Keynote Address:
Irv Weissman (Stanford University)
"Scientific Data in the Debate about Cloning Technology"
Hwang Woo Suk (Seoul National University, South Korea)
"Pluripotent Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line Derived From a Cloned Blastocyst and Its Potential Applications"
Laurie Zoloth (Northwestern University)
"Ethical Challenges in Stem Cell Research"
Alan Trounson (Monash University, Australia)
"Options to Conventional Nuclear Transfer for Stem Cells"
Janet Rossant (Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada)
"Making the Placenta: Stem Cells and Tissue Interactions"
Mats Hansson (The Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
"From Moral Veto to Dialogue Regarding Stem Cell Research"
Joe Beechem (Invitrogen)
"Cutting Edge Molecular Technologies Applied to Decoding Stem-cell Activity"
Forum Panel, moderated by Roger Bingham (The Science Network)