Lab-on-a-Chip, Microfluidics & Microarray World Congress

Agenda Topics

• Applications of Microfluidics/LOAC as Biosensors, For Clinical Utilization in Disease Monitoring, Diagnostics
• Developments in Materials and Microfabrication Technologies
• LOAC Device Manufacturing Standardization and Commercialization
• Microfluidic/LOAC Device Manufacturing: Technologies and Companies Showcase
• New Entrants from Around the World Expand the Market Opportunities for LOAC/Microfluidics
• Droplet-based Digital Microfluidics
• LOAC-based Screening Platforms
• Applications in Drug Development
• Organ-on-a-Chip
• Microfluidics for Catalysis, Electrocatalysis
• Microfluidics for Resource-Limited Settings
• Microfluidics/LOAC for Global Public Health, Infectious Disease Monitoring
• Paper-based Devices in the Developing World
• Microfluidics/LOAC: Research, Genetic, Epigenetic, and Proteomic Applications
• Epigenetic Analyses
• Metabolomics and Proteomics
• Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Platforms
• Optofluidics and Plasmonic Devices
• Synthetic Biology

Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities

Jeff Fan, Exhibition Manager
jeff@selectbioconferences.com
+1-510-857-4865

Confirmed Speakers to date

Holger Becker, Chief Scientific Officer, Microfluidic ChipShop GmbH
Christopher Becker, Business Development Manager, WEIDMANN Medical Technology AG
Steve Blair, Professor, University of Utah
Paul Bohn, Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
Martyn Boutelle, Professor of Biomedical Sensors Engineering, Imperial College London
Sung Kwon Cho, Associate Professor, University Of Pittsburgh
Xianting Ding, Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Kurt Eggmann, Director, Weidmann Medical Technology AG
Edgar Goluch, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
Alexander Govyadinov, Senior Technologist, HP Incorporated
Ana Maria Gracioso Martins, Student, RMIT University
Amy Herr, Professor, University Of California Berkeley
Samir Iqbal, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, University Of Texas At Arlington
Bertrand Jordan, Emeritus Research Director, National Centre for Scientific Research
Rohit Karnik, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT)
Paul Kenis, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Susan Lunte, Professor, University of Kansas
Carl Meinhart, Professor, University of California-Santa Barbara
Alphonsus Ng, NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholar, University of Toronto
Shaurya Prakash, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University
Andreas Richter, Professor, Technische Universitat Dresden
Benjamin Roussel, Business Unit Manager of the Microfluidic & Medical Technologies (MedTech), Yole Développement
Daniel Schwartz, Commercial Project Manager, Grace Bio-Labs, Inc.
Scott Simon, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Davis
Zdenek Slouka, Assistant professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Czech Republic
Ali Tinazli, Vice President – Head of Business Development & Sales, Sony DADC US Inc
Henry White, Professor, University of Utah
Xiao Ying Yu, Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yong Zeng, Associate Professor, University of Florida

In addition to the major conference program, SELECTBIO are also offering the following symposia and short courses in tandem with the main conference tracks:

1. Sony DADC Pre-Conference Symposium [Wednesday Afternoon, September 17, 2014 from 16:30-18:30].

2. Training Course on Microfluidics/LOAC Presented by Professor Steve Soper [Wednesday Afternoon, 13:00-16:00].

3. Technology Spotlight Presentations from Vendors Detailing Novel Technologies and Approaches in the Microfluidics/LOAC Field [throughout the conference program].