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Get together

8.00 - 9.00	Registration
9.00	Welcome – Matej Drobnič, president of organizing committee, Damjan Radosavljevič, president of CTESS
9.15	Introduction – Vane Antolic

CARTILAGE AND BONE

9.30 - 11.00	Section A

Articular cartilage: clinical perspective
Chair: Matej Drobnič, Giusepe M Peretti

9.30-9.50   Mislav Jelić, Croatia

- Articular Cartilage Defect Treatment Concepts: Repair or Regeneration?

9.50-10.10   Miroslav Hašpl, Croatia

- Microfractures Versus Autologus Chondrocyte Implantation

10.10-10-25   Damjan Radosavljevič, Slovenia

- Long-term Results with ACI in Slovenia

10.25-10.35   Klemen Strazar, Slovenia

- Current Concept for Treatment of Cartilage Lesions in Femoroacetabular Impingement

10.35-10.45   Oskar Zupanc

- Osteohondral Lesions of the Elbow – Arthroscopic Treatment

10.45-11.00   Martina Bregar, Slovenia

- Rehabilitation after Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation in the Knee

11.00-11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	Section B

Cartilage: tissue engineering and imaging
Chair: Damjan Radosavljevič, Peter Verdonk

11.30-11.50   Christoph Brochhausen, Germany

- Chondrocyte Biology: Cartilage Development and Tissue Engineering Strategies

11.50-12.05   Matej Drobnič, Slovenia

- Surgical aspects of ACI

12.05-12.25   Elisaveta Kon, Italy

- Osteochondral Tissue Engineering

12.25-12.40   Emilio Quaia, Italy

- The Latest Developments in Cartilage Imaging

12.40-12.50   Ariana Barlič, Slovenia

- Gene Expression Analysis of 3D Engineered Constructs used for ACI

12.50-13.00   Bojana Obradović, Serbia

- Development and Validation of a Novel Bioreactor with Mechanical Stimulation for Cartilage Tissue Engineering

13.00 - 14.30	Lunch Break
14.30 - 15.45	Section C

Meniscus and intervertebral disc
Chair: Miro Gorenšek, Miroslav Hašpl

14.30-14.50   Giuseppe M Perettin, Italy

- Basic Science in Meniscus Repair

14.50-15.10   Peter Verdonk, Belgium

- Meniscus Transplantation: Current  Concepts

15.10-15.30   Jill Urban, UK

- Nutritional Constraints on Repair of the Intervertebral Disc

15.30-15.45   Miro Gorenšek, Slovenia

- Prevention of Intervertebral Disc Narrowing

15.45 - 16.15	Coffee break
16.15 - 17.45	Section D

Bone tissue engineering and other clinical applications
Chair: Vinko Pavlovčič, Elisaveta Kon

16.15-16.35   Darja Marolt, Slovenia; USA

- Bone Tissue Engineering

16.35-16.50   Matjaž Rode, Slovenia

- Periodontal Bone Repair

16.50-17.05   Hana Krečič-Stres, Slovenia

- Laboratory Development of Tissue Engineered Bone Grafts using Mesenchymal Stem Cells

17.05-17.20   Vladimir Senekovič, Slovenia

- Long Bone Defects Treated by Tissue Engineering Approach

17.20-17.35   Dragica Maja Smrke, Slovenia

- Bone  Marrow Derived Stem Cells  in the Bone Surgery

17.35-17.45   Luminita Simion, Romunia

- Clinical Application of a Biphasic Macroporous Ceramic Bone Substitute (CERAFORM®)

19.00

Conference Dinner - Boat Tour

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND STEM CELLS

9.00 - 10.30	Section E

Regulatory, ethical and coordination aspects of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Chair: Miomir Knežević, Herbert Gottweis

9.00-9.25   Herbert Gottweis, Austria

- Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research: Emerging Governance Issues

9.25-9.50   Albert Ramon, Germany

- Coordination of Research in Tissue Engineering

9.50-10.05   Miomir Knežević, Dragoslav Domanovič, Primož Rožman, Slovenia

- Regulations of the Tissue and Cell Therapies in Slovenia

10.05-10.20   Danica Avsec-Letonja, Slovenia

- Traceability, Transparency Required

10.20-10.30   Saša Puhar, Slovenia

- Quality Challenges in Autologous Tissue Establishment

10.30-11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30	Section F

Stem cells and Regenerative medicine
Chair: Primož Rožman, Darja Marolt

11.00-11.25   Stephen Minger, UK

- Embryonic Stem Cells

11.25-11.50   Tanja Dominko, USA

- Fibroblast – the Ultimate Stem Cell

11.50-12.05   Irma Virant Klun, Slovenia

- Stem Cells in Human Gonads

12.05-12.15   Mirjam Froelich, Slovenia

- Tissue Engineered Bone Grafts from Adipose Derived Stem Cells

12.15-12.30   Andrej Kmetec, Slovenia (from section D)

- Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux by ACI

12.30 - 14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.30	Section G

Umbilical cord blood
Chair: Matjaž Jeras, Albert Ramon

14.00-14.25   Nico Forraz, UK

- Cord blood Banking and Bioprocessing: what can we Learn from Obstetric History?

14.25-14.50   Colin McGuckin, UK

- Banking on Cord Blood and Adult Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine

14.50-15.15   Zoran Ivanovič, France

- Maintenance of Primitive Stem Cell Activity in Course of the Clinical-Scale ex vivo Expansion of Cord Blood CD34+ Cells

15.15-15.30   Marko Strbad, Slovenia

- Potential of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells to Differentiate towards Pancreatic Cells

15.30 - 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 - 16.15	Symposium closing
16.15	General aasembly of DCTIS