Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Carnegie Institution of Washington

8:30 am

Introduction and Welcome Remarks
Richard Meserve
President, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Neal Lane
Malcolm Gillis University Professor, Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Senior Fellow of Science and Technology Policy, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

Morning Session I

Moderator: William Brinkley, Vice President of Graduate Studies, Baylor College of Medicine

9:10am

Embryos, People, and Stem Cell Research
Michael Gazzaniga
Director Sage Center for the Study of the Mind, University of California, Santa Barbara

10:35am

Current Advances in Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Thomas Zwaka
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Morning Session II

Moderator: Bill Leinweber, Executive Vice President, Research!America

10:35am

An Intercultural Perspective on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
LeRoy Walters
Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University

11:35am

U.S. Policies – State and National
Mark Frankel
Director, Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, & Law, AAAS

12:30 pm

Lunch

Afternoon Panel I: Proposed Models and Guidelines for Research

Moderator: Frederick Anderson, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

2:00pm

The National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Frances Sharples
Director, Board of Life Sciences, National Academy of Science

International Collaboration in Stem Cell Research: The Hinxton Group Process
Debra Mathews
Assistant Director for Science Programs, Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University

International Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: The ISSCR Task Force
Insoo Hyun
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University

Afternoon Panel II: Proposed Models and Guidelines for Research

Moderator: Norman Neureiter, Director, Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy, AAAS

3:15pm

Politics and Prohibitions: The Making of Canada’s Stem Cell Laws 
Timothy Caulfield
Professor of Law, University of Alberta

Strengthening Science Through Regulation – The UK Experience
Angela McNab
Chief Executive, Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority

The ‘Philosophy’ of Regulation for Stem Cell Research in Italy
Maurizio Mori
Professor of Philosophy, University of Turin

Mind the Gap: Regulatory Approaches to Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Developing Countries
Rosario Isasi
Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre de Recherche en Droit Public, University of Montréal

5:15pm

Closing Comments
Neal Lane
Malcolm Gillis University Professor, Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Senior Fellow of Science and Technology Policy, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

5:30 pm

Reception