Challenges at the Interface of Biolaw & Bioethics. 3rd Annual Postgraduate Conference in Bioethics
Monday June 30th and Tuesday July 1st
School of Law, University of Manchester
This event follows on from successes of previous years in Birmingham University in 2006 and Cambridge University in 2007.
The event provides a unique forum for inter-disciplinary discussion in the field of bioethics- a field which includes many disciplines, such as law, philosophy, sociology and anthropology. No other event in the UK gives postgraduate students the same broad opportunity to discuss current issues in bioethics by drawing upon their own research, and to have their papers responded to by an acknowledged expert in the field.
The conference will comprise five panels each followed by group discussion. These panels will consist of two postgraduate papers and a prepared response from an expert. The panels are:
PANEL A : Ethics & Regulation at the Boundaries of Existence
Expert: Professor Emily Jackson (London School of Economics)
PANEL B : Methods in Biolaw & Bioethics
Expert: Dr. Mairi Levitt (Lancaster University)
PANEL C : Methods, Ethics and aims of research with children
Expert: Professor Priscilla Alderson (University of London)
PANEL D : The challenge posed to policy by Special Interest Groups
Expert: Professor Margaret Brazier (University of Manchester)
PANEL E : Research Ethics and the Regulation of Research
Expert: Professor Søren Holm (Cardiff University)
PANEL F : Ethics, Regulation and Innovation
Expert: Professor John Harris (University of Manchester)
Selected conference papers will be considered for publication in the Medical Law Review and Journal of Medical Ethics.