Program

Keynote speakers

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Andrea Tenner

Distinguished Professor
University of California, Irvine

New roles of C1q and C5aR1 in neurodegeneration

Wenchao Song

Professor of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Cutting-edge animal models of complement disease

Carla Nester

Professor of Pediatrics-Nephrology, Dialysis and Tx
University of Iowa, Iowa City

Joint plenary seminar:

The Promised Land: Settling into the New Era of Complement-Targeted Therapies in Kidney Disease

Bradley Dixon

Professor of Pediatrics-Nephrology
University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora

Joint plenary seminar:

The Promised Land: Settling into the New Era of Complement-Targeted Therapies in Kidney Disease

Markus Bosmann

Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine; Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Boston University, Boston

Complement in the Storm: Driving the Line Between Host Defense and Acute Lung Injury

Shruti Chaturvedi

Associate Professor of Medicine

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Novel complement developments in aHUS, TMA, and other benign hematological diseases

Naresh Mandava

Professor, Chair Department of Ophthalmology
University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora

Complement therapies for AMD and diabetic retinopathy.

Edward S. Connolly

Professor, Chair Department of Neurological Surgery
Columbia University, New York

Complement cascade modulation following reperfused human ischemic stroke

Wednesday 29thThursday 30thFriday 31stAugust 1st
7:00-8:00Registration + morning coffee serviceRegistration + morning coffee serviceDeparture
8:00-8:20Welcome addressClinical Keynote: Carla Nester (UIowa) and Bradley Dixon (CU)
8:20-8:40Clinical Keynote: Edward Connolly (Columbia)
8:40-9:00
9:00-9:20
9:20-9:40Session 1: Complement in the lungs
9:40-10:00Session 4: Complement and kidney
10:00-10:20Session 2: Complement in the liver and gastrointestinal tract
10:20-10:40
10:40-11:20Coffee breakCoffee break
11:20-11:40Session 3: Therapeutics and diagnosticsScience keynote: Andrea Tenner (UC Irvine)
11:40-12:00
12:00-12:20
12:20-12:40Session 5: Complement in the brain
12:40-13:00Poster flash presentations
13:00-13:20Lunch break
13:20-13:40Lunch and product theater (Apellis, Diamond sponsor)
13:40-14:00
14:00-14:20
14:20-14:40Science keynote: Markus Bosmann (Boston U)
14:40-15:00Science keynote:
Wenchao Song (UPenn)
15:00-15:20Social event:
Campus walking tour and pub quiz at Milieu Fermentation
15:20-15:40Poster session and networking
15:40-16:00Coffee break
16:00-16:20
16:20-16:40Session 4: Novel insightsSession 6: Complement in the brain
16:40-17:00
17:00-18:00Clinical keynote: Naresh Mandava (CU)Clinical keynote: Shruti Chaturvedy (JHU)
18:00-18:20Free timeAwards
18:20-18:40Farewell
18:40-19:00
19:00-22:00Conference dinner @ The Benson

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