pm

Video Presentation

Michael J. Fox

3:45 pm

Concurrent: House Party for Cures (Networking)

Presented & DJ-d by the Student Society for Stem Cell Research

5:00 pm

Conclusion of Day 1

8:00 am

Registration, Networking & Coffee

9.00 am

Welcome

Constance McKee &
Amy Daly

9.15 am

How to Talk to the Media

Steve Allen

11:00 am

Break & Networking

11:15 am

It Takes (more than) An Institute to Find a Cure: A Personal View from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Brock Reeve

12:00 pm

Buffet Lunch & networking at "State Tables"

Best Practices in States' Efforts

Americans for Cures'
50-State Strategy

Don Reed
Tricia Riccio
Beckie McCleery

Constance McKee

1:30 pm

Messaging & Polling

Frames/Messages that Work

Reaching Diverse Audiences

Messaging & Polling in Missouri

Paul Mandabach

Richard Maullin

Richard Martin

2:30 pm

Break & Networking

2:45 pm

You Can Make a Difference

Grant Albrecht
Siri Vaeth Dunn
Jeannie Fontana
Carlana Stone Lawson

3:45 pm

Conclusion of Event