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Guidelines for Human Embryonic
Stem Cell Research



Tuesday, October 12, 2004 & Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Oct. 12, 2004 AGENDA RealPlayer Windows Media Player
8:30 a.m., EDT
Welcome:
Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences
Harvey Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine
8:45 a.m., EDT
Introductions:
Richard Hynes, MIT, and Co-chair, Committee on Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
9:00 a.m., EDT
Overview of the hESC Science and Policy:
MODERATOR: Richard Hynes, MIT and Co-Chair, Committee on Guidelines for hESC Research
  • Stem Cell Science - Where Have We Come From, Where Are We Going?
    Martin Raff, University College London
    (20 minutes)
  • Overview of Policies and Rules - An International Perspective:
    LeRoy Walters, Georgetown University
    (20 minutes)
  • Discussant:
    Anne McLaren, Centre for Medical Genetics and Policy, University of Cambridge
    (10 minutes)
9:50 a.m., EDT
Q & A
10:30 a.m., EDT
Derivation and Use of hESCs:
MODERATOR: H. Robert Horvitz, MIT and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Panel: George Daley, Harvard Medical School (20 minutes)
Fred (Rusty) Gage, the Salk Institute (20 minutes)

Discussants: James Battey, National Institutes of Health (10 minutes)
Leonard Zon, Harvard Medical School (10 minutes)
11:30 a.m., EDT
Q & A
1:00 p.m., EDT
Stem Cells and SCNT:
MODERATOR: Janet Rossant, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

Panel: Rudolf Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute (20 minutes)
Davor Solter, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology (20 minutes)

Discussant: Kevin Eggan, Harvard University (10 minutes)
1:50 p.m., EDT
Q & A
2:35 p.m., EDT
Interspecies Mixing and Chimeras:
MODERATOR: Terry Magnusson, University of North Carolina

Panel: Irving Weissman, Stanford University School of Medicine (20 minutes)
David Garbers, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centerat Dallas (20 minutes)

Discussant: Brigid Hogan, Duke University (10 minutes)
3:25 p.m., EDT
Q & A
3:55 p.m., EDT
Legal and Regulatory Requirements on hESC Research:
MODERATOR: Elizabeth Price Foley, Florida International University College of Law

Panel: Alta Charo, University of Wisconsin School of Law (20 minutes)
Michael Malinowski, Louisiana State University School of Law (20 minutes)
4:35 p.m., EDT
Q & A
5:00 p.m., EDT
Public Comment
Oct. 13, 2004 AGENDA RealPlayer Windows Media Player
8:30 a.m., EDT
Opening Remarks:
Jonathan Moreno, University of Virginia, and Co-Chair, Committee on Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
8:45 a.m., EDT
Informed Consent and Procurement:
MODERATOR: Jonathan Moreno, UVA and Co-Chair, Committee on Guidelines for hESC Research

Presentation: Ruth Faden, Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University (20 minutes)

Discussants: Alison Murdoch, Department of Reproductive Medicine, International Centre for Life (10 minutes)
Catherine Racowsky, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Reproductive Medicine (10 min.)
9:25 a.m., EDT
Q & A
9:40 a.m., EDT
SCNT for hESC Research: Ethics and Policy Issues:
MODERATOR: Janet Rowley, University of Chicago

Dan Brock, Harvard Medical School (20 minutes)
Leon Kass, American Enterprise Institute, University of Chicago (20 minutes)
10:20 a.m., EDT
hESC and Species Mixing: Ethics and Policy Issues:
MODERATOR: Janet Rowley, University of Chicago

Henry Greely, Stanford Law School (20 minutes)
Cynthia Cohen, Georgetown University (20 minutes)
William Hurlbut, Stanford University (20 minutes)
11:20 a.m., EDT
Q & A
12:45 p.m., EDT
Patents, Licensing, and MTAs in hESC Research:
MODERATOR: Elizabeth Price Foley, Florida International University College of Law

Presentation: Carl Gulbrandsen, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
1:15 p.m., EDT
Q & A
1:30 p.m., EDT
Mechanisms for Oversight of hESC Research:
MODERATOR: Norman Fost, University of Wisconsin

Panel: Laurie Zoloth, Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University (20 minutes)
Franco Furger, Executive Director, Human Biotechnology Governance Forum, Johns Hopkins University (20 minutes)
2:05 p.m., EDT
Q & A
2:20 p.m., EDT
Industry View on Ensuring Ethics in hESC Research:
MODERATOR: Marcia Imbrescia, Arthritis Foundation Board of Trustees

Presentation: Michael Werner, Chief of Policy, Biotechnology Industry Organization (20 minutes)
2:40 p.m., EDT
Q & A
2:55 p.m., EDT
Conducting hESC Research in a Democratic Society:
MODERATOR: Cheryl Mwaria, Hofstra University

Panel: Dan Hausman, University of Wisconsin (20 minutes)
Robert Goldstein, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (20 minutes)
Bruce Jennings, The Hastings Institute (20 minutes)
3:55 p.m., EDT
Q & A
4:10 p.m., EDT
Public Comment
4:40 p.m., EDT
Summary and Concluding Remarks:
Jonathan Moreno and Richard Hynes


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