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Schedule

(subject to change)

 

8:15 -   8:30    Registration


8:30  -   9:00    Networking breakfast


9:00  -   9:15    Welcome and about BioEngage

          Presenter: Mike Averkiou


9:15 - 10:30    Session 1: Molecular/targeted contrast agents

          Chair: Matt O'Donnell

      9:15 - 9:30      Junwei Li, Soon Joon Yoon    UW uWAMIT

                                 MNP-bPANI system and molecular imaging

      9:30 - 9:45      Rodney Ho                                   Nova TheraNostics & UW

                                 High-resolution MRI and IR diagnostic imaging enabled by a novel biocompatible & biodegradable nano-platform
      9:45 - 10:00    
Jonathan Liu                              UW Molecular Biophotonics Lab

                                 Molecular biophotonics for cancer detection and surgical guidance
    10:00 - 10:15   Suzie Pun and Kevin Tan        UW Pun Lab

                                 Microbubbles and targeted contrast agents
    10:15 - 10:30  
 Eric Seibel                                   UW Human Photonics Lab

                                 Multicolor molecular imaging in the human for GI cancer surveillance


10:30 - 10:45    Introductions

           Presenter: Matt O'Donnell


10:45 - 11:15    Break and Posters

                                See morning poster title and abstracts.


11:15 - 11:45    Panel: Maximizing industry-academic partnerships

Moderator: Matt O'Donnell 

Erwin Berthier         VP of RND, Tasso Inc

Matt Everett            Chief Scientist, Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc
Perry Frederick        Research Manager - Western US, GE
Rodney Ho                Chair of Scientific Advisory Board, Nova TheraNostics and Professor, UW

Tom Matula             Director, UW CIMU

Onno Wink               Clinical Scientist, Philips Healthcare

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11:45 - 12:30    Lunch

12:30 -  1:45    Session 2: Integrated imaging/therapy

            Chair: Mike Averkiou

    12:30 - 12:45   Matt Everett                Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.

                                 Technology commercialization - OCT from research concept to mainstream product

    12:45 - 1:00     Onno Wink                    Philips

                                 Challenges with X-ray guided multi-needle tumor ablation
       1:00 - 1:15    
Matt Nyflot                   UW Radiation Oncology

                                 Challenges and opportunities for imaging in radiation therapy
       1:15 - 1:30    
Ine De Cock                   UW Averkiou Lab/UW uWAMIT

                                 Ultrasound mediated drug delivery
       1:30 - 1:45    
Jeff Powers                   Philips

                                 Opening the blood brain barrier to deliver chemotherapy drugs to brain cancer


1:45 -  2:15    Break and Posters

                                 See afternoon poster title and abstracts.


2:15 -  3:30    Session 3: Therapy response assessment

             Chair: Jeff Powers

       2:15 - 2:30     Savannah Partridge                                  SCCA & UW 

                                 Advanced MRI to evaluate response to breast cancer therapy
       2:30 - 2:45    
Utkarsh Sharma                                         Optovue

                                 OCT angiography: A journey from idea to commercialization
       2:45 - 3:00    
Andy Milkowski                                          Siemens R&D

                                 Ultrasound fusion as the opportunity to deliver precision cancer treatment
       3:00 - 3:15     
William Hunter                                           PET/X  & UW IRL                                 

                                 Quantitative dual-mode scanner for breast cancer therapy assessment

       3:15 - 3:30     Perry Frederick & Siavash Yazdanfar    GE

                                 Molecular contrast agents


3:30 -  4:00    Panel: Barriers to clinical acceptance

Moderator: Ray Yueng

Adam Alessio         Research Associate Professor, UW Radiology, Imaging Research Lab

Sara St. James       Assistant Professor, UW Radiation Oncology

Jonathan Liu           Assistant Professor, Molecular Biophotonics Lab

Jessi Parsons          Clinical Science Manager, Mirabilis Medical, Inc.
Matt Rielly               Clinical Research Board Regional Manager, Philips

Utkarsh Sharma    Director, Advanced Development, Optovue

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4:00 - 5:00    Networking reception

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