Congress 
              Program - Wednesday, June 6  
              
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               08:15 - 10:00 
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             Official 
              Introduction / Welcome Plenary 
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             Regency 
              Ballroom 
               
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          Chair: 
            Stephen Lam | 
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             08:15 
              - 08:25 
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             Welcome 
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             Stephen 
              Lam 
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             08:25 
              - 08:45 
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          Opening 
            Overview | 
          John 
            Cairns  
            Brian Schmidt  
            Bernie Bressler | 
        
         
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             08:45 
              - 09:00 
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             Establishment 
              of the IPA 
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             Yoshihiro 
              Hayata 
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             09:00 
              - 09:30 
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             Keynote 
              Address 
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             Stephen 
              Bown 
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             09:30 
              - 10:00 
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             AE 
              Profio Memorial Lecture 
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             Bruce 
              Tromberg 
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          | 10:00 
             10:30  | 
          Refreshment 
            Break/Exhibits/Posters | 
          Regency 
            East  
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          | 10:30 
             12:00  | 
           
            Plenary 2  | 
          Regency 
            Ballroom 
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          | 10:30 
             11:00  | 
          Regulatory 
            Issues in Photodynamic Therapy  | 
          Richard 
            Felten  | 
        
         
          | 11:00 
             11:30  | 
          Clinical 
            Applications of PDT in Ophthalmology  | 
          Neil 
            Bressler  | 
        
         
          | 11:30 
             12:00 | 
          Gynecology | 
          Pius 
            Wyss | 
        
         
          | 12:00 
             13:30 | 
          Lunch 
            Break/Exhibits/Posters | 
          Regency 
            East 
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          13:30 
             15:00 
             
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          Concurrent 
            Symposia | 
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          | Plaza 
            East | 
          Cardiovascular 
            (1 of 2) 
            Chairs: Kathryn Woodburn & Robert Grove  
             
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          | 13:30 
             13:50 | 
          Intracoronary 
            Photopoint Therapy for Restenosis Antrin  | 
          Ian 
            Leitch | 
        
         
          | 13:50 
             14:10 | 
           
             Photoangioplasty: 
              Initial Human Experience and Results of a Phase I Trial as Adjuvant 
              Therapy to Intracoronary Stent Implantation 
            Abstract 
              Chairs: Glenn M. Lamauraglia & York Hsiang 
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          T.M. 
            Chou  | 
        
         
          | 14:10 
             14:20  | 
          The 
            PhotoPoint Catheter Based System for the Treatment of Intimal Hyperplasia | 
          Steve 
            Rychnovsky  | 
        
         
          | 14:20 
             14:30 | 
          Photodynamic 
            Inhibition of Intimal Hyperplasia in a Swine Arteriovenous Fistula 
            Model | 
          Beth 
            Allison | 
        
         
          | 14:30 
             14:40  | 
          Endovascular 
            Photodynamic Therapy with Aminolaevulinic Acid Inhibits Balloon Induced 
            Stenosis in Rat Illiac Arteries | 
          Edward 
            E.E. Gabeler | 
        
         
          | 14:40 
             14:50 | 
          Arterial-Type 
            Dependent Differences in the Aminolaevulininic-Acid- Induced Accumulation 
            of Protoporhyrin IX Determine the Timing For Photodynamic Therapy 
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          Edward 
            E.E. Gabeler | 
        
         
          | 14:50 
             15:00 | 
          Tips 
            Plus PDT: A Pilot Study of Intimal Hyperplasia Prevention | 
          P. 
            Jack Hoopes  
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          | Plaza 
            Centre  | 
          Light 
            Sources and Delivery (1 of 2)  
            Chairs: Willem Star & Dan Doiron  
             
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          | 13:30 
             13:45 | 
          Parametric 
            Study of Short Excitation Pulses on PDT Effects In Vitro with PAD-S31: 
            Measurements of Oxygen Consumption and Photobleaching | 
          Satoko 
            Kawauchi  | 
        
         
          | 13:45 
             14:00 | 
          A 
            Novel Diode Laser System for Photodynamic Therapy | 
          Eva 
            Samsoee Andersen | 
        
         
          | 14:00 
             14:15 | 
          The 
            Effect Of Pulsed Laser In PDT In Vitro  | 
           
            J.Y. Chen | 
        
         
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            14:15  14:30 | 
           
            Dynamic Behaviour of Photosensitizers After Multiphoton Excitation | 
           
            David T. Cramb | 
        
         
          | 13:30 
             15:00 | 
          Concurrent 
            Symposia | 
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          | Balmoral 
            Room | 
           
            Ophthalmology (1 of 2)  
            Chairs: Neil Bressler & Michael J. Potter  | 
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          | 13:30 
             13:55  | 
          Current 
            Benefits of Ocular Photodynamic Therapy with Verteporfin to Manage 
            Choroidal Neovascularization  | 
          Neil 
            Bressler  | 
        
         
          | 13:55 
             14:20  | 
          On-Going 
            Clinical Trials Evaluating Ocular Photodynamic Therapy with Verteporfin 
            to Manage Choroidal Neovascularization  | 
          Michael 
            J. Potter  | 
        
         
          | 14:20 
             14:35  | 
          Optimized 
            Light Dosimetry in Photodynamic Therapy of Choroidal Neovascularization | 
          Reginald 
            Birngruber  | 
        
         
          | 14:35 
             14:50  | 
           
            Development of Verteporfin for the Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related 
            Macular Degeneration (AMD): Lessons Learned | 
          Julia 
            G. Levy  | 
        
         
          | 14:50 
             15:05  | 
           
            Modulation of Photodynamic Therapy with Anti-Angiogenic Agents and 
            Other Strategies  | 
          Reem 
            Z. Renno  | 
        
         
          | Plaza 
            West  | 
          Thoracic 
             
            Chairs: Tetsuya 
            Okunaka & Tom Sutedja  | 
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          | 13:30 
             13:45  | 
          The 
            significance of fluorescence imaging in lung cancer. Autofluorescence 
            Versus Added Photosensitizer | 
          Tetsuya 
            Okunaka  | 
        
         
          | 13:45 
             14:00  | 
           
            PDT with Nd-YAG Laser Therapy for Lung Cancer  | 
          J.S. 
            McLaughan Jr.  | 
        
         
          | 14:00 
             14:10  | 
          Phase 
            II Clinical Trial of PDT Using ME2906 and Diode Laser in the Treatment 
            of Central Type Early Stage Lung Cancer in Japan  | 
          Kinya 
            Furukawa  | 
        
         
          | 14:10 
             14:20  | 
          Intrathoracic 
            Photodynamic Therapy on Pleural-Based Mesothelioma in Rats  | 
          Thorsten 
            Krueger  | 
        
         
          | 14:20 
             14:30  | 
          10 
            Years Experience In Endoscopic Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) For Inoperable 
            Cancer Of The Aero-Digestive Tract: The Lesson Learnt  | 
          Keyvan 
            Moghissi  | 
        
         
          | 14:30 
             14:40  | 
          Has 
            Bronchoscopic Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Any Place In Bronchopulmonary 
            Cancer Treatment? | 
          Keyvan 
            Moghissi  | 
        
         
          | 14:40 
             14:50  | 
           
            Photodynamic Therapy: An Integral Component of Multi-Modality Treatment 
            for Bronchogenic Carcinoma  | 
          Patrick 
            Ross  | 
        
         
          | 14:50 
             15:00  | 
          Clinical 
            Experience with Safe 1000 Pentax Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy system 
            in Early and Invasive Lung Cancer (First year experience)  | 
          Lamberto 
            Toniolo  | 
        
         
          | 15:00 
             15:10  | 
          Autofluorescence-Guided 
            Bronchoscopic Biopsy for Localization of Pre-Malignant Lesions and 
            Cancer Foci within Bronchi  | 
          Mariusz 
            Adamek  | 
        
         
          | Regency 
            Ballroom  | 
          Mechanisms 
            of Action (1 of 3)  
            Chairs: Barbara 
            W. Henderson & Nancy L. Oleinick  | 
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          | 13:30 
             13:50  | 
          Tissue 
            Responses to PDT  | 
          Barbara 
            W. Henderson  | 
        
         
          | 13:50 
             14:10  | 
          Mechanisms 
            of PDT Cell Killing  | 
          Nancy 
            L. Oleinick  | 
        
         
          | 14:10 
             14:22  | 
          A 
            Mathematical Evaluation of Dose Dependent PpIX Fluorescence Kinetics 
            In Vivo  | 
          HJCM 
            Sterenborg  | 
        
         
          | 14:22 
             14:34  | 
          Tissue 
            Temperature and Po2 Measurements  
            Using Planar Optical Sensors In Vivo  | 
          Christoph 
            Abels  | 
        
         
          | 14:34 
             14:46  | 
          Fas 
            (CD95) Dependent Mechanisms of Cell Death Following DNA Damage in 
            Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells Using Hypocrellins | 
          S.M. 
            Ali Renato  | 
        
         
          | 14:46 
             15:00  | 
           
            Analyses of Cellular Activity After PDT with AIPcS4  | 
          Amaro 
            Zβngaro  | 
        
         
          | 15:00 
             15:30 | 
          Afternoon 
            Break/Exhibits/Posters 
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          Regency 
            East 
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          | 15:30 
             17:00  | 
          Concurrent 
            Symposia  | 
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          | Balmoral 
            Room  | 
          Ophthalmology 
            (2 of 2)  
            Chair: Michael J. Potter  | 
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          | 15:30 
             15:45  | 
          2. 
            Generation of PDT-Lasers for the Treatment of Wet AMD | 
          Stefan 
            Spaniol  | 
        
         
          | 15:45 
             16:00  | 
           
            In Vitro Photodynamic Effects of ATX-S10(Na) and Mode of Cell Death 
            on Vascular Endothelial Cells  | 
          Yuko 
            Gohto  | 
        
         
          | 16:00 
             16:15 | 
          Subcellular 
            Localization of Three Photosensitizers in Vascular Endothelial Cells 
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          Akira 
            Obana  | 
        
         
          | 16:15 
             16:30  | 
          Evaluation 
            of New Photosensitizer MV6401 In a Series of Ophthalmic Neovascularization 
            Models | 
          Wendy 
            J. Snyder | 
        
         
          | 16:30 
             16:45  | 
           
            Improvements in Laser Technology for Ocular Photodynamic Therapy with 
            Verteporfin | 
          Hubert 
            van den Bergh  | 
        
         
          | Plaza 
            East  | 
           
            ENT  
            Chairs: Phillipe Monnier & Colin Hopper  | 
           
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          | 15:30 
             15:40  | 
          Experimental 
            Animal Study of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Induced Photodynamic Therapy 
            of Oral Cancer  | 
          B. 
            Rings  | 
        
         
          | 15:40 
             15:50  | 
          Clinical 
            Effects of Treating Recurrent Laryngeal Papillomatosis With Photodynamic 
            Therapy Using m-THPC (FOSCAN)  | 
          Allan 
            L. Abramson  | 
        
         
          | 15:50 
             16:00  | 
          Combined 
            Fluorescence Diagnosis (Autofluorescence and 5-ALA Induced PPIX-Fluorescence) 
            for the Detection and Demarcation of Oral Cancer  | 
          Christian 
            Betz  | 
        
         
          | 16:00 
             16:10  | 
          The 
            Use of Intravenous 5-Aminolaevulinic Acid in Photodynamic Therapy 
            and in Fluorescence Imaging for Head and Neck Cancer and Precancer | 
          Hiroaki 
            Nakanishi  | 
        
         
          | 16:10 
             16:20  | 
           
            Targeting the Treatment Volume in Head and Neck Cancer  | 
          Graham 
            D. Putnam  | 
        
         
          | 16:20 
             16:30  | 
          Raman 
            Spectroscopy as a Means of Optical Biopsy in Normal and Cancerous 
            Tissue of the Nasopharynx  | 
          David 
            Lau  | 
        
         
          | 16:30 
             16:40  | 
          Photofrin-Mediated 
            Photodynamic Therapy for Treatment of Early Stage Oral Cavity and 
            Laryngeal Malignancies  | 
          Vanessa 
            Gayl Schweitzer  | 
        
         
          | 16:40 
             16:50  | 
          Performance 
            Characteristics of Laser-Induced Fluorescence Endoscope in Detection 
            of Head and Neck Cancers  | 
          Vipa 
            Boonkitticharoen  | 
        
         
          | 16:50 
             17:00  | 
          Fluorescence-Guided 
            Biopsy in the Diagnosis of an Unknown Primary Cancer in Patients with 
            Metastatic Cervical Lymph Nodes  | 
          Boonchu 
            Kulapaditharom  | 
        
         
          | 17:00 
             17:10  | 
          Clinical 
            Response to Photodynamic Therapy of Premalignant Lesions and Advanced 
            Head and Neck Carcinomas  | 
          Maciej 
            Misiolek  | 
        
         
          | Regency 
            Ballroom  | 
          Advances 
            in PDT  
            Chairs: Heinrich 
            Walt & Thierry Patrice  | 
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          | 15:30 
             15:50  | 
          Oral 
            Aminolevulinic Acid for Systemic Breast Tumor Diagnosis  | 
          Heinrich 
            Walt  | 
        
         
          | 15:50 
             16:10  | 
          Why 
            is ALA-PDT Tumor-Selective?  | 
          Li-Wei 
            Ma  | 
        
         
          | 16:10 
             16:20  | 
          Quantification 
            and Specification of Postischemic Reperfusion Injury of Human Allogenic 
            Kidney and Pancreas Transplants  | 
          Helmut 
            P. Arbogast  | 
        
         
          | 16:20 
             16:40  | 
          Fluerescence 
            Diagnosis with ALA-Induced Porphyrins (FDAP) in Dermatology  | 
          Clemens 
            Fritsch  | 
        
         
          | 16:40 
             17:00  | 
          Optimizing 
            the Esters of ALA  in Vitro and in Organ Culture  | 
          Hubert 
            van den Bergh  | 
        
         
          | 17:00 
             17:12 | 
          Anti-Tumor 
            Vascular Effects of Photodynamic Therapy MV6401 | 
          Dennis 
            Dolmans | 
        
         
          | 15:30 
             17:00  | 
          Concurrent 
            Symposia  | 
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          | Plaza 
            West  | 
          Photosensitizers 
            (1 of 3)  
            Chairs: Stan 
            Brown & David Kessel  | 
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          | 15:30 
             15:50  | 
          Thiazine 
            Photosensitizers  | 
          Stan 
            Brown  | 
        
         
          | 15:50 
             16:10  | 
           
            Photosensitizers - A Review of the Options | 
          David 
            Kessel  | 
        
         
          | 16:10 
             16:20  | 
          Clinical 
            Application of a New Surgical Strategy Using Photodynamic Therapy 
            With Acridine Orange to Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors  | 
          Katsuyuki 
            Kusuzaki  | 
        
         
          | 16:20 
             16:30  | 
          A 
            Photodynamic Pathway to Apoptosis Induced by Polycyclic Aromatic Ketone 
            (Hypericin) in Human Mucosal Cell Lines: Possible Relevance to Photodynamic 
            Therapy  | 
          S.M. 
            Ali  | 
        
         
          | 16:30 
             16:40  | 
           
            In Vitro and In Vivo Behaviour of BPD Related Compounds | 
          Ron 
            Boch  | 
        
         
          | 16:40 
             16:50  | 
          Hydroxy 
            Diphenyl Chlorins and Bacteriochlorins  Versatile PDT Photosensitizers 
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          R.W. 
            Boyle  | 
        
         
          | 16:50 
             17:00  | 
          Enhanced 
            Phototoxicity of Cationic Sulfonamide Derivatives of Benzochlorin 
            and Porphycene With Nasopharyngeal Cancer Cells  | 
          C.K. 
            Chang  | 
        
         
          | Plaza 
            Centre  | 
          Light 
            Sources and Delivery (2 of 2)  
            Chairs: Tom 
            Mang & David Cramb  | 
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          | 15:30 
             15:42 | 
          Model 
            Calculation on the Efficiency of PDT by Pulsed Laser Application  | 
          Hans-Jochen 
            Foth  | 
        
         
          | 15:42 
             15:54  | 
          Photodynamic 
            Therapy Using Lowly Sinusoidal Modulated Thermal Red Light  | 
          Heinrich 
            Kolbabek  | 
        
         
          | 15:54 
             16:06  | 
          Interstitial 
            Photodynamic Therapy  Results from Treatments and Dosimetry Measurements 
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          Stefan 
            Andersson-Engel  | 
        
         
          | 16:06 
             16:18  | 
          Novel 
            System for Integrated Interstitial Photodynamic Therapy, Dosimetry 
            Measurements and Prediction of Treatment Outcome  | 
          Marcelo 
            Soto Thompson | 
        
         
          | 16:18 
             16:30  | 
          Reinforcement 
            of Therapeutic Efficacies for Malignant Tumors Using Low Power Laser 
            Preirradiation  Preliminary Report  | 
           
            Hideaki Shimatani  | 
        
         
          | 16:30 
             16:42  | 
          Local 
            NPE6 Sensitized PDT for Inhibiting Intimal Hyperplasia in Experimental 
            Balloon Injured Arteries  | 
          Tsuneyuki 
            Nagae  | 
        
         
          | 19:00 | 
          Welcome 
            Reception  | 
          Vancouver 
            Aquarium | 
        
         
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          Buses 
            depart from Melville Street entrance 18:45  19:10. | 
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