Bioethics Calendar

Items to be posted on the Hastings Center Bioethics Calendar of Events should be sent via e-mail website@thehastingscenter.org

Hastings Center Bioethics Seminars

Speaking Engagements

Conferences, Courses and Grant Opportunities

Grant Opportunities

None Currently

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Ethical Dilemmas in Research Involving Children:
Damned whether you do or you don’t

SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Genetic Testing
Federal Regulations and Policies
Organ Transplant
History of Children and Research
Children’s Consent/Assent
Information: aherb@downstate.edu

Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Broadening Bioethics:
Clinical Ethics, Public Health, and Global Health

The Center for Jewish History

15 West 16th Street
Between 5th and 6th Avenues
New York, NY

The Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University
and the NYU Center for Bioethics, present:
Onora O’Neill

Onora O’Neill is President of the British Academy, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University, and a Life Peer, House of Lords. She chaired the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Human Genetics Advisory Commission. She is the second Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Scholar-in-Residence of The Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University.

RSVP to 212.960.0189 or events@yu.edu
Free and open to the public
ASL interpretation provided
Wheelchair accessible

May 5-7
IRB 101, IRB 201 and IRB Administrator101
Durham, NC

Join Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) this spring in Durham, North Carolina for another high-quality, “can’t miss” educational offering!

On May 5-7, 2008, PRIM&R will offer three highly acclaimed educational programs geared specifically to the educational needs of Institutional Review Board/Human Research Protection Program (IRB/HRPP) members, administrators, and staff:

These programs will offer you the opportunity to develop and expand your skills in IRB/HRPP administration and operations, inform you of the best practices used by experienced professionals, update you on the relevant ethical and regulatory issues facing those charged with research oversight, and provide you with valuable networking opportunities.  Whether you are new to the field of human research protections, or are looking to refresh existing knowledge, you will not want to miss these valuable offerings!

This two and a half-day event will be held at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham, NC.  Registrants have the option of attending one or two of the three separate offerings being held on May 5-7, 2008.

Detailed agendas, as well as registration and hotel information, are available on PRIM&R’s website.

Please contact Mariellen Diemand via e-mail at mdiemand@primr.org, or by phone at 617.423.4112, ext. 210 with questions.

May 6-7, 2008
The Patient Alone: Making Health Care Choices for Patients Without Surrogates
American Health Decisions
Boston, MA

There is a persistent problem of deciding what to do on behalf of patients who are incapacitated (or soon will be) and have no available surrogate. Responses to the problem include court appointed guardianship, public guardian programs, surrogate decision making committees, institutional and system-wide policies and protocols, as well as ad-hoc decision making by persons without legal authority to decide for patients.

The problem exists among “unbefriended elders;” returning and troubled veterans estranged from family and friends; emancipated minors with dependency problems; persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities; people whose physical disabilities or native language makes communication difficult and erroneously raises a presumption of incapacity; and others.

This non-profit conference seeks to explore the responses to date, and to move the discussion forward. We especially encourage participation by clinicians, administrators, attorneys and others who wish to collaborate with colleagues to ensure more effective strategies on this interdisciplinary issue.

Faculty: Dan Brock, PhD; Lori Cappello Dangberg; Tom Fisher, MS, LNHA; Robert D. Fleischner, JD; Lachlan Forrow, MD; Muriel R. Gillick, MD; Alice Herb, JD, LLM; Bruce Jennings, MA; Michele Karel, PhD; Naomi Karp, JD; Zita Lazzarini, JD, MPH; Jane E. Mendez, MD; Jennifer Moye, PhD; Robert D. Orr, MD; Charles P. Sabatino, JD; Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD; Gary Stein, MSW, JD; Pamela B. Teaster, PhD; Erica F. Wood, JD

For complete information and registration on line, see: www.ahd.org.

Contact: David B. Clarke, DMin, JD, MPH, Massachusetts Health Decisions, 781.784.1966

Ethical Challenges in Surgical Innovation
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
May 8-9, 2008

This dynamic program will be a unique opportunity to listen to and discuss key issues regarding innovation in contemporary surgical procedures, device development, and organ transplantation. Outstanding speakers and moderators including recognized leaders in surgery, academic medicine, research, industry, government and bioethics, will participate in interactive discussions.

Session topics for the summit will include:

Guest Faculty includes:
Thomas Murray, PhD - The Hastings Center
Denton Cooley, MD - The Texas Heart Institute
Joel Cooper, MD-Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Fogarty, MD - Stanford University
Mark Siegler, MD-The University of Chicago Medical Center

Please visit: www.ccfcme.org/SurgeryEthics08; for complete details.

National Conference
Emerging Issues in
Embryo Donation and Adoption
National Embryo Doantion Center
Bethany Christian Services
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
May 29-31, 2008
Marriott Crystal Gateway
Washington DC
www.embryoconference.org

Friday, July 4th, 2008
A major international conference in London
Gential Cutting in a Globalized Age: A Forum for Interdisciplinary Debate

The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

Keynote lecture:CHERYL CHASE, Intersex Society of North America

A groundbreaking event bringing together medical doctors and researchers, social and behavioural scientists, scholars in literary and cultural studies, lawyers, artists, philosophers and historians who share a critical interest in genital modification in the clinical, political and cultural spheres. The remit will be to examine practices and discourses of health, harm and sexuality in their historical and contemporary contexts. The conference will explicitly address the discursive and legislative inconsistencies relating to genital cutting, and tackle the ideological, political and ethical implications of current practices.

Topics and speakers:

Childhood surgery for ambiguous genitalia
MILTON DIAMOND, University of Hawaii
PHILIP RANSLEY, formerly Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

Sex reassignment surgery for transsexual people
PHILIP THOMAS, Royal Sussex Hospital
STEPHEN WHITTLE OBE, Manchester Metropolitan University

Female genital mutilation
EFUA DORKENOO OBE, London

Male circumcision
ROBERT DARBY, Canberra

Genital cosmetic surgery
VIRGINIA BRAUN, University of Auckland
DAVID RALPH, University College London

The conference will provide a unique opportunity for practitioners, researchers and scholars to harness interdisciplinary collaboration, in order to improve the accuracy, sophistication and impact of scientific research, discursive analysis, and professional practice relating to all forms of genital cutting.

Registration fee (includes lunch): £85 before 31 March 2008; £115 thereafter

Registration form:

http://www.iainmorland.net/docs/GCGA-registration.pdf

Printable flyer:

http://www.iainmorland.net/docs/GCGA-flyer.pdf

Programme enquiries to Iain Morland (morland@cardiff.ac.uk)

Sponsored by BJU International (www.bjui.org).

June 9-10, 2008
The 10th Annual Swedish Symposium on Biomedicine, Ethics and Society: Dual Uses of Biomedicine: Whose responsibility? Seglarhotellet, Sandhamn

The conference aims to address the potential dual uses of biomedical research and practice. “Dual use” refers to the fact that biomedical research can have both beneficial and harmful uses and consequences. Of special concern in recent years is the perceived threat of “bioterrorism”. The conference will bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines, such as medicine, biology, political science, philosophy and law, interested in exploring the ethical dimensions of this question. Introduction by Dan I. Andersson, Uppsala University. Keynote speakers include: Malcolm Dando, University of Bradford, United Kingdom; Ingegerd Kallings, the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control; Frida Kuhlau, Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics, Uppsala University and Margaret Somerville, McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, Canada

More information and pre-registration:

Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics

Uppsala University
Uppsala Science Park
SE-751 85 Uppsala
Phone +46 18 611 22 96
Fax +46 18 50 64 04
E-mail: crb@crb.uu.se
Web: www.crb.uu.se
Symposium website: http://www.crb.uu.se/symposia/2008/index.html

July 25-26, 2008
Predicting Our Future: Genetic Testing in Children and Their Families
Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
2008 Pediatric Bioethics Conference
Bell Harbor International Conference Center
Seattle, Washington

With technology rapidly advancing — bringing about more genetic tests — many ethical and policy questions must be addressed to appropriately use these new tools of genetic assessment in children:

- Which tests should be required of all newborns, and which tests should not be permitted until the child is an adult

- What obligations are there to inform family members about genetic test results that may impact them?

- What if adolescents and their parents disagree about genetic testing decisions?

- What genetic tests should be available to prospective parents before the adoption of a child?

Leaders in the field of pediatric bioethics will discuss these and other ethical issues on the shores of Puget Sound. Please plan to join in and add your perspective as we explore these ethical questions through presentations, panel discussions and breakout sessions.

For more information and registration: http://bioethics.seattlechildrens.org

January and August 2008
CIP Certification/Recertification Review Course. All Certified IRB Professionals (CIPs) and those planning to become certified are invited to preregister (under no obligation) for this upcoming course to be held in San Antonio, Texas, in early January 2008. The course will be held again in early August 2008.

The course is provided by the education division of IRB Synergy. Courses are planned to include thirty-six hours of CME in compliance with ACCME standards. The course is designed in a manner consistent with the weighted outline described by Council for Certification of IRB Professions (CCIP) for those interested in becoming certified.

Interested individuals should email irb-synergy@hotmail.com with name, phone number, CIP certification status, and preference for either January or August. Specific dates, reservation information, and costs will be provided depending on the interest in either timeframe.

Those interested in presenting as part of future course are welcome to email a current curriculum vitae and area of expertise. Please email irb-synergy@hotmail.com with any questions.

August 12-14, 2008
Conference on Bioethics, Egerton University, Kenya.

The UNESCO Regional Bioethics Documentation and Research Centre at Egerton University, Kenya, will host a conference on bioethics from 12-14 August 2008 at the ARC Hotel of Egerton University. The main theme of the conference is "Bioethical Perspectives and Practices in Research, Medicine, Life Sciences and Related Technologies in sub-Saharan Africa". The conference will be conducted in English and will include the following themes: 1. Ethical implications in human research; 2. Ethical issues in animal experimentation in science; 3. Genetically modified organisms and products: an African Dilemma; 4. Biodiversity and Environment; 5. Biopiracy and Bioterrorism; 6. Alternative/complementary/traditional medicine; 7. Bioethical issues in African cultures and religions; 8. Ethical dilemmas in medicine; 9. Bioethics teaching in African institutions of higher learning; 10. Legal approaches in bioethics; 11. Is there a need for a Code of Ethics for researchers?

Manuscripts covering or related to the thematic areas are invited, and must reach the organizers by May 30, 2008. Participants are required to submit their registration forms and associated fees by February 28, 2008.

For registration forms, queries or more information, please contact the organizers at:

Coordinator
UNESCO Regional Bioethics Documentation and Research Centre
Egerton University, PO Box 536
Egerton, Kenya
Mobile: +254 (0)722 443 717
Email: j_kkipkemboi@yahoo.co.uk

Chair, UNESCO Bioethics
Egerton University, PO Box 536
Egerton, Kenya
Mobile: +254 (0)720 853 844
Email: mathookoj@yahoo.com

23rd International Conference of the
European Society of Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare

Theme: Sources and Perspectives of Bioethics
August 19 - 22, 2009, Tubingen, Germany
Deadline for Submisison of Abstracts: Dec 31, 2008
For Information contact: Bert Gordijn, PhD
Secretary of the ESPMH
Dept of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Email: b.gordin@efg.umcn.nl

August 20 - 23, 2008
22nd European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care,
Tartu, Estonia

The Division of Ethics of Science and Technology
Sector for Social and Human Sciences
UNESCO

The focus of the conference is on ethical and philosophical issues in public health. This conference will be organised by the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare (ESPMH) and the Centre for Ethics, University of Tartu.

The language during the conference will be English.

The registration process, the call for abstracts, development of the programme, publication of programme announcements and mailings to participants is taken care of by the ESPMH Secretariat in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

For more information, please contact:

Bert Gordijn, PhD
ESPMH Secretariat
Dept. of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine,
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
PO Box 9101
6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands
Tel: + 31-24-3615320
Fax: + 31-24-3540254
Email: b.gordijn@efg.umcn.nl or d.verhaar@efg.umcn.nl

17th International Congress on Palliative Care
September 23-26, 2008
Palais des Congrès in Montréal, Canada.

Presented by the Palliative Care Division of the Departments of Medicine and Oncology of McGill University, this biennial Congress has grown to become one of the premier international events in palliative care.  Healthcare professionals, therapists, volunteers and all those involved in care for the dying come to renew themselves as providers of care and to obtain the inspiration that will help them shape the palliative care of the future. Since the first Congress in 1976 under the leadership of palliative care pioneer Dr. Balfour Mount, there has been increasing agreement in the field that palliative care should be provided from diagnosis, hence the shift to “Palliative Care” from “Care of the Terminally Ill” in the title of the 2008 Congress.

This year’s outstanding programme will feature five plenary sessions, four day long Concurrent Seminars, research fora, and over 80 workshops and symposia.  In 2008 for the first time, the Congress will be a trilingual event, with simultaneous interpretation of selected sessions, including all Plenaries, into Spanish as well as French.  There will also be a special focus on palliative care as a basic human right and how to develop and support programmes and initiatives in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Poster abstracts may be submitted until May 28, 2008.

The early registration deadline is March 24, 2008. For more information, to register or to submit an abstract, please visit; www.pal2008.com or call 450-292-3456 ext. 227.

Calls for Proposals

Nonce currently

Calls for Papers

23rd International Conference of the
European Society of Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare Theme: Sources and Perspectives of Bioethics
August 19 - 22, 2009, Tubingen, Germany

Abstracts addressing the folllowing topics can be submitted:

Past of Bioethics:
- How medical ethics preceded bioethics
- Bioethics and the renaissance of normative ethics
- Social developments in the 20th century and bioethics: liberalism, the civil rights movement, ecological movements
- The develpoemnt of institutions in bioethics
- Ideologies and bioethics

Status quo of Bioethics:
- Current methodological and theoretical approaches in bioethics
- Bioethical institutions
- Technological innovation and paradigmatic problems of bioethics
- Bioethics, public policy and law
- Contemporary challenges within bioethics: interdisciplinary, pluralism, interculturalism
- Transformations of modern medicine and bioethics

Future of Bioethics:
- The future of bioethics as academic discipline
- Recent and future "turns" in bioethics (empirical, cultural )
- Bioethics and globailism
- Utopia and bioethcs
- Emerging issues and their theoretical impact on bioethics

Abstracts of up to 500 words can be submitted before January 1, 2009.

Please submit abstracts to: Bert Gordijn, PhD
Secretary of the ESPMH
Dept of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Email: b.gordin@efg.umcn.nl

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