Agenda - Saturday, November 20, 2004
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8:30 am
Introduction and Welcome Remarks
Neal F. Lane, PhD
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
David W. Leebron
President, Rice University
The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian
Founding Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
William R. Brinkley, PhD
Senior Vice President for Graduate Sciences and Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
James T. Willerson, PhD
President and the Edward Randall III Chair in Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Chief of Cardiology, St. Luke's hospital and Medical Director and Chief of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute
Richard E. Champlin, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Moderator:
Robert F. Curl, Ph.D.
University Professor, Department of Chemistry, Rice University
9:00 am
Opening Addresses:
The Human Impact of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Bernard SiegelBernard Siegel
Executive Director, Genetics Policy Institute
What are Embryonic Stem Cells?
Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Ph.D.
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Moderator:
Richard R. Behringer, Ph.D.
Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:15 am
Opening Keynote:
"What Can Human Embryonic Stem Cells Do?"
Jose B. Cibelli, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Animal Biotechnology, Michigan State University and Head of Cellular Reprogramming Laboratory, Department of Animal Science and Physiology
11:00 am Session 1:
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Professor Dame Julia M. Polak
Professor of Endocrine Pathology, Imperial College, London
Steven A. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chief, Division of Cell and Gene Therapy, Attending Neurologist and Dean-Zutes Chair in the Aging Brain, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center
James T. Willerson, Ph.D.
President and the Edward Randall III Chair in Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Chief of Cardiology, St. Luke's Hospital, and President-Elect and Medical Director, Texas Heart Institute
Stephen Minger, Ph.D.
Lecturer and Director of the Stem Cell Laboratory, King's College, London
Discussion with Question and Answer Session
12:15 pm- Luncheon
Moderator:
Vivian Ho, Ph.D.
James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Rice University and Associate Professor, Department of Medicince, Baylor College of Medicine
1:15 pm Session 2:
Current U.S. and U.K. Policy Perspectives on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Suzi Leather
Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), UK
Lord Naren Patel
Chair of the UK Stem Cell Bank and Chairman, UK
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
James F. Battey, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Gregory Glover, M.D.
Partner, Ropes and Gray LLC.
Discussion with Question and Answer Session
Moderator:
Mary Anderlik Majumder, J.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
3:45 pm Session 3:
Saving Lives or Crossing Lines: The Controversy of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
John A. Robertson
Chair, Vinson and Elkins, University of Texas School of Law at Austin
Eric Cohen
Director of the Biotechnology & American Democracy Program, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Rebecca Dresser
Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law and Professor of Ethics in Medicine, Washington University
Discussion with Question and Answer Session
5:30 pm - Adjourn
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm - Reception
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