This is a partial list of the talks that will be given by invited speakers at ISSIB-II:

Plenary Lectures:

• “From Concept to Patient - Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration”

William Bonfield, University of Cambridge, UK
http://web.hku.hk/~memwang/files/cm022/Professor_W_Bonfield.pdf
Personal website: http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/Department/DeptInfo/StaffProfiles/Bonfield.html

• “Biomineralization and Bio-inspired Materials: Designing Organic-Inorganic Interface”

Joanna Aizenberg, Harvard University, USA
http://web.hku.hk/~memwang/files/cm022/Professor_J_Aizenberg.pdf
Personal website: http://www.seas.harvard.edu/aizenberg_lab/

Keynote Lectures:

• “Conjugated Nanosome Sensors”

Dong June Ahn, Korea University, Korea
Personal website: http://ahnlab.korea.ac.kr/member.html

• “Evaluation of Interfaces in Bioactive Materials and Biology for the Development of Improved Medical Implants”

Serena M. Best, University of Cambridge, UK
Personal website: http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/Department/DeptInfo/StaffProfiles/Best.html

• “siRNA Delivery Using Degradable Poly (amino ester)s in Vitro and in Vivo”

Chong-Su Cho, Seoul National University, Korea
Personal website: http://calseng.snu.ac.kr/eng1/faculty01.asp?depthMain=4

• “Novel Microbubble and Microcapsule Preparation Methods for Imaging and Drug Delivery”

Mohan Edirisinghe, University College London, UK
Personal website: http://www.mecheng.ucl.ac.uk/staff/?staff_id=me

• “Hybrid Surface Modification of Materials for Biomedical Applications”

Nan Huang, Southwest Jiao Tong University, China
Personal website: http://www.biomatchina.com/biom/chenyuanall.asp

• “Hydrothermal Surface Modification with Calcium”

Kunio Ishikawa, Kyushu University, Japan
Personal website: http://www.dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp/koza/koku_kinou_shufuku/seitai_zairyou_kogaku/shokuin.html

• “Processing Issues for Novel Hydroxyapatite-based Nanocomposites”

Michael K.-A. Khor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Personal website: http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/mae/admin/divisions/manufacturing/Faculty/mkakhor.htm

• “The Surface Science of Blastocyst Implantation”

Michele Marcolongo, Drexel University, USA
Personal website: http://www.materials.drexel.edu/Faculty/Marcolongo/

• “Protein and Cell Interactions with Biomaterial Surfaces”

Bruce K. Milthorpe, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Personal website: http://www.science.uts.edu.au/about/welcome.html

• “Rapid Prototyping of Microneedles for Transdermal Drug Delivery”

Roger J. Narayan, University of North Carolina, USA
Personal website: http://www.bme.ncsu.edu/research/Research_Booklet.pdf

• “Cellular Response to Titanium or DLC-Coated Micro-Patterned Surfaces”

Andrew J. Ruys, University of Sydney, Australia
Personal website: http://www.aeromech.usyd.edu.au/biomedical/06/people/staff/andr.r/

• “Development of Cell-selective Films for Layered Co-culturing of Vascular Progenitor Cells”

Swee-Hin Teoh, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
Personal website: http://me.nus.edu.sg/people_acadgrp.php

• “Corrosion Behavior of Copper and Protein Adsorption in Simulated Uterine Solution in the Presence of Proteins”

Tingfei Xi, Peking University, China
Personal website: http://www.aais.pku.edu.cn/Fellow_Show.asp?FellowID=20