Moderators: Konrad Slynarski, Jacek Walawski
12:00 – 12:05 Jacek Walawski, Konrad Slynarski: Welcome (5 min)
12:05 – 12:25 Wojciech Widuchowski: What is a “gold standard” in cartilage repair (15 min)
12:25 – 12:45 Emmanuel Papacostas: Do we need cartilage repair? (15 min)
12:45 – 13:05 Mats Brittberg: What is the future of cartilage repair (15 min)
13:05 – 13:25 Karen Hambly: Rehabilitation for patients with knee cartilage defects (15 min)
13:25 – 13:45 Norimasa Nakamura: Stromal Vascular Fraction vs Cultured Stem Cells – 2 years follow-up of a comparative study of adipose-derived stem cell injections for knee osteoarthritis (15 min)
13:45 – 14:05 Gian Salzmann: Minced cartilage for treatment of knee joint chondral and osteochondral lesions (15 min)
14:05 – 14:25 Konrad Slynarski: Single-step chondrocyte implantation (15 min)
14:25 – 14:55 Arnold Caplan: Do Mesenchymal Stem Cells have a role in cartilage repair? (30 min)
14:55 – 15:05 Break (10 min)
15:05 – 16:05 Konrad Slynarski:
1. Cadaver Live Demo – One-Step All Autologous Cartilage Regeneration with AutoCart (Moderating: Gian Salzmann)
2. Cadaver Live Demo – Cartilage Repair with Hyalofast Scaffold (Moderating:Mats Brittberg)
16:05 – 16:30 Arnold Caplan, Mats Brittberg, Konrad Slynarski, Jacek Walawski: Questions & Answers