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Vancouver Bioimaging Workshop Preliminary Program Planning

Information on this page is preliminary and for planning purpose only.
Final workshop information will be available later.

The International Workshop on
“Bioimaging Technologies for Enchanced Healthcare”
Date: April 24-25 (Sat-Sun), 2010
Location: Fred Kaiser Building, Rooms 2020 & 2030, University of British Columbia
2332 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 CANADA

Program Overview

Saturday Sunday
9:00 - 10:30 Opening & Clinical 8:30 - 10:30 Functional imaging
10:45 - 12:00 Clinical Panel discussion 10:30 - 12:00 Functional imaging Panel
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch (catered) 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch (catered)
13:00 - 15:00 OCT & Multiphoton endomicroscopy 13:00 - 14:30 Molecular imaging & Drug Discovery
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break 14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:30 Microsensors & Microfluidics 15:00 - 16:00 Panel Discussion
17:30 - 18:30 Break 16:00 - 16:15 Concluding remarks
18:30 - 21:30 Reception 16:30 - 18:30 Final Report draft

Detailed Program

Saturday Morning
Overview: Clinical needs & technology capabilities Chair: Jamal Deen
9:00 - 9:10 Opening Welcome Warren Grundfest & Jamal Deen
9:10 - 9:30 Overview translation in optical imaging Warren Grundfest
9:30 - 10:00 Robotics Dave Williams
10:00 - 10:30 Endoscopy Brian Wong
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 Clinical Panel Discussion: Moderator: Louis Liu
Clinical Panel: Bill Yong, Frances Tse, Brian Wong, Dave Williams, Warren Grundfest
12:00 - 13:00 Group Lunch & Networking
Saturday Afternoon
Endomicroscopy: OCT, in-vivo confocal & multiphoton imaging Chair: Bruce Tromberg
13:00 - 13:30 OCT Zhongping Chen
13:30 - 14:00 in-vivo multiphoton imaging Daniel Côté
14:00 - 15:00 Panel Discussion: endomicroscopy Moderator: Bruce Tromberg
Panel: Eric Potma, Caroline Boudoux, Kristen Maitland, Shuo Tang
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
Micro/Nano sensing & microfluidics Chair: Vassili Karanassios
15:30 - 16:00 Micro/Nano biosensors Jamal Deen
16:00 - 16:15 Microfluidics & Lab-on-a-chip Vamsy Chodavarapu
16:15 - 16:30 Nanoimaging Alexander N. Cartwright
16:30 - 17:30 Panel Discussion: micro/nano devices Moderator: Stewart Aitchison
Panel: Rahul Singh, Chang-Qing Xu, Zach Taylor, Ravi Selvaganapathy, Orly Yadid-Pecht
17:30 - 18:30 Break
18:30 - 21:30 Reception
Sunday Morning
Functional Imaging Chair: Frances Tse
8:30 - 9:15 PDT: new developments Mike Patterson
9:15 - 9: 45 Fluorescence endoscopy Haishan Zeng
9:45 - 10:15 Raman & CARS Eric Potma
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30 Panel Discussion Moderator: Brian Wilson
Panel: Mike Patterson, Haishan Zeng, Qiyin Fang, Javier Jo, Brian Wilson
11:30 - 13:00 Lunch Break
Sunday Afternoon
Molecular Imaging, drug discovery, and biomaterials Chair: Qiyin Fang
13:00 - 13:30 Optical imaging in drug discovery David Andrews
13:30 - 14:00 Molecular Imaging Christopher Contag
14:00 - 14:30 Biomaterials and biocompatibility John Brash
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 - 16:00 Panel Discussion Moderator: Calum MacAulay
Panel: David Andrews, Herb Schellhorn, Christopher Contag, Daniel Farkas
16:00 - 16:15 Concluding remarks Warren Grundfest & Jamal Deen

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