Now is the time to fund someone to go to the 2015 hair loss congress.

[Desmond84]

We should be there

Hey guys,

The Hair Congress has just released their preliminary program for the Annual event with some very interesting people presenting. Here's the link to the program:

http://www.registration123.com/NAHRS/HAIR2015/media/WCHR2015_PrelimProgram_06-23-15.pdf

Firstly, Dr Tsuji is attending and presenting a lecture on "Hair Regeneration as a Future Organ Replacement Regenerative Therapy". Wonder what he has to say. If anything, we should put a lot of emphasis on getting our representatives to chat with him and find out what his lab is up to

Professor Bruce Morgan is presenting a talk on "Getting it right: Coordinating progenitors and their niche to specify hair size and structure" which could be interesting.

Dr Cheng-Ming Chuong is presenting "Regeneration of skin appendages: Physiological and wound induced responses".

Rolf Hoffmann from Replicel is presenting a talk on "Treating Alopecia and Beyond: How the hair follicle may be an ideal resource for cell-based therapeutics". This would be a good opportunity to find out what's holding up Replicel and what the delays are all about.

There will be more abstract presentations announced as we get closer to the date. I think it is definitely worth attending and talking to these researchers. I think the Congress also embraced our resources and used a lot of our videos for their personal use. I've already put aside $100 for one or two members to attend. Let's get them there

[jjo]

great idea to send Hellouser to the conference but Desmond should go as well. Desmond broke the ice with these people and over time, the more meetings in person could be advantageous for the future. Interviews with the same person over time builds trust and who knows what could come of it.
Let's send them both.

[walrus]

And i was wondering, even if we did send someone to the conference, what can that person actually gain that we wont find out in a press release anyway? do we really expect some forum member here to get the inside scoop on an upcoming treatment that the rest of the world won't know about?

Press releases are normally issued after research is published. At conferences, researchers often discuss what they are currently working on (unless they are afraid of getting scooped).

[champpy]

Even if they do announce that TODAY getting ahold of that cure is years and years away. I mean if they said "we can now grow a fully functional hair follicle" it would still have to go through soooo many trials. My hope has really about come to an end on all this.

And i was wondering, even if we did send someone to the conference, what can that person actually gain that we wont find out in a press release anyway? do we really expect some forum member here to get the inside scoop on an upcoming treatment that the rest of the world won't know about?

[nameless]

I've pitched in for Desmond, I'll pitch in for hellouser or efedrez as well.
That said whoever goes I think we won't find out much about anything to be honest. But nonetheless it is worth a shot.

I don't want to blow smoke up your you-know-what but I really have a good feeling about the coming next 2 congresses. I think that at this time they have either vanquished baldness or they have ALMOST vanquished it.

Sanford & Burnham publicized tremendous news about iPS cells this past year but there were some obstacles to be overcome to bring iPS cells to market. And since that news, right here at this site lacazette has posted article after article about major advances in iPS cell technology which solve almost every problem associated with making iPS cell hair loss treatments a reality. At minimum, I think that we will hear amazing news on the iPS cell front.

And there are other potentially hopeful treatments that we've been hearing about.

I really think that this is going to be a much better year than last year. I think that humankind will declare the end of baldness at the 2015 congress or the 2016 congress at the latest. This beast is almost vanquished.

[Sogeking]

I've pitched in for Desmond, I'll pitch in for hellouser or efedrez as well.
That said whoever goes I think we won't find out much about anything to be honest. But nonetheless it is worth a shot.

[Renee]

I vote for hellouser.

[nameless]

i would be up for sponsoring as well, as someone who has spent over $150k on hairloss surgeries that none helped (AAPE etc) i would gladly help out with a few bucks more

Hey Alias did you see the new thread about Kerastem? Yes, it's cells from fat but it has other things inside of the mix as well. For example, it has some actual fat I think as well. That could be a good thing because
the big problem with the cells is that they migrate out of the injected/target area VERY rapidly. Since this new treatment appears to lay down a layer of actual fat as well that might facilitate keeping the key cells
in the target area. I think you should take a look at Kerastem. It's a brand new treatment and it's put together differently from all other fat cell treatments. We know it's different from all other fat cell treatments because it's been awarded a patent. Look at the 3-patient before and after pics.

http://kerastem.com/

[nameless]

- Round trip flight would probably be around $600 from Toronto.
- Access to the Congress is $775 (very expensive, its listed on their site: http://www.hair2015.org/)
- Hotels would likely be around $200-$300/night. I'd need 4 nights Nov. 17 - 21 (anyone going would need to arrive a day early, the congress starts at 11am on Nov. 18)

I'm somewhat screwed for video recording though, while I do have my Canon 70D, it's limited to 29 minutes of recording and 59 seconds. The Canon S120 lasts much longer, about 50 minutes, it'd be a much better camera for recording, so I may need to pick that up. I'll have my 70D as a backup though regardless, not taking any chances.

Cost of this would be significantly less than Desmonds trip seeing how the flight is much easier on the wallet, too bad I'm not a student as that would reduce the access fee. in all, we're looking at around $2,500 USD.

Luckily my day job during that time will be in my favour, I've got about 4 flag ship events I need to produce content and marketing for and the last event for the year is Nov. 16, so immediately after, I'm ready to head out for some much needed rest... or more work in this case.

I need to figure out a couple more things before I make up mind though. I'll keep you all posted.

I think efedrez intends to go anyway and he lives close by the congress.

We would still have to help raise his entry fee - $775. So that could bring the total cost to around $3,500 for the two of you.

If you two could work together then that could be beneficial and it could take a lot of pressure off you.

Maybe you could rent some video equipment.

[Alias123]

i would be up for sponsoring as well, as someone who has spent over $150k on hairloss surgeries that none helped (AAPE etc) i would gladly help out with a few bucks more

[nameless]

hellouser is a MUST (if he wants to go).
i think a 2nd person would be useful too, as desmond mentioned it's hard to keep up with all the presentations. if we can fund one person, we can also fund two.
hellouser, are you ready to go? if so, please create an account, and tell us how much you need for flight, hotel, and visitors pass for the congress.

if someone lives near miami, then please raise your voice.

otherwise, some good candidates:

lacazette, would you be interested? are you from france?

also, JayM maybe?

arashi would also be good of course (no matter what nameless aka jarjarbinx is saying. he has a personal vendetta against arashi, so this doesn't mean anything).

If lacazette lives in France then it's not cost effective to send him. I think Hellouser and efedrez is the way to go. We have to try to keep expenses down so we don't bite off more than we can chew.

[nameless]

Send a guy who constantly posts about researchers being 'lazy', to talk to the researchers. Great idea.

Hellouser's smart. He will conduct himself appropriately.

[JayM]

I would say if Desmond could go, then 100% Desmond. I would also say Hellouser. And obviously efedrez said he lives really close so he may as well go if it can be funded. I wouldn't be able as I'm at uni then.

I know Hellouser is outspoken on here but I'm sure he knows how to conduct himself in person haha.

[hellouser]

Send a guy who constantly posts about researchers being 'lazy', to talk to the researchers. Great idea.

Interesting how you fail to remember I did most if not nearly all the correspondence between Desmond and the researchers and setup the interviews... particularly between him and Dr. Lauster's team, but alright, 'great idea'

[hellouser]

hellouser is a MUST (if he wants to go).
i think a 2nd person would be useful too, as desmond mentioned it's hard to keep up with all the presentations. if we can fund one person, we can also fund two.
hellouser, are you ready to go? if so, please create an account, and tell us how much you need for flight, hotel, and visitors pass for the congress.

- Round trip flight would probably be around $600 from Toronto.
- Access to the Congress is $775 (very expensive, its listed on their site: http://www.hair2015.org/)
- Hotels would likely be around $200-$300/night. I'd need 4 nights Nov. 17 - 21 (anyone going would need to arrive a day early, the congress starts at 11am on Nov. 18)

I'm somewhat screwed for video recording though, while I do have my Canon 70D, it's limited to 29 minutes of recording and 59 seconds. The Canon S120 lasts much longer, about 50 minutes, it'd be a much better camera for recording, so I may need to pick that up. I'll have my 70D as a backup though regardless, not taking any chances.

Cost of this would be significantly less than Desmonds trip seeing how the flight is much easier on the wallet, too bad I'm not a student as that would reduce the access fee. in all, we're looking at around $2,500 USD.

Luckily my day job during that time will be in my favour, I've got about 4 flag ship events I need to produce content and marketing for and the last event for the year is Nov. 16, so immediately after, I'm ready to head out for some much needed rest... or more work in this case.

I need to figure out a couple more things before I make up mind though. I'll keep you all posted.