Events
Event
- Title:
- 20/20 2010 Spring Annual Conference
- When:
- 31.03.2010 - 01.04.2010
- Where:
- Art Gallery of Hamilton - Hamilton
- Category:
- 20/20 Meetings
Description
The conference will take place at the Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH) in downtown Hamilton. The AGH is located at 123 King St. West, between Bay St. South and Macnab St. South. The Art Gallery can be accessed by car via the Main Street EAST exit off of the 403.
Signs will be posted inside the AGH to direct Network members to the Tanenbaum Pavillion, where the conference will take place. The Boardroom is on the third floor, accessible by the main elevator. Parking is available in the garage underneath the Art Gallery, which can be entered off of Main St. West or off of King St. West. The parking station accepts credit cards, bills, and coins.
The Crown Plaza Hotel is located at 150 King St. East and a few blocks east of the Art Gallery. To drive to the hotel, follow Main Street West until it becomes Main Street East and turn left onto Walnut Street. Turn left again onto King St East, and then left into the hotel.
Below is a map of downtown Hamilton, with the Art Gallery, the Crown Plaza Hotel, and the Hamilton GO bus station marked.
Agenda
Wednesday, March 31st
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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 |
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 |
Thursday, April 1st
|
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 |
Venue
- Venue:
- Art Gallery of Hamilton - Website
- Street:
- 123 King St. West
- City:
- Hamilton
- State:
- Ontario
- Country:
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