Next week marks the fourth annual Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa (SCMOM) Partnering Forum in La Jolla, California and CIRM , one of the main organizers, hopes to see you there.

SCMOM is the first and only meeting organized specifically for the regenerative medicine and cell therapy sectors. The meeting’s unique Partnering Forum brings together a network of companies—including large pharma, investors, research institutes, government agencies and philanthropies seeking opportunities to expand key relationships in the field. The meeting will feature presentations by 50 leading companies in the fields of cell therapy, gene therapy and tissue engineering.

Co-founded by CIRM and the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), SCMOM has since grown both in participants and in quality. As Geoff MacKay, President and CEO of Organogenesis, Inc. and ARM’s Chairman, stated in a recent news release:

“This year the Partnering Forum has expanded to include an emphasis not only on cell therapies, but also gene and gene-modified cell therapy technologies. This, like the recent formation of ARM’s Gene Therapy Section, is a natural progression for the meeting as the advanced therapies sector expands.”

This year CIRM President and CEO Dr. C. Randal Mills, as well as Senior Vice President, Research & Development Dr. Ellen Feigal will be speaking to attendees. In addition, 12 CIRM grantees will be among the distinguished speakers, including Drs. Jill Helms, Don Kohn and Clive Svendsen, as well as leaders from Capricor, Asterias, ViaCyte, Sangamo Biosciences and others.

CIRM has made tremendous progress advancing stem cell therapies to patients and expects to have ten approved clinical trials by the end of 2014. The trials which span a variety of therapeutic areas using several therapeutic strategies such as cell therapy, monoclonal antibodies and small molecules are increasingly being partnered with major industry players. CIRM still has more than $1 billion to invest and is interested in co-funding with industry and investors—don’t miss the chance to strike the next partnership at SCMOM next week.

For more details and to view the agenda, please visit: http://stemcellmeetingonthemesa.com/