Stem
Cells:
Saving
Lives or Crossing Lines
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Policy
James A. Baker III Institute
for Public Policy
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
The University of Texas Health
Science Center at Houston
and Baylor College of Medicine
November 20-21, 2004
Can and Should the U.S. Be a
Leader in Human
Embryonic Stem Cell Research?
The Science and Technology Forum
of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy in conjunction
with The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, The University
of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and Baylor College of
Medicine will bring together and present business and community
leaders, policymakers, ethicists, science journalists, and scientists
to find
new ways to engage the general public in a dialogue on these vital
issues: Should the United States be involved in this
type of research? What are the medical, political, and
economic consequences of letting other nations take over the
leadership role? How would the U.S. regulate the research if it
were allowed?
Agenda - Sunday, November 21, 2004
9:00 am
Overview of Day One and Preview of Day Two |
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Neal F. Lane, Ph.D., Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly University Professor of Physics & Astronomy and
Senior Fellow, Science and Technology Policy, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University |
Moderator: |
Terry Shepard, Vice President of Public Affairs, Rice University |
Session 4: |
Media and Public Perception of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research |
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Mary Woolley, President, Research!America
Peter Van Etten, President & CEO, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Rome J. Hartman, Producer for 60 Minutes, CBS News
Robert Bazell, Chief Health and Science Correspondent, NBC News
Elizabeth Cohen, Medical Correspondent, Medical and Health Unit, CNN
Mathew Nisbet, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Jounalism and Communication, Ohio State University
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Discussion with Question and Answer Session |
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Moderator: |
Steven Currall, Ph.D., William and Stephanie Sick Professor of Entrepreneurship, Rice University |
1:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: |
"The Perspective of Business"
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Session
5: |
The Perspective of Business |
Discussion with Question and Answer Session |
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William R. Brinkley, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Graduate Sciences and Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine |
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