Previous Conference Info

2001
Keynote Speaker:
Featured Speakers:
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Paul Letourneau
Larry Benowitz
Sessions:
1. Targeted Axonal Growth/Regeneration in the PNS (R. Oppenheim; W. Neiss; R. Madison; M.
Laskowski; C. Krarup; W. Snider; J. Terzis)
2. Human Cells for Transplantation (M. Rao; S. Goldman; E. Snyder; M. Carpenter; I. Duncan)
3. Neuron-glia Interactions and Synaptic Plasticity (P. Kostyuk; I. Whishaw; B. Kolb; M. Matteoli;
B. Ransom; H. Sontheimer; H. Goshgarian)
4. Signaling Pathways in Neural Plasticity (J. Avruch; B. Gold; L. McKerracher; S. Finklestein)
5. Neurogenesis in the Adult (P. Rakic; J. Macklis; T. Palmer; M. Luskin; A. Calof; J. Parent)
6. Emerging Topics in Regeneration (O. Steward; J. McDonald – cancelled; M. Filbin; J. Fawcett;
M. Sofroniew)
1999
Keynote Speaker:
Featured Speakers:
Martin Raff
John Sladek
Glenn Hatton
Sessions:
1. Strategies for Spinal Cord Injury Repair (B. Stokes; M. Bracken; F. Geisler; M. Beattie; H.
Geller; J. Bethea; P. Popovich)
2. Impact of Neuroprosthetic Applications on Functional Recovery (J. Chapin; P. Cheney; JA
Hoffer; M. Nicolelis; J. Klaas)
3. Neurotrophins and Activity-Dependent Plasticity (H. Thoenen; S. Marty; D. Lo; B. Lu; F. Seil;
A. Konnerth)
4. Plasticity of the Injured Spinal Cord: Retraining Neural Circuits to Promote Motor
Recovery (VR Edgerton; B. Dobkin; K. Pearson; B. Calancie; A. Wernig)
5. Candidate Cells for Transplantation into the Injured CNS (I. Fischer; M. Schwartz; A. Ramon-
Cueto; M. Rao; D. Prockop; V. Lee)
6. New Directions in Regeneration Research (J. Kordower; F. Longo; A. Blight; P. Tresco; R.
Saavedra)
1997
Keynote Speaker:
Featured Speakers:
Geoffrey Raisman
Graham Creasey
Fred Gage
Sessions:
1. Cortical Plasticity in Human Subjects (M. Merzenich; H. Chugani; H. Levin; M. Hallet; C.
Weiller; U. Bellugi; P. Tallal)
2. Rewiring the Injured CNS (S. Rossignol; S. Giszter; A. Schwartz; T. Drew; N. Hogan)
3. Intrinsic Neuronal Limits to Regeneration (J. Fawcett; K. Wictorin; D. Anderson; J. Taylor; S.
Jhaveri; R. Meyer; J. Houle)
4. Positive and Negative Genetic Regulation of Normal and Pathological Neuronal Death (L.
Schwartz; D. Bredesen; L. Greene; M. Chalfie; R. Pittman)
5. Mechanisms for Establishing Specificity of Connections (J. Diamond; D. O’Leary; K Kalil; P.
Levitt; D. Baird; M. Bahr; W. Strittmatter)
6. Specification of Cellular Identity and Cell-Cell Signaling in Development (N. Holder; S. Easter,
Jr.; E. Boncinelli; C. Erickson)