SESSION I: GLYCOCONJUGATE BIOSYNTHESIS
Chair, Anant Menon, Cornell University, NY

• In vivo Roles for Mammalian Oligosaccharyltransferase Isoforms, Reid Gilmore, University of Massachusetts Medical School, MA
• Substrate Recognition by GPI Transamidase, Anant Menon, Cornell University, NY
• Coupling Polymerization, Chain Termination and Export in the Biosynthesis of Lipopolysaccharide O Antigens, Chris Whitfield, University of Guelph Ontario
• Mycobacterial Cell Wall Glycomics: Recent Revelations, Delphi Chatterjee, Colorado State University

SESSION II: GLYCANS ARE REQUIRED FOR EUKARYOTIC DEVELOPMENT
Chair, Carlos B. Hirschberg, Boston University, MA

• The Nucleotide Sugar Transport/Antiport Cycle in Eukaryotic Development and Disease, Carlos B. Hirschberg, Boston University, MA
• Glycan-Matrix Interactions in Peripheral Nerve Development, David Carey, Geisinger Center, PA
• Regulation of Skeletal Morphogenesis by Sulphated Proteoglycans in Zebrafish, Henry Roehl, Sheffield University, UK

SESSION III: GLYCANS ARE REQUIRED FOR EUKARYOTIC DEVELOPMENT II
Chair, Carlos B. Hirschberg, Boston University, MA

• Novel Proteoglycans Play an Essential Role in Early C. elegans Development, Sara Olson, UCSD, CA
• Synaptic Heparin Sulfate Proteoglycans Signaling in drosophila, David Van Vactor, Harvard University, MA

SESSION IV: PROTEIN FOLDING AND QUALITY CONTROL
Chair, Armando Parodi, Instituto Leloir, Argentina

• ER Resident Lectins and Glycosylhydrolases Determine the Fate of Newly Synthesized Glycoproteins, Maurizio Molinari, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
• Carbohydrate-Mediated Protein Maturation and Quality Control in the Endoplasmic Reticulum, Dan Hebert, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Extensive Mannose Trimming and Mannosidase Compartmentalization in Glycoprotein ER-Associated Degradation, Gerardo Lederkremer, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
• The Biophysics of Quality Control, Julio Caramelo, Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina

SESSION V: BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF SULFATASES
Chair, Steven Rosen, UCSF, CA

• Introductory Comments: Structure and Function of Sulfatases
• Sulfatases Modifying Factor-1 Trafficking through Cells: Implications for Sulfatases Activities, Maria Pia Cosma, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Napoli, Italy
• Heparan Endosulfatases and teh Regulation of Matrix Signaling, Charles Emerson Jr., Boston Biomedical Research Institute, MA
• The Sulfs: Dynamic Regulators of Cell Signalling and Development via Heparan Sulfate Editing, Thomas Dierks, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

SESSION VI: QUANTITATIVE GLYCOBIOLOGY
Chair, Jefrey Esko, UCSD, CA

• Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Arthur D. Lander, University of California, Irvine
• Computational Simulations in Glycoscience: Predicting Affinities and Carbohydrate-Protein Structures, Robert J. Woods, CCRC, University of Georgia
• Chemical Glycobiology and Vaccine Development, Geert-Jan Boons, CCRC, University of Georgia

SESSION VII: RECOGNITION IN GLYCANS BIOSYNTHESIS AND FUNCTION
Chair, Karen J. Colley, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago

• Sequence Requirements for NCAM Polysialylation, Karen Colley, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago
• Use of Lectins to Study the N-Glycomes of Giardia and Entamoeba, John Samuelson, Boston University, MA
• Non-Canonical Activation of Antigen Presenting Cells by a Helminth Glycan, Don Harn, Harvard University, MA

SESSION VIII: STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS OF PROTEIN-CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTIONS
Chair, Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin

• Carbohydrate-Based Pharamcological Chaperones for Treatment of Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Gregory A. Petsko, Brandeis University, MA
• Role of Heparin & Heparan Sulfate on Proteins of the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway, Robert Linhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
• A Model for Processive Glycan Chain Synthesis, Suzanne Walker, Harvard University, MA

SESSION IX: GLYCOSYLATION IN THE CYTOSOL
Chair, John Hanover, National Institute of Health, MD

• SECRET AGENT and SPY inform about the Role of Protein O-GlcNAc Modification in Plant Processes, Neil Olszewski, University of Minnesota
• Breaking the O-glcNAc Code: O-glcNAc and Cellular Signaling, Dona Love, National Institute of Health, MD
• Significance of Cytoplasmic Glycosylation for O2-Signaling in Dictyostelium and Other Protists, Christopher West, Oklahoma University Health Science Center