• Welcome: James Paulson, The Scripps Research Institute
• Keynote Address: Kurt Drickamer, University of Oxford. A Genomic View of Carbohydrate-Recognition Proteins

Invited Speakers

• Yvette van Kooyk, VU Medical Center. Immune Function of C-Type Lectins on Dendritic Cells.
• Sem Saeland, Schering-Plough Research. Langerin, a C-Type Lectin of Langerhans-Type Dendritic Cells: A Pathway for Processing or Retention of Glycosylated Antigens?
• Nobutaka Wakamiya, Asahikawa Medical College. Roles of the Membrane Type Collectin CL-P1 in Vascular Endothelial Cells.

• Irma Van Die, VU Medical Center. The dendritic cell specific C-type lectin DC-SIGN recognizes Lewis x, a major glycan epitope of Schistosoma mansoni egg antigen
• Anne Leppanen, University of Oklahoma. Binding of L-selectin to a glycosulfopeptide requires tyrosine sulfation.
• Noorjahan Panjwani, Tufts University School of Medicine. Galectin-3 and -7, but not galectin-1, play a role in re-epithelialization of wounds

Invited Speakers

• Ram Sasisekharan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dynamic Regulationof Tumor Growth and Metastasis by Heparan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycans.
• Jeff Esko, University of California, San Diego. A Murine Model for Hereditary Multiple Exostosis (HME).
• John S. Logan, VP Research, DNX Corp. Overcoming Glycosylation Dependent Acute Rejection in Xenotransplantation.

• Stephan Hinderlich, Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biochemie. Is hereditary inclusion body myopathy a glycosylation disease?
• Roy Jefferis, University of Birmingham. Glycosylation of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies: structural features and biological consequences.
• Tomio Yabe, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience. Brain specific 3OST isoforms facilitate cellular entry of Herpes virus I.

Invited Speakers

• John Lowe, University of Michigan Medical Center. Selectin ligands and leukocyte biology.
• Geoffrey Kansas, Northwestern University Medical School. Control of Selectin Ligand Biosynthesis in Activated T Cells.
• Uli von Andrian, Harvard Medical School. In Vivo Analysis of Endothelial Selectin Ligands.

Short Talks

• Hiroto Kawashima, The Burnham Institute. High Endothelial Venule-Restricted Sulfotransferase and Core 2 Branching b1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase Exert Collaborative, Dominant Control Over Lymphocyte Homing.
• Junya Mitoma, The Burnham Institute. Sialyl Lewis x in extended core1 mucin-type O-glycans: Novel L-selectin ligand in neutrophil-neutrophil interaction.
• Karen R. Snapp, Northwestern Medical School. Structural modifications of PSGL-1 required for adhesion and entry of the causative agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE).

Invited Speakers

• Ellis Reinherz, Harvard Medical School and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Glycobiology and Immune Recognition by T Lymphocytes.
• Santos Mañes, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. Role of Glycosphingolipid-Enriched Membrane Raft Domains in the Polarization of Migrating Cells.
• Ian Wilson, The Scripps Research Institute. Carbohydrate Recognition in the Immune System.

Short Talks

• Shihao Chen, The Burnham Institute. Natural Killer Cells Attack Tumor Cells Expressing High Levels of Sialyl Lewis x Oligosaccharides.
• Ardythe L. Morrow, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Human Milk Oligosaccharide Homologs of Lewis Blood Group Epitopes and Protection against Diarrhea in Breastfed Infants.
• Pauline M. Rudd, University of Oxford. A novel form of carbohydrate recognition. The broadly neutralizing Anti-HIV-1 antibody 2G12 recognizes a cluster of a1-2 mannose residues on the outer face of GP120.

Invited Speakers

• Anne Dell, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine. Ultra-High Sensitivity Screening of the Glycomes of Mammals and Model Organisms.
• Nicolle Packer, Proteome Systems Ltd. Glycoproteomics: Realistic Expectations.
• Willi von der Lieth, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum. Developing Bioinformatics Tools for Glycomics.

Short Talks

• John F. Cipollo, Boston University, Goldman School of Dental Medicine. The Fine Structure of Caenorhabditis elegans N-glycans.
• Heidi A. Geiser, University of New Hampshire.HTP Proteome-Glycome Analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans.
• Elena M. Comelli,The Scripps Research Institute. A comprehensive study of glycosyltransferase gene expression at different stages of lymphocyte activation.

Invited Speakers

• Minoru Fukuda, The Burnham Institute. Roles of Polysialic Acid in Neural Development and Cancer.
• Paul Martin, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego. Role of Dystroglycan Glycosylation in Neuromuscular Development and Muscular Dystrophy.
• Robert S. Haltiwanger, State University of New York at Stony Brook. O-Linked Glycosylation of EGF Repeats in Development: Effects of O-Fucose on Notch and Nodal Signaling.

Short Talks

• Kenneth Irvine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Regulation of Notch signaling by O-fucose glycans.
• Firoze B. Jungalwala, E. K. Shriver Center at University of Massachusetts Medical School. Glucuronyl glycoconjugates replace the functions of sulfoglucuronyl glycoconjugates in the HNK-1 sulfotransferase null mutant mice.
• Wei-hsuan Yu, Harvard Medical School. A lesson From CD44HSPG Null Mice: Heparan sulfate mediate CD44HSPG transactivating erbB4 pathway implicating the survival mechanism for epithelial/smooth muscle cells during the postpartum reproductive organism extra cellular matrix remodeling.

Invited Speakers

• Paul Crocker, Wellcome Trust Biocentre School of Life Sciences, Dundee University. Probing the Signaling Properties of CD33-Related Siglecs Expressed on Myeloid Cells
• Takashi Angata, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego. Evolutionary Considerations in Understanding Siglec Biology.
• Ronald Schnaar, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Nerve Cell Signaling Induced by MAG/Siglec-4 Binding to Gangliosides.

Short Talks

• Lars Nitschke, Institute of Virology and Immunobioloy, University of Wuerzburg. Sialic-acid binding of CD22 is required for inhibition of the BCR signal.
• Yuzuru Ikehara, The Scripps Research Institute. Analysis of Siglec 7 and 9 subcellular localization following TCR stimulation.
• Brian E. Collins, The Scripps Research Institute. Sialoside Modulation of CD22 Function.
• Soerge Kelm, University Bremen. Sialic acid derivatives as probes for biological functions of Siglecs.

Invited Speakers

• Gerald Hart, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dynamic Interplay Between O-GlcNAc and phosphorylation: Roles in Signaling, Stress Responses, and Transcription.
• Marilynn Etzler, University of California Davis. Perception of the Oligosaccharide Signal that Initiates the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis.
• Hudson Freeze, The Burnham Institute. Anti-carboxylate antibody mAbGB3.1 blocks onset of Th-1 mediated murine colitis.

Short Talks

• Mark A. Lehrman, UT-Southwestern. Glycogen Phosphorylase, A Candidate Mediator Of Enhancement Of Lipid-linked Oligosaccharide Extension By The Endoplasmic Reticulum Unfolded Protein Response.
• Aleksandra Furmanek, Friedrich Miescher Institute. C-mannosylation of the erythropoietin receptor.
• Toshisuke Kawasaki, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University. Requirement of the HNK-1 Carbohydrate for Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Learning.

Invited Speakers

• Richard Cummings, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center. Chaperone Function in Regulating O-Glycan Biosynthesis.
• Henrik Clausen, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen. More Functions to the Polypeptide GalNAc-Transferases than Meets the Eye.
• Barbara Imperiali, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Asparagine-Linked Glycosylation: Causes and Consequences.
• Armando Parodi, Institute for Biotechnological Research University of San Martin. Protein-Protein and Protein-Glycan Interactions in the Recognition of Glycoprotein Conformers.

Short Talks

• Michiko N. Fukuda, The Burnham Institute. Importance of complex type N-glycans in spermatogenesis and neonatal survival: studies of a-mannosidase IIx (MX)-knock out and a-mannosidase II (MII)/MX double knock out mice.
• Emily A. Partridge, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital. Regulation of cytokine receptor endocytosis and signal transduction by N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (Mgat5).
• Qi Yan, SUNY at Stony Brook. Studies on the Function of Stt3p, an Essential Subunit of Oligosaccharyl Transferase.