Preliminary Program

ASGT 7th Annual Meeting
June 2-6, 2004, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jointly Sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

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2004 Premiminary Schedule
(This program is subject to updates/changes.)


Wednesday, June 2
Noon – 8:00 pm Attendee Registration Open
2:00 pm – 3:45 pm Pre-Meeting Session: Programs of Excellence in Gene Therapy
2:00 pm – 3:45 pm Pre-Meeting Session: Understanding and Planning Biodistribution and Toxicology Studies
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Education Sessions
5:30 pm – 6:45 pm Dinner Break
6:45 pm – 8:15 pm Education Sessions
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm Education Sessions

Thursday, June 3
7:00 am – 5:00 pm Attendee Registration Open
8:00 am – 9:00 am George Stamatoyannopoulos Lecture (Harriet L. Robinson, PhD) and Excellence in
Research Awards
9:15 am – 12:30 pm Workshops
10:00 am – Noon Poster Setup by Authors
Noon – 7:30 pm Poster Viewing
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Meet-the-Investigator Lunches
1:45 pm – 4:15 pm Oral Abstract Sessions
3:00 pm – 7:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
4:00 pm – 7:30 pm Poster Session, Exhibits and Welcome Reception
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm NIH Funded Resources in Support of Gene Therapy Symposium
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Sangamo BioSciences Corporate Symposium – “Zinc Finger DNA-Binding Proteins for
Gene Regulation and Repair: A Novel Class of Human Therapeutics”
Chair: Sir Aaron Klug

Friday, June 4
7:00 am – Noon Poster Setup by Authors
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Attendee Registration Open
8:00 am – 10:00 am Scientific Symposia
10:15 am – 12:15 pm Scientific Symposia
Noon – 7:00 pm Poster Viewing
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Meet-the-Investigator Lunches
1:45 pm – 4:15 pm Oral Abstracts Sessions
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Poster Session, Exhibits and Networking Reception
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm ASGT Business Meeting
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm VIRxSYS Corporate Symposium – “Lentiviral Vectors”
Chair: Boro Dropulic, PhD

Saturday, June 5
7:00 am – Noon Poster Setup by Authors
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Attendee Registration Open
8:00 am – 10:00 am Scientific Symposia
10:15 am – 12:15 pm Oral Abstract Sessions
Noon – 7:00 pm Poster Viewing
12:15 - 1:15 pm Meet-the-Investigator Lunches
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Presidential Symposium (Gordon Keller, PhD, and Catherine Verfaillie, MD)
Presidential Address and Presentation of Top Abstracts
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Poster Session, Exhibits and Networking Reception

Sunday, June 6
7:30 am – Noon Attendee Registration Open
9:00 am – Noon Oral Abstract Sessions
Noon 7th Annual Meeting Concludes