[BIC-announce] FW: McGill Bioethics Conference 2005 - some details on speakers

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

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From: MNISTAFF - Montreal Neurological Institute Staff [mailto:MNISTAFF at LISTS.MCGILL.CA] On Behalf Of Enza Ferracane, Ms.
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:26 AM
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Subject: McGill Bioethics Conference 2005

 


The McGill Bioethics Committee invites you to attend a two-day conference, which will take an in-depth and critical look at how science, biotechnology and medicine attempt to enhance and extend human life from beginning to end.  All students are welcome!


McGill Bioethics Conference 2005
Living Ethics: From Stem Cells to Life Extension

Speakers include:

Dr. Jan Deckers
Health Care Ethics at the
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK)
Topic: Why Embryonic Stem Cell Research is Wrong?

Dr. Rosario Isasi
Centre de Recherche en Droit Public (CRDP) Université de Montréal Topic : Stem Cell International Research Policies

Michèle S. Jean
Chair of the International Bioethics Committee (UNESCO, Paris) Vice President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO Topic : The Development of a Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights

Paul Lauritzen
Dept. of Religious Studies and Director of the Program in Applied Ethics John Carroll University, Cleveland Topic : Why is Stem Cell research wrong? Keynote debate

Dr. Glenn McGee
Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Bioethics Associate Director for Education and Senior Fellow at the Center for Bioethics, Department of Medical Ethics in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Topic : Keynote debate

Dr. Devidas Menon
Director of the Health Policy and Management Professional Program University of Alberta Topic : Drug Policy Affecting Human Life


Margaret Somerville
Professor of Law and  in the Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Founding Director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law Founding Chairperson, National Research Council of Canada Ethics Committee
2003 recipient of the UNESCO Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science Topic : Keynote Opening Speaker

Bonnie Steinbock
Professor of Philosophy
University at Albany, SUNY
Topic : Choosing Our Children's Genes

Dr. Sheldon Zink
Department of Medical Ethics in the medical school University of Pennsylvania Topic : Human Experimentation, Organ Transplantation


Nov 11th and 12th, 2005

Tickets: $25
Register online: http://bioethics.sus.mcgill.ca

Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre
Montreal Neurological Institute
3801 University Avenue

For schedules and more information: http://bioethics.sus.mcgill.ca

Contact us: mbec2005 at gmail.com

Sincerely

Gino Ferraro
Chair, MBEC 2005


Gino Ferraro
BT-105, Center for Neuronal Survival
Montreal Neurological Institute,
3801 University St.,
Montreal, Quebec,
H3A 2B4,
Canada.

Ph: 001-514-398 8436