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Time	Saturday May 22	Sunday May 23	Monday May 24	Tuesday May 25	Wednesday May 26
Morning 6:00 am - 8:00 am		7:00 am - 8:00 am Plant Program Committee Breakfast SIVB/CABI/IAPTC&B Meeting	7:00 am - 8:00 am Publication Committee Meeting Education Committee Meeting	7:00 am - 8:00 am Development Committee Meeting Student Affairs Breakfast	7:00 am - 8:00 am Membership Committee Meeting
8:00 am-10:00 am	8:00 am - 12:00 pm SIVB Board of Directors Meeting 8:30 am - 11:45 am 11th International Invertebrate Conference Using Cell Models in Assays and Basic Research Works	Advances in Automation of Cell Culture and Cell-based Assays Functional Genomics of Aquatic Toxicology Plant Pathogen Genomics and Transformation Thinking Outside the Cell	Contaminants in Plant Tissue Culture: New Ways of Attacking and Old Problem Plant Transformation: Contributed Paper Session RNA Interference Workshop Tissue Engineering	Gene Intergration Into Plant Genome: What We Know and What We Do Not Know Root Biology:Notes from the Underground Mammailian Cell Culture Contaminants: Identification and Control	Cell Models/Biotechnology: Contributed Paper Session Gene Discovery and Regulation: Contributed Paper Session Medicinal Plant Biotechnology Validation and Regulatory Acceptance of In Vitro Toxicity Assays
10:00 am - 10:30 am		Coffee Break	Coffee Break 10:00 am - 10:30 am Section Chairs Meeting with Paul Price	Coffee Break Constitution and Bylaws Committee Meeting	Coffee Break
10:30 am-12:30 pm		Opening Ceremony and Keynote Symposium ""The Challenge and Approach of Today’s Disease/Pathogen Drug Treatments""	Stem Cells: Fundamental Aspects and Therapeutic Approaches	Mammailian Cell Culture Contaminants: Identification and Control (continued) Organized Development In Vitro	Microscopy for the 21st Century: New Ways to ""See"" Inside the Cell
12:30 pm-2:30 pm	12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation: Thomas Grace 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm 2004 World Congress Program Committee Meeting 12:45 pm - 5:00 pm Using Cell Models in Assays and Basic Research Workshop (continued) 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Funding Fundamentals: How to Get the Grant You Want 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm 11th International Invertebrate Conference (continued)	12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Keynote Reception 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Lunch and Poster Presentations Even Poster Authors in Attendance Interactive Poster Sessions 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Cell and Cell Culture Models for Toxicology Testing andStudies/In Vitro Tools 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Cryopreservation/In Vitro Tools 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Invertebrate Contributed Paper Session	12:30 pm - 1:30 pm In Vitro - Plant Editorial Board Luncheon Long Range Planning Committee Meeting 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Cell Cuture Systems for Production of Pharmaceuticals 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Lunch and Poster Presentations Odd Poster Authors in Attendance 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Interactive Poster Sessions: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Altered Plant Architecture and Cellular Chemistry	12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation: Walter Nelson-Rees 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation: Trevor A. Thorpe 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Poster Breakdown	12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch on your own 2005 Program Committee Meeting 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Microscopy Workshop
Afternoon 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm	3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Poster Set up	Interactive Poster Sessions: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Stress Tolerance 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Cancer Biology 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Cellular Model Characterization 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm RNA Interference: A New Tool In Gene Discovery and Gene Therapy	3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Stem Cells in Aquatic Organisms Advanced Technologies for Monoclonal Antibody Production Cancer Biology: Contributed Paper Session Alternative Selection Systems Restoration of Endangered Species	2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Biopreservation Symposium Proteomics Symposium: Biomarkers 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Functional Proteomics Workshop 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Advances in Biopreservation	2:30 pm - 4:30 pm The Future of Improved Nutrition Through Modern Biotechnology Plant Regeneration and Microprogation: Contributed Paper Session
Evening 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm	6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Education Special Poster Session 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Opening Reception Exhibits and Posters 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Poster Presentations All Poster Authors in Attendance 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Interactive Poster Session: Educating the Biotechnology Workforce: Current Programs, Future Directions	5:30 pm - 9:00 pm San Francisco Cruise Reception and Dinner	6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Plant Biotechnology Business Meeting Vertebrate/Toxicology Business Meeting 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Invertebrate Business Meeting and Social 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Plant Biotechnology Social Vertebrate/Toxicology Social	5:00 pm - 6:00 pm SIVB Business Meeting 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Reception/Silent Auction Announcement of Silent Auction Winners 8:00 pm - 1100 pm Closing Banquet

2004 World Congress Final Program at a Glance