7:30a – 8:30a: Vendor and poster setup Exhibition Hall Rm:B1-072/074/076
8:00a – 9:00a: Registration open Pelton Atrium
8:30a – 9:00a: Muffins and mingling
9:00a – 10:30a: Morning Session Pelton Auditorium
9:00a – 9:45a: Laura Johnston Cytek Biosciences “Building Panels for Flow Cytometry: From Beginning to Success”
9:45a – 10:30a: Garrett Collett BMS “Applications for Spectral Flow Cytometry in CAR-T Characterization”
10:30a – 11:00a: Break, visit vendor booths, view posters.
11:00a – 11:50a: Keynote Speaker Dr. Ryan Brinkman “Citizen & scientist science for automated gating and population labelling”
12p – 1p: Ravi Hingorani PhD. “Tools and considerations for the design of multicolor spectral flow cytometry panels.” Sponsored BD Biosciences 12:10 – 12:50pm
1p – 2:30p: Afternoon Session Pelton Auditorium
1p – 1:45p: Alice Wiedeman PhD., Benaroya Research Institute “Getting the Most Out of Your Cytometry Data: Practical Insights into Using Analytical Tools”
1:45p – 2:30p: Round Table Discussion “Careers in Cytometry“
2:30p – 3:30p: Break, visit vendor booths, poster presentations.
3:30p – 4:15p: Katharine Schwedhelm, MS., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, VIDD “Flow Cytometer Characterization, Standardization, and Assay Validation in the Vaccine Trials Network”
4:15p – 5:00p: Anna Belkina, PhD MD., Boston University School of Medicine “Crimes Against Cytometry: the Adventures of Bad Data ”
5:00p – 7:00p: Happy Hour (appetizers and drinks) Sze Conference room
5:30p: Exhibition Hall Closes vendor and poster cleanup