Programme

Intro * Call for abstracts * Programme * Venue * Registration

The definitive conference programme is online.

The international conference will start on Monday 18 May 2009 at 14h and will end on Tuesday 19 May 2009 at 18h. On Wednesday 20 May 2009 (from 10h to 16h) an interactive stakeholder meeting is planned to discuss ethical, legal and governance issues related to biobanks.

Following speakers have already confirmed their participation to the conference:

 
  • Kurt Zatloukal (University of Graz, Austria)
  • Elisabeth Rynning (Faculty of Law, Uppsala University, Sweden)
  • Judit Sandor (Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine, Central European University, Hungary)
  • Lori Andrews (Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, USA)
  • Paula lobato de Faria (Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
  • Jean-Jacques Cassiman (Center for Human Genetics, K.U.Leuven, Belgium)
  • Robin Williams (School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, UK)
  • Laurie Graemie (School of Law, University of Edinburgh, UK)
  • Bartha Maria Knoppers (University of Montréal, Canada)

Scientific committee for the conference:

  • Kris Dierickx (Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, K.U.Leuven, Belgium)
  • Herman Nys (Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, K.U.Leuven, Belgium)
  • Pascal Borry (Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, K.U.Leuven, Belgium)
  • Jan Helge Solbakk (Section for Medical Ethics, Univeristy of Oslo, Norway)
  • Darren Shickle (Institute of Health Sciences and Public Health Research, University of Leeds, U.K.)
  • Herbert Gottweis (Department for Political Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria)
  • Judit Sandor (Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine, Central European University, Hungary)