Cocktail Reception: Friday May 22, 2009, 6.30-9.30 PM
Location: TBD
Conference: Friday and Saturday, May 22-23, 8:30 AM-6.30PM
Location: Conference room TBD
Taking a broad and cross-disciplinary approach to addressing ethical dilemmas raised by genomic applications in agriculture, conference topics include agri-genomic innovations and their impact on society as a whole and environmental, economic, ethical, and social issues within agri-genomics.
The Conference will convey such topics as:
Genomics research in agriculture (agri-genomics) and its diverse applications
Lessons learned from genetically modified organisms for health and development
How to benefit the human health and food supply using genomic crops
Environmental, economic, ethical and social impacts within agri-genomics applications
Consumers perception and the media
Environmental safety
Development of sustainable nutrition for growing populations
How to optimize stakeholder competition and cooperation
These topics will be addressed through paper presentations and panel discussions. The deadline for the submission of abstracts (no more than 150 words) is April 1, 2009. You can send them electronically at: alita@americanhuamnist.org or beatrice.godard@umontreal.ca. Accepted papers will be peer-reviewed and published in our conference proceedings. Virtual registrations will be also available for those unable to attend the conference – this allows you to submit a paper for review and possible publication. The address for the submission of papers, registration and inquiries is:
P.O. Box 4104 Grand Central Station New York, NY 10162 Phone: (212) 687 3324 analita@americanhumanist.org
Registration forms and other details will be posted on;
www.humanistbioethics.org
Registration fee for speakers is $235, for the general public is $145 and for students who attend is $100. All fees are payable by check to the address above by April 15, 2009. Registration fees include attendance at the cocktail reception and at the two-day conference as well as refreshments.
NB: Accommodation packages are available, on a first-come-first-serve basis, from the I-Pod Hotel, E 51st Street and Second Avenue. Tel: 212 355 0300 or 866 538 0187.
Hotel rooms have been booked at Millennium UN Plaza Hotel New York, United Nations Plaza, 44th Street between First and Second Avenues, New York, NY, USA 10017-3575 Reservations Telephone Number: (877) 866-7529; Reservations email: wmerdis@mill-usa.com Please quote name when booking. Center for Bioethics to the United Nations.
The Appignani Bioethics Center (ABC), a project of the American Humanist Association, is a think tank which provides timely research and analysis of bioethical challenges facing national and international community. The Center helps inform local, state, national and international policy debates about global issues in medical and biotechnological sciences through collaboration with not for profit organizations (NGOs) and United Nations departments, bodies and agencies. The Center also sponsors scholarly endeavors dedicated to preventive medicine and seeks partnerships with health care professionals and other NGO’s to provide educational venues and opportunities for confronting various medical issues facing developing world countries. www.humanistbioethics.org
The Bioethics Programs at the University of Montreal through the OMICS-ETHICS Research Group aims (1) to enhance the interdisciplinary nature of the study of scientific innovation such as “OMICS” technologies, bioethics, health and environment, (2) to contribute scholarly work in these areas, and (3) to share in the University of Montreal responsibility to address ethical issues raised by “OMICS” technologies applied to health and environment equally important to international community. www.omics-ethics.org
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