2nd CNS Diseases World Summit
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all times are approximate and subject to change without notice
Day 1 - Monday, September 9, 2013
7:55 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Two Concurrent Tracks
Joint Plenary Keynote Session, Part I
8:00

Jeffrey Nye
Vice President Neuroscience External Partnering Strategy
Johnson & Johnson

8:45

Li-Huei Tsai
Professor and Director, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:30

Rajesh Ranganathan
Director of the Office of Translational Research, NINDS
NIH

10:15 Networking and Refreshment Break
Break into Individual Conferences - click the conference title for a detailed agenda
Conference Titles 7th Neurodegenerative Conditions Research and Development 6th CNS Partnering and Deal-Making
11:15 Session I
Novel Therapeutic Targets and Approaches in Alzheimer's Disease
Session I
Licensing & Partnering Strategies
Part I
12:30 Lunch on Your Own
2:00 Session I
Novel Therapeutic Targets and Approaches in Parkinson's Disease
Session I
Licensing & Partnering Strategies
Part I
3:15 Afternoon Networking & Coffee Break
3:45 Session I
Novel Therapeutic Targets and Approaches in Neurodegenerative Conditions
Session II
Recent Advances in CNS Development
Part I
5:30 Networking Reception and Poster Session
Day 2 - Tuesday, September 10, 2013
7:30 Continental Breakfast
Two Concurrent Tracks
Joint Session: Recent Advances in Neuroscience Research
8:00

Frank LaFerla
Chancellor's Professor and Chair, Neurobiology and Behavior School of Biological Sciences Director, Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (MIND)
University of California, Irvine

8:25

TBA

8:50

Mehmet Yanik
Group leader, Associate Professor, High-Throughput Neurotechnology Group
MIT

9:15

TBA

9:40 Networking and Refreshment Break
Break into Individual Conferences - click the conference title for a detailed agenda
Conference Titles 7th Neurodegenerative Conditions Research and Development 6th CNS Partnering and Deal-Making
10:00
Session II
Biomarkers: Translation from Discovery to Clinical
Session II
Recent Advances in CNS Development
Part II
11:55 Lunch Provided by GTC
1:00 Joint Session: Licensing & Partnering Strategies, Part II
1:00

Tracey Mumford, Senior Associate Director, Research Partnerships, Michael J. Fox Foundation

1:25

Carrie Jones, Director, In Vivo and Translational Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

1:50

Panel Discussion: Role of Patient Groups

2:35

Panel Discussion: Partnering in the AD, PD and Other Cognitive Disorders. How Have Things Changed?

3:20 Conferences Conclude
all times are approximate and subject to change without notice

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