Selected presentations and events
| Event | Presentation | Presenters |
| November 2008 | ||
| Royal Institution/Nuffield Curriculum Centre 6th Form Conference for A-Level Science in Society Students, London | Public health and controlling infectious disease | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| UK-Korea Stem Cell Ethics & Guidelines Seminar, Korea | Ethical and regulatory issues in the UK on human embryo research, stem cell research and human-animal hybrids | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| October 2008 | ||
| European Health Forum Gastein 2008, Austria | The role of ethics advisory bodies in health policy | Professor Albert Weale, Chair |
| National Institutes of Health Grand Rounds Seminar, Washington | Infectious disease and public health: the ethics of intervention | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| September 2008 | ||
| 1st All Africa Congress on Biotechnology, Nairobi | The use of GM crops in developing countries | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| International Association of Bioethics Congress, Croatia | The forensic use of bioinformation | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| 7th Global Summit of National Bioethics Advisory Bodies, Paris | Dementia: ethical issues | Professor Hugh Perry |
| July 2008 | ||
| International Crime Science Conference 2008, London | The forensic use of bioinformation | Katharine Wright, Assistant Director |
| June 2008 | ||
| 'Crime Scene Crackdown', public event at The Dana Centre, London | Faciltator | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference, Cardiff | Seminar on ethical issues in obesity and alcohol policy | Hugh Whittall, Professor Tom Baldwin, Professor Chris Godfrey and Professor Sally Macintyre, members of the Working Party on Public health: ethical issues |
| May 2008 | ||
| Evening public event at Lewisham Community Police Group | The forensic use of bioinformation | Katharine Wright, Assistant Director |
| Talk at Science and Humanities group at Churchill College, Cambridge University | The forensic use of bioinformation | Professor Sir Bob Hepple, Chair of the Working Party on the forensic use of bioinfomation |
| Global Health Council Research Symposium (part of International Conference on Global Health), Washington | The ethics of research in developing countries | Professor Catherine Peckham, member of the Working Party on the ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries |
| Talk at Bioethics Education Department, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York | Public health: ethical issues | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Talk at Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York | Public health: ethical issues | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| National Fluoride Information Centre Conference, 'Can we reduce dental inequalities in children?', Manchester | Ethical issues in public health interventions | Professor Jonathan Montgomery, member of the Working Party on Public health: ethical issues |
| April 2008 | ||
| 4th National Conference on Obesity and Health, Birmingham | Public Health: Ethical Issues | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| 5 Nations Health Protection Conference, Cork, Ireland | Poster presentation: Liberty and consent versus community benefit and protection of vulnerable groups | Julia Trusler, Research Officer |
| 2008 Call to Action conference, ASH Wales, Cardiff | Smoking as a Public Health Issue | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Social Science Academy of Nigeria (SSAN) workshop on ethical codes in medical, healthcare and social science research, Abuja, Nigeria | The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| BioVisionAlexandria 2008, Egypt | Ethical issues in public health | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Think about Health Conference "The 'remoralisation' of health policy", Manchester | Ethical issues and public health | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| 16th UKPHA Annual Public Health Forum, Liverpool | Plenary presentation on 'Public health: ethical issues' and exhibition stand | Professor Sir Ken Calman, Working Party member |
| European Alcohol Policy Conference, Barcelona | The ethics of alcohol policy | Caroline Rogers, Senior Research Officer |
| March 2008 | ||
| Capita's National Forensics Conference, London | The forensic use of bioinformation | Dr Carole McCartney, Project Manager, Bioinformation Working Party |
| FBI Symposium: The Partial Match, Genetic Privacy and Familial Search Symposium, Washington DC | The forensic use of bioinformation | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| ESRC Course on Research Ethics and the Media, Lancaster University | Engaging with the media and influencing policy | Catherine Joynson, Communications & External Affairs Manager |
| British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry Spring Scientific Meeting, York | Public health: ethical issues | Professor Anne Johnson, Working Party member |
| February 2008 | ||
| Wolfson College Cambridge | The forensic use of bioinformation | Professor Sir Bob Hepple, Chairman of the Bioinformation Working Party |
| 11th NEC Forum - Slovenia | Science, food and animals | Professor Albert Weale, Chair of the Council |
| 'Hands Off My Genes' Conference, University of Cambridge | Ethical issues raised by the personal genome | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| January 2008 | ||
| Evidence session for inquiry into 'The Impact of Surveillance and Data Collection', House of Lords Constitution Committee | The forensic use of bioinformation | Professor Graeme Laurie, Member of the Bioinformation Working Party |
| EurObese Workshop, Marrakesh | Public Health | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| WHO seminar, Geneva, Switzerland | Public Health: infectious disease | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director and Professor Anne Johnson, Member of Public Health Working Party |
| December 2007 | ||
| NICE Conference 2007, Manchester | Public Health | Lord Krebs, Chair of Public Health Working Party |
| King's Fund, London: Briefing | Public Health | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| NICE Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee, London | Public Health | Professor Tom Baldwin, Member of Working Party |
| Ethical Futures: boundaries to human development The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce | UK perspective on bioethics | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| November 2007 | ||
| Research Consortium on the Protection, Promotion and Regulation of Biotechnology in Developing Countries, Argentina | Regulation of clinical research involving stem cells | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidleberg University, Germany | Interdisciplinary Research Symposium on "Democratic Legitimacy of ethical decisions – local, (supra)-national and global" Talk: 'Human Rights, Harmonization and Bioethics' | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Interdepartmental Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany | The Ethics of Ethics Committees | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Institut für Medizinmanagement und Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Bayreuth, Germany | Rationing? Priority setting? Resource allocation? - meeting healthcare needs fairly | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Royal Institution and Nuffield Foundation conference for 6th form students of AS Science for Public Understanding "Shaping Science", London and Birmingham | The forensic use of bioinformation | Dr Carole McCartney and Dr Bronwyn Parry |
| The Dana Centre, London "Public Health and Individual Choice" | Facilitated public discussion event | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| Meeting with James Purnell (Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport) | Public Health - alcohol licensing | Lord Krebs, Chair of Working Party and Hugh Whittall, Director |
| October 2007 | ||
| The Wellcome Collection, London "Fat Britain" | The ethics of obesity | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| SIBLE, University of Sheffield | DNA Database: have we gone too far? | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| Genomics and Society: Today's Answers, Tomorrow's Questions | Chaired session on 'Do biobanks offer the best route to a healthy population and a secure society? | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| Forum of National Ethics Committees, Lisbon | The forensic use of bioinformation | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| World Health Organization: Pre-meeting on building Clinical Trials and Regulatory Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Geneva | Research related to healthcare in developoing countries | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| September 2007 | ||
| 'DNA in the Dock', Dana Centre, London | Evening discussion event. Other speakers: Dr Tim Clayton (barrister and forensics expert at FSS), Anna Fairclough (Liberty), Professor Steve Bain (member of the NDNAD Strategy Board and HGC) | Dr Carole McCartney (facilitator) and Graham Cooke |
| Symbiosis - 13th European Congress on Biotechnology, Barcelona | The use of GM crops in developing countries | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Symbiosis - 13th European Congress on Biotechnology, Barcelona | The WMA’s Declaration of Helsinki and healthcare research in developing countries: ethical issues | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| August | ||
| 6th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan | The ethics of research involving animals | Baroness Perry of Southwark |
| July 2007 | ||
| 31st British International Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, London | Critical care decisions in fetal medicine: ethical issues | Professor Charles Rodeck |
| Annual Meeting of the Nuffield Foundation Oliver Bird Rheumatism Programme, Aberdeen | Research Ethics: Humans, Animals and Embryos | Professor Kenneth Boyd |
| June 2007 | ||
| Eighth Global Forum on Bioethics in Research, Vilnius, Lithuania | The Role of International Organizations in Establishing and Supporting Research Ethics Infrastructure and Networking | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| 5th World Congress on Pediatric Critical Care, Geneva | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine: ethical issues | Professor Linda Franck |
| UNESCO Assisting Bioethics Commitees Project, Malawi | Ethics committees in the UK | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| UNESCO Assisting Bioethics Commitees Project, Jamaica | Ethics committees in the UK | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| BioDundee International Conference, Dundee, Scotland | Bioethics - Factors affecting us today | Hugh Whittall, Director |
| February 2007 | ||
| Cafe Scientifique, Croydon | Life and death decisions about newborn babies - an ethical debate | Dr Catherine Moody, Deputy Director |
| University of Cambridge MSc on Bioescience Enterprise | The GM crops debate - the ethical context | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| December 2006 | ||
| Literacy and Philosophy Society of Manchester, Manchester | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Professor Margaret Brazier |
| November 2006 | ||
| MHRA Conference: Designing the Future: Pharmacogenetic Trends | Pharmacogenetics: the ethical issues | Professor Peter Lipton |
| European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, Brussels | The ethics of research involving animals | Mr Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Royal Institution of Great Britain Sixth Form Conference 'Shaping Science', Bristol | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Dr Catherine Moody, Deputy Director |
| Royal Institution of Great Britain Sixth Form Conference 'Shaping Science', London | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Professor Linda Franck |
| October 2006 | ||
| The Ancillary-Care Obligations of Medical Researchers Working in Developing Countries, Washington, USA | Panel discussion | Professor Sandy Thomas |
| Eurobio2006, Paris | Bioethics for the future | Professor Sandy Thomas |
| September 2006 | ||
| ACRP 2006 European Conference on Risk and Risk Management, Brussels | The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries | Mr Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| August 2006 | ||
| 8th World Congress of Bioethics, Beijing, China | Ethical issues surrounding public health | Mr Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Sixth International Meeting of National Bioethics Advisory Bodies, Beijing, China | Ethical issues surrounding advances in neuroscience | Mr Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| June 2006 | ||
| International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR) 10th International Conference, Ravello, Italy | The use of genetically modified crops in developing countries | Professor Sandy Thomas, Director |
| April 2006 | ||
| BioVisionAlexandria 2006, Egypt | Ethics in the life sciences: clinical research in developing countries and GM crops | Professor Sandy Thomas, Director |
| Institute of Animal Technology Congress | The ethics of research involving animals | Mr Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| March 2006 | ||
| Seventh European Forum of National Ethics Councils, Vienna | Ethics and developing countries | Mr Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex | The ethics of research involving animals | Mr Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| January 2006: | ||
| World Economic Forum, Davos | Human Enhancements, The Meaning of Race and Ethnicity, and Science, Religion and the Search for Truth | Professor Sandy Thomas |
| December 2005: | ||
| NICE Annual Conference, Birmingham | The ethics of public health | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| Association of Applied Biologists meeting. GM Crops: 10 years on, Homerton College, Cambridge | The ethics of GM crops in developing countries | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| ICM and MIHR Symposium, New Dehli | An introductory lecture: The ethics of research related to heathcare in developing countries | Professor Sandy Thomas |
| November 2005: | ||
| Foresight Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs Project – Beckley Foundation Meeting, London | Ethical dilemmas | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| ABPI Annual R&D meeting | The ethics of research involving animals | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| October 2005: | ||
| Herbert Spencer Lecture at Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford | Biology & Ethics: progress and challenges | Professor Sandy Thomas |
| 34th ESCP Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy, Amsterdam | Pharmacogenetics: the ethical issues | Professor Sandy Thomas |
| September 2005: | ||
| Global Health Forum, Mumbai, India | Poster presentation. The ethics of research related to heathcare in developing countries: a follow-up Discussion Paper | Professor Sandy Thomas |
| August 2005: | ||
| AMANET Workshop, Darasalaam | The ethics of research related to heathcare in developing countires: a follow-up Discussion Paper | Professor Sandy Thomas |
| June 2005: | ||
| Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland | The ethics of clinical research in developing countries - is there a Roadmap? | Professor Sandy Thomas |
| May 2005: | ||
| 2nd Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Montreal, Canada | The use of GM crops in developing countries – ethical and regulatory issues | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director |
| March 2005: | ||
| Global Forum on Bioethics in Research VI, Blantyre, Malawi | The ethics of research related to heathcare in developing countires: a follow-up Discussion Paper | Dr Sandy Thomas |
| 'Pharmacogenomics: Primum non nocere' symposium, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | Ethics in Pharmacogenomics | Dr Sandy Thomas |
| February 2005: | ||
| MHRA Conference on Pharmacogenetics | Pharmacogenetics: the ethical issues | Professor Peter Lipton |
| UNESCO French Commission Conference ‘Bioethics and International Law’ | Information and the public debate | Mr Nick Ross |
Last Updated Fri, 14 November 2008