2024 Regional Symposia - Southeast
The 2024 SFB Southeast Symposia will be hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia on September 19-20, 2024.
Symposia programs will include shared plenary speakers from the above locations with content accessible remotely across the country. Participants will include faculty and student populations of the respective host institutions, while also featuring regional presentations, speakers, and posters.
The sample program provided below is a tentative draft and subject to significant changes:
September 19, 2024 (All Times Eastern)
| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Welcome from Site Chairs |
| 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Concurrent Session I: Nanomaterials |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Concurrent Session II: Biomaterial-Tissue Interaction |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary Session I: Dr. Shana Kelley and Dr. Joel Collier |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Concurrent Session III: Immune Engineering 1 |
| 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Concurrent Session IV: Drug Delivery 1 |
| 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM | Plenary Session II: Dr. Sarah Stebenfeldt and Dr. Danielle Benoit |
| 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM | Concurrent Session V: Tissue Engineering 1 |
| 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Dinner Reception |
September 20, 2024 (All Times Eastern)
| 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Concurrent Session VI: Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Concurrent Session VII: Immune Engineering 2 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary Session III: Dr. Elazer Edelman and Dr. Cynthia Reinhart-King |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Concurrent Session VIII: BioInterfaces |
| 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Concurrent Session IX: Drug Delivery 2 |
| 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent Session X: Tissue Engineering 2 |
| 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM | Concurrent Session XI: "POSTAR" Award Rapid Fire Talks |
HOTEL OPTIONS:
• GT Hotel & Conference Center
• Renaissance Atlanta Midtown
• Georgian Terrace
• Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta Midtown
• Homewood Suites by Hilton Atlanta Midtown
For anyone looking to support our exciting work and to help ensure a bright future for biomaterials and all who study them please consider sponsoring SFB's 2024 Regional Symposia nationally, as a company, or as a regional institution!
Thank you to our sponsors!
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Regional Symposia Co-Chairs:
Edward A. Botchwey, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ankur Singh, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Program Committee:
Daniel Abebayehu, PhD, University of Virginia
Simone Douglas-Green, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Cheryl Gomillion, PhD, University of Georgia
Ana Maria Porras, PhD, University of Florida
Lauren B. Priddy, PhD, Mississippi State University
Tatiana Segura, PhD, Duke University
Susan N. Thomas, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
John Wilson, PhD, Vanderbilt University