12:30 - 1:30

Investigators’ meeting (faculty only) – AGH Boardroom

1:00 - 2:00

Registration and coffee, put up posters

 2:00 - 2:10

Welcome - Heather Sheardown

2:10 - 2:50

The commercialization of the first silicone hydrogel contact lenses - overview and application to other medical devices

Lynn Winterton, Global Head of Research, CIBA Vision Corporation

2:50 - 2:55 

Materials Theme Introduction – Mike Brook

2:55 - 3:10

The Potential Utility of Polymeric Microemulsion Gels for Drug Delivery -  Na Li

 3:10 - 3:25

Nanostructrued HEMA hydrogel laden with core crosslinked micelles: a potential ophthalmic drug delivery vehicle – Changhai Lu

3:25 - 3:40

Hyaluronic Acid as an Internal and Releasable Wetting Agent in Model

Contact Lenses – Andrea Weeks

3:40 - 4:10

Coffee break and posters

4:10 - 4:15

Bio Theme intro – Heather Sheardown

4:15 - 4:45

NI talk – The never ending quest to understand cell-material interactions – Maud Gorbet

 4:45 - 5:00

Investigating nuclear translocation of MRTF-A following TGFb induced EMT in lens epithelial cells – Madhuja Gupta

5:00 - 5:30

Vitreous and Retinal Surgery (or vitreo-retinal surgery?) – David Wong,

Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences

Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital

5:30 - 6:00

Break, explore the galleries

6:00 - 6:30

Posters, wine and cheese

 6:30 - 8ish

Dinner

8:45

Coffee and snacks available

9:00 - 9:45

Drug Delivery 101 – Yu-Ling Cheng

9:45 - 9:50

Drug Delivery Theme Introduction – Yu-Ling Cheng

9:50 - 10:05

Crosslinking Toward a Cure – Dale Marecak

10:05 - 10:30

Coffee break and posters

10:30 - 10:45

PDMS/PNIPAAm Interpenetrating Polymer Networks for Drug Release Application – Lina Liu

10:45 - 11:15    

NI talk – Microemulsions in Ophthalmic Delivery - Edgar Acosta

11:15 - 11:30

Conference Wrap-up – Heather Sheardown

11:30 – 1:30

Board Meeting (Members of the Board of Directors only) – AGH Boardroom