The International Consortium of Stem Cell Networks (ICSCN)

The International Consortium of Stem Cell Networks (ICSCN)

The ICSCN was formed in 2004 following a meeting of the International Stem Cell Forum in Montréal which brought together representatives from several of the existing stem cell Centers or Networks from around the world. The outcome of the "Networks" meeting was a recommendation to create an international coordinating group that would be committed to international cooperation and collaboration. The group produced a document known as the Montreal White Paper which formed the basis of the ICSCN aims and objectives. The ICSCN is chaired by the Scientific Director of the Stem Cell Network.

Mandate

The International Consortium of Stem Cell Networks is a ‘network of networks' that aims to unify international efforts to accelerate opportunities to make stem cell therapy a reality for a broad range of debilitating diseases, by:

  • providing a forum for scientific and other discussion
  • providing a forum for exchange of best practice and development of international equivalents of national initiatives
  • organizing and promoting international workshops and symposia
  • encouraging and facilitating the exchange of researchers between network members
  • facilitating communications to help in the coordination of research and translation between different countries

Membership

The ICSCN is currently made up of some of the world's major stem cell networks: