Chairs Douglas Melton, PhD Harvard University, HHMI Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD Washington University Speakers Wendy Baldwin New Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health Morris J. Birnbaum, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania, HHMI Daniel J. Drucker, MD University of Toronto Helena Edlund, PhD University of Umea Michael S. German, MD University of California, San Francisco Markus Grompe, MD Oregon Health Sciences University Matthias Hebrok New University of California, San Francisco Andrew Holland New Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Klaus H. Kaestner, PhD University of Pennsylvania C. Ronald Kahn, MD Joslin Diabetes Center Yoshiya Kawaguchi New Vanderbilt University Eckhard Lammert New Harvard University Ronald D. McKay, PhD NINDS, National Institutes of Health Raghavendra Mirmira New University of Virginia Philip D. Noguchi Food and Drug Administration Jon Odorico New University of Wisconsin Josina Reddy New University of California San Francisco Cancer Center Eric Rulifson New Stanford University Nora Sarvetnick, PhD The Scripps Research Institute Karl Skorecki New Rambam Medical Center Andrew F. Stewart, PhD University of Pittsburgh Chris Stoeckert University of Pennsylvania Atsushi Suzuki New University of Tsukuba Catherine Verfaillie University of Minnesota Irving Weissman, MD Stanford University Christopher Wright, PhD Vanderbilt University Kenneth S. Zaret, PhD Fox Chase Cancer Center