8:00 - 8:45	Registration
Morning Session Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
8:45 - 9:00	Opening Ceremony - Officiating address by Professor PKH Tam, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research) - Welcoming address by Professor Sum-ping Lee, Dean of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine - Group Photo
9:00 - 9:40
	Chairperson: Professor GCF Chan, Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine Keynote Lecture I Regenerative Medicine: New Opportunities arising from Stem Cell Research Professor Sir Ian Wilmut The University of Edinburgh, UK [2008 Shaw Laureate in Life Science & Medicine]
9:40 - 10:20
	Chairperson: Professor ICK Wong, Pharmacology and Pharmacy Keynote Lecture II Personalised Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges Professor Munir Pirmohamed The University of Liverpool, UK
10:20 - 10:45	Tea Break
Lecture Theatres 1-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre & Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre
10:45 - 11:10	Keynote Sessions for Best Research Output Awardees
11:10 - 12:50	3 Concurrent Scientific Meetings of Research Centres: Healthy Aging Cancer Reproduction and Development
12:50 - 14:15	Lunch
Afternoon Session Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
14:15 - 14:55
	Chairperson: Professor Pak Sham, Psychiatry Keynote Lecture VI Progress in the Genetics of Complex Diseases Professor Nick Martin Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
14:55 - 15:35
	Chairperson: Professor PC Ho, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Keynote Lecture VII Genetic Analysis of Integrin Signalling in Mice Professor Reinhard Fässler Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
15:35 - 16:00	Tea Break
Lecture Theatres 1-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
16:00 - 16:25	Keynote Sessions for Best Research Output and Outstanding Young Researcher Awardees
16:25 -18:05/18:15	3 Concurrent Scientific Meetings of Research Centres: Public Health Infection and Immunology Stem Cell and Genomics

Key Sessions for Best Research Output Awardees
Morning Parallel Session Lecture Theatre 1, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
10:45 - 11:10
	Chairperson: Dr Z Chen, AIDS Institute Probing Novel Druggable Targets in Influenza A Virus by Chemical Genetics - the Nucleozin Story Dr RYT Kao Microbiology, HKU (2011 Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award)
Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
10:45 - 11:10
	Chairperson: Professor DLW Kwong, Clinical Oncology Recoding A-to-I RNA Editing of Antizyme Inhibitor 1 Predisposes to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Professor XY Guan Clinical Oncology, HKU (2011 Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award)
Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre
10:45 - 11:10
	Chairperson: Dr DSY Ho, School of Public Health Testing Psychosocial Interventions in Vulnerable Populations: Challenges and Outcomes Professor A Tiwari School of Nursing, HKU (2011 University Research Output Prize)
Key Sessions for Best Research Output and Outstanding Young Researcher Awardees
Afternoon Parallel Session Lecture Theatre 1, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
16:00 - 16:25
	Chairperson: Dr LLM Poon, School of Public Health Insights into Influenza Epidemiology from Household Studies Dr BJ Cowling School of Public Health, HKU (2011 Faculty Outstanding Research Output and Outstanding Young Researcher Awards)
Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
16:00 - 16:25
	Chairperson: Professor WL Law, Surgery Deciphering Cancer Stem Cells: A Promise to More Effective Molecular Targeted Therapies in Gastrointestinal Cancers Dr RWC Pang Surgery, HKU (2011 Faculty Outstanding Research Output and Outstanding Young Researcher Awards)

1. Healthy Aging : Scientific Meeting of the Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging
Morning Parallel Session Lecture Theatre 1, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
Chairpersons:	Professor YS Chan, Physiology Professor M Irwin, Anaesthesiology
11:10 - 11:50	Keynote Lecture III Mechanisms and Pathological Relevance of ATP-induced Macropinocytosis in Microglia Professor Shu-min Duan Zhejiang University, China
11:50 - 12:20	Modeling Inheritable Cardiovascular Diseases using Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Dr DCW Siu  Medicine, HKU
12:20 - 12:50	The Regulation of CFTR Activation by the R Domain Dr JH Chen Physiology, HKU

2. Cancer : Scientific Meeting of the Centre for Cancer Research
Morning Parallel Session Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
Chairpersons:	Professor XY Guan, Clinical Oncology Professor SY Leung, Pathology
11:10 - 11:40	Genomics Study of Gastric Cancer Professor SY Leung Pathology, HKU
11:40 - 12:20	Keynote Lecture IV: The Somatic Genetic Architecture of Human Cancer: Inter- and Intratumor Heterogeneity and Implications Professor Andrew Futreal, The University of Texas, USA
12:20 - 12:50	Deciphering the Molecular Genetic Basis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Approaches and Current Status Professor Maria Lung Clinical Oncology, HKU

3. Reproduction and Development : Scientific Meeting of the Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth
Morning Parallel Session Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre
Chairpersons:	Professor Pak Sham, Psychiatry Professor WSB Yeung, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
11:10 - 11:40	Iroquois (Irx) Genes in Mammalian Inner Ear Development Dr MH Sham Biochemistry, HKU
11:40 - 12:10	Degeneration and Regeneration of the Intervertebral Disc Professor KMC Cheung Orthopaedics & Traumatology, HKU
12:10 - 12:50	Keynote Lecture V Genomics of Your Unborn Baby, and Beyond Professor Stephen Quake Stanford University, USA

4. Public Health: Scientific Meeting of the Public Health Research Centre
Afternoon Parallel Session Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre
Chairpersons:	Dr DSY Ho, School of Public Health Professor A Tiwari, School of Nursing
16:25 - 17:05	Keynote Lecture VIII Longitudinal Perspectives on Intimate Partner Victimization and Perpetration: Lessons Learned Professor Jacquelyn White The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
17:05 - 17:35	Reconsidering Patient Outcomes in Breast Cancer Management Dr WWT Lam School of Public Health, HKU
17:35 - 18:05	An Adventure-Base Training Programme in Promoting the Psychological Well-being of Hong Kong Chinese Primary School Children Dr WHC Li School of Nursing, HKU

5. Infection and Immunology : Scientific Meeting of the Centre of Influenza Research and Research Centre of Infection and Immunology
Afternoon Parallel Session Lecture Theatre 1, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
Chairpersons:	Dr SKP Lau, Microbiology Dr LLM Poon, School of Public Health
16:25 - 16:55	Innovation in Potentiating Anti-HIV and Anti-cancer Immunity Dr Z Chen AIDS Institute, HKU
16:55 - 17:35	Keynote Lecture IX Viral Host Interplay in Enterovirus 71 Infection Professor Shin-Ru Shih Chang Gung University, Taiwan
17:35 - 18:15	Keynote Lecture X Host and Virus Genetics of Severe Influenza A H1N1/09 Virus Infection Professor Paul Kellam The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK

6. Stem Cell and Genomics : Scientific Meeting of the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Consortium and Centre for Genomic Sciences
Afternoon Parallel Session Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
Chairpersons:	Professor Andrew Miller, Life Science, HKUST Professor NL Tang, Chemical Pathology, CUHK
16:25 - 17:05	Keynote Lecture XI: Hematopoietic Stem Cells under Stress Professor Tao Cheng Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China
17:05 - 17:45	Keynote Lecture XII: The Value of Twin Studies in the Omics Area Professor Dorret Boomsma VU University, The Netherlands
17:45 - 18:15	Genetic Variations in the Next Generation: Detection, Reprioritizing and Functional Annotation Dr JW Wang Biochemistry, HKU