[Bioundgrd] Fwd: Harvard-MIT Conference on Genetic Revolution

[Kathleen Long]

>
>The Harvard & MIT Hippocratic Societies present the 2005 Conference on the
>Modern Genetic Revolution: Perspectives on Science, Policy, and "New Eugenics"
>
>March 11 & 12, 2005
>Havard Science Center
>Register at:
>http://www.hippocraticsociety.org
>
>Interested in the scientific, legal, and social issues surrounding genetics?
>Want to hear leading professionals in the health, ministry, and legal
>fields address these issues and the ideas surrounding the "New Eugenics?"
>Then come to the
>
>2005 HARVARD-MIT CONFERENCE ON THE MODERN GENETIC REVOLUTION: PERSPECTIVES ON
>SCIENCE, POLICY, AND THE NEW EUGENICS
>
>FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
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>The Reverend Doctor Tadeusz Pacholczyk
>          Expert in Stem Cells and Cloning
>          Member of the National Catholic Bioethics Center
>
>Ms. Cornelia Dean
>          New York Times Science Editor
>
>Edmund Pellegrino, MD
>          Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics at the Center
>          for Clinial Bioethics, Georgetown University
>          Member of the International Bioethics Committee associated with
>          the UNESCO and the UN
>
>David Scadden, MD
>         Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard University
>
>
>James Sherley, PhD
>          Associate Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT
>
>
>Sheldon Krimsky, PhD
>          Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning at Tufts
>               University
>          Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community
>               Health, Tufts Medical School.
>
>
>Attendance is
>FREE for Harvard and MIT undergrads
>$5 for undergrads from other schools
>$5 for Harvard and MIT graduate students
>$10 for graduate students from other schools
>$20 for professionals
>
>
>The small fee includes:
>* Access to all lectures, expert seminars, and panels on both days of the
>conference
>* Saturday breakfast and lunch as well as snacks and selected hors
>d'oeuvres at the receptions
>* Your copy of the Journal of the Hippocratic Society and conference
>handbook
>
>Check out our website and REGISTER ONLINE at:
>http://www.hippocraticsociety.org
>Click on the "2005 Conference, The Modern Genetic Revolution: Perspectives
>on Science, Policy and the New Eugenics" and then click on the "REGISTER
>NOW!" link in the upper right hand corner.