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Global Perspectives on BioPolicy Series
16th March 2007 - BioCentre Symposium :: Prof. Jan Helge Solbakk - Towards A Global BioPolicy?
Keynote speech: Professor Jan Helge Solbakk, Chief of Bioethics Section at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) [45mins]
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16th March 2007 - BioCentre Symposium :: Dr. Harald Schmidt & Dr. Calum Mackellar - Towards a Global BioPolicy?
Dr. Harald Schmidt, speaks on “The Idea of Human Dignity in the UNESCO Declaration”.
Dr. Calum MacKellar, speaks on “The UNESCO Declaration in the light of the European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine”.
The Q&A panel session follows.
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1st May 2007 - BioCentre Symposium :: Comparative European Approaches to Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Keynote speaker: Judge Christian Byk, Secretary General of the International Association of Law, Ethics and Science.
Other contributions from Professor John Wyatt, Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, University College London and Dr. Chris O'Toole, Head of Research Regulation, Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority. The Q&A session follows.
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6th November 2007 - BioCentre symposium :: Prof. Christoph Rehmann-Sutter - Comparative Approaches to European Bio-regimes & Regulations
Professor Christoph Rehmann-Sutter is the Head of the Unit for Ethics in Biosciences at the University of Basel and President of the Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics. Prof. Rehamann-Sutter made the keynote address, entitled "European Biopolicy: Stem Cell Governance. Legal & Ethical Implications".To listen to the audio file, left click on the download link. To download the file, either right click on it and choose Save Target As (PC) or Download Linked File As (Mac).
6th November 2007 - BioCentre symposium :: Mr. Alan Doran - Comparative Approaches to European Bio-regimes & Regulations
Mr. Alan Doran, interim Chief Executive of the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority, spoke on "Balancing Trust with Progress. Why Regulation of Artificial Reproductive Technologies (ART) and Embryo Research Works in the UK". A short Q&A session with Mr. Doran followed his presentation due to the fact that he would not be able to participate in the session later on in the afternoon.To listen to the audio file, left click on the download link. To download the file, either right click on it and choose Save Target As (PC) or Download Linked File As (Mac).
6th November 2007 - BioCentre symposium :: Dr. Ursula Naue - Comparative Approaches to European Bio-regimes & Regulations
Dr. Ursula Naue, Life Science Governance Research Platform, Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna spoke on "Governing Dementia: Policies and Practices in the European & Global Context".
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6th November 2007 - BioCentre symposium :: Prof. Nigel M. de S. Cameron - Comparative Approaches to European Bio-regimes & Regulations
Before the symposium concluded, Prof. Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Executive Chairman of BioCentre made some closing comments.
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6th November 2007 - BioCentre symposium :: Q&A session - Comparative Approaches to European Bio-regimes & Regulations
Following all three presentations, a Q&A session took place moderated by Rachel Bell, Director of BioCentre and involved Prof. Rehmann-Sutter and Dr. Naue.
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