Plenary Speakers

Improved Childhood Vaccines - A Grand Challenge in Global Health

Steven Buchsbaum
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, U.S.A.

Organic Delivery Vehicles for Probing and Treating Biological Systems: Adapting Fabrication Processes from the Electronics Industry for Use in Nano-medicine

Joseph M. DeSimone
University of North Carolina, U.S.A.

Cell Sheet Tissue Engineering and Their Clinical Applications - Generously Sponsored by NOF

Teruo Okano
Tokyo Women’s Medical College, Japan

Receptor-mediated Transcytosis: A Biologically Interactive Delivery Pathway – The First Clinical Application in Cancer Therapy

Patrick Soon-Shiong
Abraxis BioScience, Inc., U.S.A.

Artificial Proteins and Artificial Amino Acids

David A. Tirrell
California Institute of Technology, U.S.A.