Time

Topic

Lecturer

8:30-9:30am

Fundamentals of preservation

• Mechanisms of damage
• Cryoprotective agents
• Behavior of water during freezing

Allison Hubel

9:30-9:45 am

Break

9:45-10:45 am

Protocol development

• Pre-freeze processing
• Formulation of cryopreservation solutions
• Introduction of solutions
• Freezing

Allison Hubel

10:45-11:00 am

Break

11:00 am-12:00 pm

Protocol development

• Storage
• Thawing
• Post thaw assessment
• Troubleshooting

Allison Hubel

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00-3:00 pm

Manufacturing considerations

• Scaling up and scaling out
• Leaching
• In use stability of frozen and thawed products
• Containers, reagents and equipment

Guanglin Yu

3:00-3:15 pm

Break

3:15-4:45pm

Regulatory issues related to preservation

Fran Rabe

4:45-5:00 pm

Panel of Day 1 speakers

Time

Topic

Lecturer

8:30-9:30 am

Challenges of clinical cell processing - a focus on cryopreservation

Dave McKenna

9:30-9:45 am

Break

9:45-10:45 am

Quality control for cryopreservation

Diane Kadidlo

10:45-11:00 am

Break

11:00 am-12:00 pm

Repository Design I

Ian Pope

12:00-12:15 pm

Break

12:15-1:15 pm

Repository Design II

Ian Pope

1:15-1:30 pm

Break

1:30-1:45 pm

Panel of Day 2 speakers