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CONFERENCES

International Congress "A Gift for life. Considerations on organ donation"
Rome
The event is organized by the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV),
the World Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC), and the Italian National Transplant Centre (CNT).
For more information:
Via Makalle, 75 -35138 Padova- Italy
Ph. ++39 049 8729511
Fax ++39 049 8729512
E-mail: agiftforlife2008@keycongress.com
Web: www.agiftforlife2008.org

November 7-8, 2008

9th EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Conference
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Contact:
Halldor Stefansson
Tel: +49 6221 387-8493
Sally Davison
Tel: +49 6221 387-8397
Angela Michel
Tel: +49 6221 387-8443
Web: http://www.embl.org/aboutus/sciencesociety/conferences/2008/

November 12-15, 2008

International Symposium: Ethics and Knowledge
Cuyo National University/Punta de Vacas, Argentina
Organized by: The World Center of Humanist Studies
For more information, please contact:
Websites: http://www.cmehumanistas.org or http://www.cehp.free.fr
Email: cehp@free.fr

November 20-21, 2008

1st International Workshop on
Ethical Issues in European National Preparedness for Pandemical Influenza
Paris
Contact persons:
Organization:
Irina Costa (Irina.costa@comm-sante.com)
Claire Retault (Claire.retault@comm-sante.com) - T : +33 5 5797 1919
Scientific Committee:
Dr Marc Guerrier (marc.guerrier@sls.aphp.fr) - T : +33 1 4484 1754
Web: http://www.espace-ethique.org/fr/pandemic_ethics_november_2008.php

December 3-5, 2008

Ninth Global Forum on Bioethics in Research:
Ethics of Research Involving Indigenous Peoples and Vulnerable Populations
New Zealand
For more information:
Web: http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/bioethics/Texts_
and_documents/GFBR9%20Call%20for%20Applications.pdf

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December 10-12, 2008

International Conference on Human Rights and Biomedicine
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
For more information:
Conference Office
Erasmus MC / iBMG
Phone: + 31 10 408 85 55
Fax: + 31 10 408 90 94
E-mail: biomedicineconvention@remove-this.bmg.eur.nl
biomedicineconvention@remove-this.bmg.eur.nl
Web: http://www.biomedicineconvention.nl/

December 10-12, 2008

International Conference on Human Brain Tissue Research
Munich, Germany
For more information:
Web: http://www.brainnet-europe.org/conference/

March 5-8, 2009

13th World Congress on Human Reproduction
Venezia, Italy
Organizing Secretariats
Biomedical Technologies srl
Web Site: www.biomedicaltechnologies.com
Operative Office:
Via Trieste 1 - 56126 Pisa - Italy
Phone: +39 050 501934
Fax: +39 050 501239
E-mail: humanrep2009registrations@biomedicaltechnologies.com
Main Office, Accounting Department and Hotel Booking:
Via P. Cugia 1 - 09129 Cagliari - Italy
Phone: +39 070 340293
Fax: +39 070 307727
E-mail: humanrep2009@biomedicaltechnologies.com
Web: http://www.humanrep2009.com/

May 17-20, 2009

International Conference on Ethics Committees in Hospitals
Zefat, Israel
The International Conference is organized by the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics [Haifa] and supported by the Israel National Commission for UNESCO,
the International Center for Health, Law and Ethics and the Zefat Academic College.
Abstracts on the above mentioned topics for oral and poster presentation of approximately 250 words are invited.
The deadline is the December 31, 2008.
For more information, please contact Ms. Helen Goldmunz at the secretariat:
Email: seminars@isas.co.il
Telephone: +9722-6520574
Fax: +9722-6520558
Website: www.isas.co.il/bioethics2009

May 18-21, 2009

VI World Conference on Bioethics
Gijon, Spain
The subjects of the Conference will be:
Poverty and Bioethics
Poverty, Biotechnology and Society
The Informed Consent
For more information:
Web: http://www.sibi.org/ingles/act/6congreso/pinf.htm

RECENT CONFERENCES

November 5, 2008

Chimaera Research - Ethical and Legal Aspects
Organized by the Danish Council of Ethics, the Danish Ethical Council for Animals and the Nordic Committee on Bioethics, for the Parliamentary Committee on the Council of Ethics and the Health Committee.
Deadline for registration is 22 October 2008
Contact:
The Danish Council of Ethics
Ravnsborggade 2-4
2200 Copenhagen
Denmark
Phone: (+45) 3537 5833
Fax: (+45) 3537 5755
Web: http://www.etiskraad.dk/sw18842.asp

October 28-31, 2008

Fifteenth Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and Joint Session of the IBC and the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC)
Paris, France
Contact:
IBC Secretariat:
Mrs Sabina Colombo
Section of Bioethics
Division of the Ethics of Science and Technology
Tel.: + 33 1 45 68 39 39 / 38 03
Fax: + 33 1 45 68 55 15
E-mail: l.treguer@unesco.org / s.colombo@unesco.org
Web: http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12254&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

October 23-26, 2008

Sixth International Conference on Ethics and Environmental Policies
"Environmental Ethics, Ethics and Climate Change. Scenarios for justice and sustainability"
Padova, Italy
For more information:
The Lanza Foundation
Via Dante n.55 - 35139 PADOVA - ITALY
Tel./Fax: ++39/049.875.6788
E-Mail: info@fondazionelanza.it
Web: www.fondazionelanza.it

October 15-17, 2008

Teaching Ethics and Peace to Science and Engineering Students
University of Hamburg
Contact:
Martin Weil c/o Prof. Martin Kalinowski,
znf(at)uni-hamburg.de (attn Mr. Martin Weil)
ZNF, Universitat Hamburg
Beim Schlump 83
D 20146 Hamburg
Tel 0049-40-42838-2870
Web: http://www.znf.uni-hamburg.de/ethics-and-peace.html

October 9-10, 2008

International Symposium - Bioethics of Science and Technologies: Problems and Decisions
Kyiv, Ukraine
Organised by the National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education,
the Ukrainian Association on Bioethics,
the National Scientific Center for Medical and Biotechnical Research of National Academy of Science of Ukraine,
the Ukrainian Association on Psychiatry, and the All-Ukrainian Council for patients’ rights and security.

Deadline for abstracts submission is 1 June, 2008.
Deadline for registration is 1 September, 2008.

For more information, please contact:
Svitlana Pustovit
Tel: (38044)205-49-87, 433-06-28
Email: kvll@voliacable.com

Leonid Mazur
Tel: (38044)205-49-87
Email: k-gum2@nmapo.edu.ua

September 26-27, 2008

Bioethics and Human Rights
Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
The event is organized in the framework of the UNESCO "Assisting Bioethics Committees" project, aimed at reinforcing the bioethics infrastructure in Member States and capacity-building in the area of ethics of science and technology.
The organizers of the event are the UNESCO Moscow Office, the Forum of Ethics Committees of CIS countries (FECCIS), The Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, the Russian National Bioethics Committee at the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESC, the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Commission of the Republic of Tatarstan for UNESCO and the Scientific Council on Biotechnologies RAS.
Web: http://www.bioethics.ru/eng/

September 23-26, 2008

4th World Congress of the World Association of Reproductive Medicine
Beyond Infertility:
Breakthroughs in Reproductive Medicine and Technology
Guadalajara, Mexico
Local Organizing Committee
Inscriptions to Congress, Pre-Congress Courses and Poster Presentations
Instituto Vida Guadalajara
Planta Baja Hospital de Especialidades Centro Medico Puerta de Hierro
Av Empressarios 150 Col Puerta de Hierro CP 45116 Guadalajara, Jal, Mexico
Phones and Fax: +52 (33) 3642 7399 / 3642 2764 / 3641 1211
Email: eperezp@institutovida.com
Web: http://www.warmonline.org/4thcongress/default.asp

September 12-14, 2008

International Symposium on Preventive Art Fertility Preservation & Preimplantation Diagnosis
Chania, Crete, Greece
Organizer contact name: Organized & Sponsored by : Mediterranean Fertility Center & Genetic Services, Chania
Under the Auspices of Chania Medical Society
Web: http://www.fertilitycenter-crete.gr/

September 3-8, 2008

9th World Congress of Bioethics: "The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Bioethics in the 21st Century "
Rijeka, Croatia
For more information:
Iva Sorta-Bilajac, MD, MSc
9th World Congress of Bioethics Secretary General
Department of Social Sciences
University of Rijeka - School of Medicine
B. Branchetta 22
51 000 Rijeka
Croatia
Tel: +385 51 651153
Fax: +385 51 651219
E-mail: iva.sorta@medri.hr
Cell: +385 91 4712837
Web: http://www.bioethics2008rijeka.info/en/welcome

September 3-5, 2008

4th South-East European Bioethical Forum international conference, on Integrative Bioethics and Pluri-Perspectivism
Αssociated conference within the framework of the 9th World Congress of Bioethics
Rijeka/Opatija, Croatia
More information:
Web: http://www.bioethics2008rijeka.info/en/fourth_south_east_european_bioethical_forum

August 27-29, 2008

9th International Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine and 4th International Congress on Stem Cells Biotechnology
Tehran, Iran
Congress Secretariat:
Dr. Azadeh Oraei
Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran.
P.O.Box: 19395-4644
Tel: +98 21 22 30 5236
Fax: +98 21 22 30 6481
Email: Congress@Royaninstitute.org - Royancongress@gmail.com
Website: http://www.Royaninstitute.org

August 12-14, 2008

First Meeting for the Eastern Mediterranean and Arab Forum on Bioethics in Research
"Challenges to Ethical Considerations in Research in the East Mediterranean and Arab Region:
Research Subjects, Researchers and Research Ethics Committees Perspectives"
Cairo, Egypt
The Forum will discuss the challenges to the application and contribution of Bioethics in the Region and on the promotion of
bioethical principles as a whole of the reception and development of International Scientific Research in the Region, with respect to Human Dignity and Human Rights.
The forum is co-organized by the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) of the World Health Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO Cairo Office), Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) and Middle East Research Ethics Training Initiative (MERETI), University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), USA.

For more information, please contact:
Research Policy and Cooperation Unit
Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, WHO
Telephone: +2 02 227 65028 / +2 02 227 65348
Fax: +2 02 227 65421
Email: rpc@emro.who.int
Website: www.emro.who.int/bioethics

SPEECHES

"The Orthodox Church and Problems of Bioethics and Ecology"
Dr Gary Vachicouras, Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Orthodox theology
at the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Seminar on Methodologies in Approaching Social and Ethical Issues
Morges, Switzerland, October 8-12, 2003

"Social Bioethics and Christian Bioethics"
Dr. Constantine Scouteris, Professor, School of Theology, University of Athens
International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioethics, Beirut, Lebanon, September 26th, 2003

"Principles of Orthodox Bioethics"
Archim. Nikolaos Hatzinikolaou, Chairman of the Bioethics Commission of the Church of Greece
Conference "Values and Principles for Building Europe", May 5th, 2003

"Orthodox tradition, bioethical principles and European integration"
Ismini Kriari, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Panteion University
Conference "Values and Principles for Building Europe", May 5th, 2003

"Religious Aspects of Transplantations"
Archim. Nikolaos Hatzinikolaou, Chairman of the Bioethics Commission of the Church of Greece
4th European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation, Nicosia - Cyprus, October 5th, 2002

"The Embryo and its Development in regards to its Formation as a Complete Human Being"
Archim. Nikolaos Hatzinikolaou, Chairman of the Bioethics Commission of the Church of Greece
"Church and Bioethics, The Word of Science and the Word of Religion" Chambésy, September 11-15, 2002

"Transmitting Bioethics on Spiritual Wavelength"
Archim. Nikolaos Hatzinikolaou, Chairman of the Bioethics Commission of the Church of Greece
Conference, Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, Lebanon, February 14, 2000

"Technological Infusion! Medical Diffusion. Personal Confusion?"
Archim. Nikolaos Hatzinikolaou
University of Crete Vascular Symposium 1997, September 26th-28th, 1997, Elounda, Crete

Bioethics in the Light of Orthodox Anthropology
Dr. Constantine Scouteris, Professor, School of Theology, University of Athens
University of South Florida (U.S.A.), March 23rd, 2006

La bioéthique et l'éthique de l'orthodoxie
D' après Constantin B. Scoutéris
Professeur à l' Université d' Athènes