2nd International Conference on Epithelial Technologies and Tissue Engineering
April 2-4, 2006, Marriott Crystal Gateway, Washington, DC

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REGISTER before March 17, 2006 for the early-bird discounted registration fee! http://www.engr.washington.edu/epp/uweb/

ICETTE 2 will address a growing need in medicine: the development of techniques for epithelial tissue repair and regeneration.

More than 1.2 million Americans develop cancer each year. Eighty-five percent of all cancers are carcinomas, cancer of the epithelial tissues, requiring surgical excision and reconstruction. Yet, most published research in tissue engineering focuses on cartilage, bone, and cardiovascular tissue. Epithelial tissues require unique cell culture and design standards to achieve functional tissue-like substitutes.

Epithelial engineering may have application in diagnostics; imaging technologies can also contribute to the understanding and application of epithelial cells. ICETTE 2 will address methods, critical clinical issues, and advances in the field that impact epithelial cell tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and related technologies. 

Registration

REGISTER before March 13, 2006 for the early-bird discounted registration fee! http://www.engr.washington.edu/epp/uweb/

ICETTE Sessions

A Special Two-Hour Tutorial on Epithelial Biology

Session 1: Fundamental Discoveries in Epithelial Biology
Session 2: Scaffolds & Bioreactors for Epithelial Tissues
Session 3: Corneal Tissue Engineering
Session 4: Skin Tissue Engineering
Session 6: Esophageal Tissue
Session 7: Gut and Digestive Tract Tissue
Session 8: Tissue Engineering: Vision and Innovations

Download the tentative schedule.

COME HEAR THE WORLD LEADERS IN TISSUE ENGINEERING DISCUSS THEIR LATEST WORK

Anthony Atala
Steve Badylak
Thomas Boland
K.S. Chian
Lucie Germain
Cecilia Giachelli
May Griffith
Jonathan Mansbridge
Robert Nerem
Buddy Ratner
Matthias Stelzner
William Wagner
Ioannis V. Yannas

For more details about the ICETTE 2, email info@uweb.engr.washington.edu or call Elizabeth Sharpe at 206.616.3337.

Oral and Poster Presentations

The program committee is currently reviewing abstracts on the following topics related to epithelial technologies and tissue engineering:

The deadline for submitting a poster presentation has been extended to Wednesday, March 15, 2006!

To submit your abstract, please visit: http://www.engr.washington.edu/epp/icette/abstract.php.  Please identify whether you are interested in giving an oral or poster presentation.

Sponsorship

We would like to invite your company to consider becoming involved with this exciting symposium.  We are offering several opportunities that can provide your company excellent exposure to a valuable market of academic faculty and students as well as industrial members. Please click here for more information.

Lodging

Participants are encouraged to stay at the official conference hotel, The Marriott Crystal Gateway. The special conference rate is $175 for a standard single or double room per night, $195 for a triple, and $215 for a quad.  Please identify yourself as an “ICETTE 2” attendee to receive the discounted rate. Rooms at the special rate must be reserved by March 6, 2006.

Marriott Crystal Gateway
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA  22202

1-(800)-228-9290 or (703)-920-3230

http://marriott.com/property/propertypage.mi?marshaCode=WASGW

For more information on this location as well as transportation to and around Arlington, please click here.

Food

There are many options in the hotel as well as nearby.  Click here to see some selected options. 

Sight-Seeing in Washington, D.C.

The nation's capital has many points of interest if you have some free time during your visit to Washington, D.C.  For some suggestions, click here.

SUWA: The Singapore-University of Washington Alliance

ICETTE 2 is sponsored by the Singapore-University of Washington Alliance (SUWA), a collaboration supported by A*STAR, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research. Two research groups, one at the University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB) in Seattle, WA and the other at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore aim to facilitate research and translation to industry of live-saving products. Specifically, UWEB and NTU aim to develop a multi-disciplinary research program in tissue engineering with a special focus on a tissue-engineered pharynx and esophagus.  The goal of the alliance is also to make diagnostic and analytical health care tools more accessible outside the lab to health care professionals, who can operate them with basic training.