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Thought this might be of interest to some of our readers – and not just because all of the editors of this bog are speaking at this workshop!<\/p>\n

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UCL’s Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre and Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health are pleased to announce a forthcoming workshop — New Directions in Bioethics on 29-30 June.<\/p>\n

This is a workshop rather than a full-blown conference, so numbers of participants will be limited. Registration is free of charge. To register, please contact James Wilson, james-gs.wilson@ucl.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

For further details see the conference website, http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/cpjh\/new-directions-in-bioethics<\/a><\/p>\n

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME:<\/p>\n

DAY ONE: June 29<\/p>\n

09.30 \u2013 10.00 Coffee and Registration<\/p>\n

10.00-10.45 Stephen Wilkinson (Keele), Saviour Selection and Organ Donation<\/p>\n

10.45-11.30 John Worrall (LSE), Ethics and Epistemology in Clinical Trials<\/p>\n

11.30 \u2013 12.00 Coffee<\/p>\n

12.00-12.45 Iain Brassington (Manchester) What\u2019s Wrong with the Brain Drain?<\/p>\n

12.45 \u2013 2.00 Lunch<\/p>\n

2.00 \u2013 2.45 Milena Nuti (Birkbeck), Appeals to intuition: methodological implications<\/p>\n

2.45 \u2013 3.30 Stephen John (Cambridge) What went right in the case of MMR?<\/p>\n

3.30 \u2013 4.00 Tea<\/p>\n

4.00 \u2013 6.00 Roundtable discussion: Should the UK have a National Bioethics Advisory Body?<\/p>\n

Panellists: Martin Wilkinson (Auckland), Harald Schmidt (Nuffield Council on Bioethics), Jonathan Wolff (UCL), Adam Hedgecoe (Cardiff)<\/p>\n

7.00 Conference Dinner<\/p>\n

DAY TWO: June 30<\/p>\n

10.00-10.45 David Hunter (Keele) Not just Justice \u2013 alternative justifications for the provision of health care<\/p>\n

10.45-11.15 Coffee<\/p>\n

11.15 -12.00 Ainsley Newson (Bristol), Title TBC<\/p>\n

12.00 \u2013 12.45 Janet Radcliffe-Richards (Oxford), Title TBC<\/p>\n

1.00 \u2013 2.00 Lunch<\/p>\n

2.00 \u2013 2.45 Marcel Verweij (Utrecht), Infectious disease control and the harm principle<\/p>\n

2.45 \u2013 3.30 Martin Wilkinson (Auckland), The conscription of organs<\/p>\n

3.30 \u2013 4.00 Tea<\/p>\n

4.00 \u2013 4.45 Soren Holm (Cardiff), Should we completely rethink the basis for research ethics?<\/p>\n

4.45 \u2013 5.30 Tom Douglas (Oxford), Scientific Isolationism: Are there reasons not to pursue dual-use research?<\/p>\n

5.30 Close<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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