The Women's Technology Cluster is hosting a one-day Stem Cell conference at UCSF Mission Bay on February 7th. Over 30 internationally renowned panelists from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, and Singapore will explore the potential challenges to commercialization and make recommendations for a successful and time effective transition from lab to patient. Speakers will also investigate how to effectively build alliances across key research and industry groups in the US and internationally.

Topics covered include: building a common language; translating the research into the clinic; building alliances across academia, industry and non-profits; models for commercialization of stem cell outcomes; International alliances and stem cell landscape and new developments in stem science. Click here to register.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Zack Lynch, managing director of NeuroInsights, is an economic and social forecaster advising global organizations on the impact of neurotechnology on business, government and society. He serves on the advisory boards of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT,Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics, Global Neuroscience Initiative, the Center for Neuroeconomic Studies and SocialText, a social software company. He is currently finishing his book on Neurosociety: How Brain Science Is Shaping the Future of Business, Politics and Culture.