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January 27 - 29, 1998
San Diego, California

Tuesday, January 27, 1998

8:30 Welcome & Introduction
Shaun Jones MD

9:00 Molecular Medicine, Population Genetics and Individualized Care
George Poste DVM PhD

9:30 The Genomics Revolution: An Enabling Platform for a New Era in Biomedical Research
Robert Strausberg PhD & Carol Dahl PhD

10:00 Languaging the Future: From The Decade Of The Brain To The Millennium Of The Mind
Dave Warner MD

10:30 Break

10:45 The Role of Miniaturization Technologies in Medicine of the Future
Gregory Kovacs MD PhD

11:15 The Future of Infectious Disease
Stephen Morse PhD

11:45 Panel Question & Answer Session
Moderator: George Poste DVM PhD

12:15 Break

1:45 Introduction
Shaun Jones MD

2:00 Issues Concerning the Relationship Between Brain Processes and Current Technology
Karl Pribram MD

2:30 What Can Brain Imaging Tell Us About the Mind and Soul?
Edythe London PhD

3:00 Break

3:15 The Neuron-Silicon Interface: Building Replacement Parts for the Brain
Theodore Berger PhD

3:45 The 5th Dimensional Human: Integrating Physical, Biochemical and Informational Worlds
Richard Satava MD

4:15 Panel Question & Answer Session
Moderator: Karl Pribram MD

5:00 Reception
Wednesday, January 28, 1998

8:30 Introduction
Shaun Jones MD

9:00 Extending Human Longevity: Myth or Reality?
Eugenia Wang PhD

9:30 Aging: The Disease Which Afflicts Everyone Over The Age Of Thirty Five. Methods Of Diagnosis And Treatment
Ward Dean MD

10:00 Sequence Space: To Boldly Go Where No Life Has Gone Before
Stephen Johnston PhD

10:30 Break

10:45 Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Regenerative Tissue Therapy
Daniel Marshak PhD

11:15 Clearance of Pathogens
Ronald Taylor PhD

11:45 Panel Question & Answer Session
Moderator: Daniel Marshak PhD

12:15 Break

1:45 Introduction
Shaun Jones MD

2:00 After the Genome: From Molecular Biology to Molecular Cell Engineering
Donald Ingber MD PhD

2:30 Neuroanatomy From Physics
Christopher Cherniak PhD

3:00 Genetically Challenged: The Healthcare System in the 21st Century
Robert Bohrer JD

3:30 Panel Question & Answer Session with Analysis & Commentary
Moderator: Peter Schwartz

Thursday, January 29

Note: The final session of NextMed was held in conjunction with the sixth annual conference, "Medicine Meets Virtual Reality."

Moderator: Dr. rer nat Hans B. Sieburg

8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Karen S. Morgan, President
Aligned Management Associates, Inc.
San Diego

8:05 Accelerating Technology Transfer: New Relationships for Academia, Industry, and Government
Richard M. Satava MD

8:25 Panel Discussion: Academic Entrepreneurship: Funding for Research & Development of New Healthcare Technologies
Chair: Dr. rer nat Hans B. Sieburg
Panelists: Stephen R. Bochner MD, Portola Valley CA; Brook Byers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Menlo Park CA; Richard Hamilton, Oxford Bioscience Partners, Costa Mesa CA; Douglas H. Obenshain, Ernst & Young, San Diego CA; Jeffrey Sollender, Forward Ventures, Inc., La Jolla CA

9:45 Engineering the Future of Biotechnology
Dr. rer nat Hans B. Sieburg

10:00 Break

Moderator: Shaun Jones MD

10:30 Medicine Meets Magic
Susan E. Squires PhD

11:00 Keynote Presentation: The Long Boom: A Positive View of Healthcare in the Next Century
Peter Schwartz

12:00 End of NextMed