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