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# Third International Vatican Conference
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/third-international-vatican-conference/
- Published: 1999-01-03T01:14:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-04T02:18:18.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #event

The **Third International Vatican Conference on the Progress of Regenerative Medicine and Its Cultural Impact** was an event that took place April 28-30, 2016, at the Vatican. It was hosted by the Stem for Life Foundation, Pontifical Council for Culture and the STOQ Foundation.[\[1\]](#fn1)

It was preceded by the Second International Vatican Conference[\[2\]](#fn2) and followed by the [Fourth International Vatican Conference](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Fourth-International-Vatican-Conference).[\[3\]](#fn3)

## Personnel

| Name                | Position                        | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Henry Anhalt        | Steering Committee[\[4\]](#fn4) | T1D Exchange, Sanofi, Animas, Camp Nejeda[\[5\]](#fn5)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Nicanor Austriaco   | Steering Committee              | Providence College, Howard Hughes Medical Institute[\[6\]](#fn6)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Todd Aydelotte      | Steering Committee              | Allison Worldwide, Wellpoint, GlaxoSmithKline, Stem for Life Foundation, GE HealthCare, Zimmer[\[7\]](#fn7)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Frances Colón       | Steering Committee              | [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-State), Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI), U.S.-Japan Leadership Program[\[8\]](#fn8)                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Ronald DePinho      | Steering Committee              | MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science[\[9\]](#fn9)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Kevin T. FitzGerald | Steering Committee              | Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Do No Harm, March of Dimes, Genetic Alliance, Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (MSCRC), Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Medical Center, Pontifical Academy for Life, Pontifical Council for Culture, Geisinger Health System[\[10\]](#fn10) |
| Max Gomez           | Steering Committee              | *Dateline NBC*, *TODAY*, *48 Hours*, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute (NCI), College of American Pathologists[\[11\]](#fn11)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Stephen Groft       | Steering Committee              | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), Office of Rare Diseases Research[\[12\]](#fn12)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Douglas Losordo     | Steering Committee              | Caladrius Biosciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center[\[13\]](#fn13)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Fred Sanfilippo     | Steering Committee              | Emory-Georgia Tech Healthcare Innovation Program (HIP), Marcus Foundation, Emory University School of Medicine, Rollins School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center, Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), American Society of Transplantation (AST)[\[14\]](#fn14)                                                                                                                                        |
| Robin L. Smith      | Steering Committee              | Stem for Life Foundation, NeoStem, Signal Genetics, MYnd Analytics, Rockwell Medical, BioXcel, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, NYU Langone Health, *Huffington Post*[\[15\]](#fn15)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Tomasz Trafny       | Steering Committee              | Archdiocese of Lublin, Hospice for Terminally Ill Patients, Medical University of Lublin, Pontifical Council for Culture, STOQ Project, STOQ International[\[16\]](#fn16)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Tanya Trippett      | Steering Committee              | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Duke University Medical Center, United States Air Force, Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapeutics Investigators' Consortium (POETIC), POETIC Foundation, Eugène Gasana Jr. Foundation[\[17\]](#fn17)                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Asutosh Yagnik      | Steering Committee              | Aura Capital Partners, Gemini Consulting, [Pfizer](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pfizer), Novartis, Vodafone, Barclays, Bank of Ireland, [European Medicines Agency](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/European-Medicines-Agency) (EMA), Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Directors (IoD), Royal Society of Arts (RSA)[\[18\]](#fn18)                                                                                            |

## Speakers

Speakers at the event included:[\[19\]](#fn19)[\[20\]](#fn20)

- Giuseppe Bertello
- Tarcisio Bertone
- [Joe Biden](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Joe-Biden)
- The Edge
- Pope Francis
- Gary Hall Jr.
- Kelby Krabbenhoft
- Sean Parker
- Renato Poletti
- Sally-Ann Roberts

## Sponsors

Event sponsors included:[\[21\]](#fn21)

- Aegis Capital Corp.
- Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (AGTC)
- Aspire Capital
- Athos Holdings II (A2H)
- Cedi Economics
- Coffee of Grace
- David Haug
- David Richwhite
- Foundation Medicine
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Guthy Jackson Charitable Foundation
- Hackensack University Medical Center
- John Pappajohn
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
- Karen Haug
- Mary Pappajohn
- Maxim Group
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Mesoblast
- Norma and Gordon H. Smith Family Foundation
- Organovo
- Parker Foundation
- Pfizer Oncology
- Piper Jaffray
- Provectus Biopharmaceuticals
- Purell
- RSJ
- Sanford Health
- Selective Benefits Group (SBG)
- skinnypasta
- SternAegis Ventures
- Susan Scott Foundation

## External links

- [Website (archived)](https://web.archive.org/web/20210412024713/http://celltherapyconference2016.com/)

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2. *Home.* Adult Stem Cell Conference 2013\. Retrieved April 17, 2021, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20210417133224/https://adultstemcellconference.org/> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Background.* Global Health Care Initiative. Retrieved October 25, 2024, from <https://vaticanconference2018.com/about/background/> [↩︎](#fnref3)
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13. *Douglas W. Losordo, MD.* Cell Therapy Conference 2016\. Retrieved April 12, 2021, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20210412043142/http://celltherapyconference2016.com/2015/09/11/dr-losordo/> [↩︎](#fnref13)
14. *Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD.* Cell Therapy Conference 2016\. Retrieved January 23, 2021, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20210123142224/http://celltherapyconference2016.com/2015/09/16/fred-sanfilippo-md-phd/> [↩︎](#fnref14)
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16. *Msgr. Tomasz Trafny.* Cell Therapy Conference 2016\. Retrieved April 12, 2021, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20210412040945/http://celltherapyconference2016.com/2013/03/28/monsignor-tomasz-trafny-2/> [↩︎](#fnref16)
17. *Tanya M. Trippett, MD.* Cell Therapy Conference 2016\. Retrieved January 23, 2021, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20210123133937/http://celltherapyconference2016.com/2015/09/11/dr-trippett/> [↩︎](#fnref17)
18. *Asutosh T. Yagnik, PhD.* Cell Therapy Conference 2016\. Retrieved November 11, 2024, from <http://archive.today/2024.11.11-193511/https://web.archive.org/web/20210412030115/http://celltherapyconference2016.com/2016/02/23/asutosh-t-yagnik-phd/> [↩︎](#fnref18)
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21. *Sponsors.* Cell Therapy Conference 2016\. Retrieved April 12, 2021, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20210412024358/http://celltherapyconference2016.com/sponsors/> [↩︎](#fnref21)