Ethical Worlds of Stem Cell Medicine
September 28th (UCB) & September 29th (UCSF)
2006

Tentative Schedule

DAY 1 - UC BERKELEY
- Session 1: Publics, Advocacy and the Practices of Science
- Session 2: Tissues, Subjects, and Procurement

DAY 2 - UC SAN FRANCISCO
- Session 3: Diversity and Distributive Justice
- Session 4: Academy-Industry Alliances
- Session 5: The Idea of Ethics in Science

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Day 1 - UC BERKELEY
Thursday, September 28, 2006 from 2:00-5:30pm
Location: Geballe Room at the Townsend Center, which is located in Stephens Hall. (click on link for parking info and directions)

INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME: (2:00 - 2:15pm)
Charis Thompson (UC Berkeley)

SESSION 1: PUBLICS, ADVOCACY AND THE PRACTICES OF SCIENCE (2:15 - 3:45 pm)

Chair and Moderator: Ruha Benjamin (UC Berkeley)

Speakers: Sheila Rothman (Columbia University), Karen-Sue Taussig (University of Minnesota), Chris Ganchoff (UCSF PhD Candidate)

Discussant/Commentator: Jodi Halpern (UC Berkeley)

SESSION 2: TISSUES, SUBJECTS AND PROCUREMENT
(4:00 - 5:30 pm)

Chair and Moderator: Carrie Friese (UC San Francisco)

Speakers: Marcy Darnovsky (Center for Genetics and Society), Radhika Rao (UC Hastings), Linda Hogle (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)

Discussant/Commentator: Donna Haraway (UC Santa Cruz)


Mid-Conference Comments:

Introduction: Pilar Ossorio, Associate Professor of Law and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin Law School

Speaker: Randy Schekman, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley

• Followed by:
  • Opening Reception, Townsend Center for the Humanities (5:30-6:00 pm)
  • Speakers' Dinner (6:30-8:30 pm - INVITATION ONLY)

DAY 2 - UC SAN FRANCISCO
Friday, September 29, 2006 9:30-2:30
Location: Millberry Union Conference Center, 500 Parnassus Avenue. (click on link for parking and directions)

INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME   (9:15 - 9:30 am)
Vincanne Adams (UCSF)

SESSION 3: DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
(9:30 -11:00pm)

Chair and Moderators: Jennifer Liu (UCSF)

Speakers: Rayna Rapp (New York University), Troy Duster (New York University), Aihwa Ong (UC Berkeley)

Discussant/Commentator: Steve Epstein (UC San Diego)

SESSION 4: ACADEMY-INDUSTRY ALLIANCES (11:15-12:45pm)

Chair and Moderator: Johanna Crane (UCSF PhD Candidate)

Speakers: Paul Rabinow (UC Berkeley), Steven Wainwright/Clare Williams (London), Cori Hayden (UC Berkeley)

Discussant/Commentator: David Winickoff (UCB)

SESSION 5: CLOSING PANEL (lunch): THE IDEA OF ETHICS IN SCIENCE (1:00-2:15pm)

Chair and Moderator: Joanna Weinberg (UC San Francisco)

Speakers: Adrienne Asch (Yeshiva University), David Rothman (Columbia University)

Discussant/Commentator: Open to all

Closing Remarks: (2:15 - 2:30pm)

Introductions: Dorothy Porter, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine, UC San Francisco

Speaker: Arnold Kriegstein, Director of the Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology and Professor of Neurology, UC San Francisco

Photo courtesy of Dept of Cell & Tissue Biology, UCSF