One of the users on Dr. Patrick Dixon's message board posted the following information about a "beyond cloning" conference in Boston this September. It should prove interesting, but judging from the speakers list, it appears to be dominated by people like George Annas and Lori Andrews, who are extremely anti-cloning. As for the other speakers who I have not heard of, for instance Brent Blackwelder (President of Friends of the Earth) I think one can make an educated guess at his stance on genetic engineering and cloning... This leaves me wondering how much "debate" there is going to be at a conference were only one side of the issue is presented.

R. Moorgate - 3-July-2001
Primary Administrator of the RCN
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Cloning Conference Date - Sept. 21 & 22

BEYOND CLONING:
Protecting Humanity from Species-Altering Procedures

Friday-Saturday, September 21-22, 2001
Conference Auditorium, George Sherman Union, Boston University Sponsored by: Boston University School of Public Health, Health Law Department

This conference addresses the need for policies to prevent the alteration of the human species through genetic engineering. It will discuss where lines should be drawn, lessons learned from existing policies and procedures, new national and international approaches and mechanisms for proscribing species-altering procedures, and more.

Program:
Friday, Sept. 21, 1:00-7:00 pm:
· Where should we draw the lines?
Saturday, Sept. 22, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm:
· Existing national and international laws, regulations and accords: what works and what doesn't?
· Current controversies
· Lessons from the environmental, human rights and other movements
· strategies for action

This conference should be attended by health and human rights advocates, scientists, physicians, policy makers, legislators, public health professionals, environmentalists, reproductive health specialists, philosophers, bioethicists, journalists and concerned citizens.

Speakers (partial list):

Lori Andrews, Chicago-Kent School of Law

George Annas, Chair, Health Law Department, Boston University School of Public Health Patricia Baird, University of British Columbia

Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth

Michael Grodin, Boston University and Global Lawyers and Physicians

Debra Harry, Indigenous People's Council on Biocolonialism

Richard Hayes, Exploratory Initiative on the New Human Genetic Technologies

Rosario Isasi, Global Lawyers and Physicians (Peru)

Eric Juengst, Cleveland- Case Western Reserve University;

Stephen Marks, FXB Center, Harvard School of Public Health

Max Mehlman, Case-Western Reserve

Stuart Newman, Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College

Judy Norsigian, Boston Women's Health Book Collective

Evelyn Schuster, University of Pennsylvania

Susannah Sirkin, Physicians for Human Rights

Allyn Taylor, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

Early Registration: $140. For further information on program, registration and lodging, go to: Conference Website

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