First Annual Meeting of the Neuroethics Society, Washington DC

Program as of 10/23/08

 

 

The meeting is held at the headquarters of the AAAS:

1200 New York Ave, NW

Intersections of 12th and H streets and New York Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20005

 

 

Thur 11/13

7:30-8:10AM Poster Set-Up, Breakfast Buffet

 

8:10-8:30AM Welcome and Opening Remarks

 

                        Steve Hyman, Harvard University 

                        Alan Leshner, AAAS

 

8:30-9:50AM Neuroethics of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

    Moderator: Eric Parens The Hastings Center

    Speakers: Ben Vitiello National Institute of Mental Health

                  Steven Hyman Harvard University

                  Josephine Johnston The Hastings Center

9:50-10:10AM Break

 

10:30-11:50AM Debate on Cognitive Enhancement

    Moderator: Paul Wolpe Emory University

    Debaters: Julian Savulescu University of Oxford

                  Carter Snead University of Notre Dame

 

12:00-1:00PM Lunch

 

1:00-2:20PM The Science of Decision-Making and Free Will

 

2:20-4:15PM Poster Session with Refreshments

 

4:15-5:00PM  The View from Capitol Hill: Neuroscience and Policy

     Speaker: Congressional Staff TBA

 

5:30-6:30PM Reception hosted by the Dana Foundation

 

6:30-8:00PM Discussion of the Ethics of Deep Brain Stimulation 

              hosted by the Dana Foundation, 900 15th St NW, 20005

                             Moderator: Judy Illes University of British Columbia

                             Panelists: Helen Mayberg Emory University

                                           Philip Campbell Nature

                                           Jonathan Moreno University of Pennsylvania

                                           Joseph Fins Weill Cornell Medical College

 

Fri 11/14

7:30 -8:40AM Breakfast Buffet

 

8:40-10:00AM Neuroethics of Forensic Neuroscience

                              Moderator: Adam Kolber Princeton University & 

                                                   University of San Diego  

                              Speakers: Daniel Langleben University of Pennsylvania

                                            Steve Laken Cephos Corporation

                                            Hank Greely Stanford University

10:00-10:30AM Break

10:30-11:50AM National Intelligence and Neuroscience

      Moderator: Jonathan Moreno University of Pennsylvania

      Speakers: Alice Young Texas Tech

                    Nathan Schwade Los Alamos National Laboratory

                    Christopher “Kit” Green Wayne State School of

                                                                      Medicine

12:00-2:00PM Lunch, Open Business Meeting

 

2:00-3:20PM The Business of Neuroscience

 

3:20-3:45PM Break

 

3:45-4:45PM Updates and FYIs

       Moderator: Ilina Singh London School of Economics and

                                                           Political Science

 

4:45-5:00PM Closing Remarks

 

 

5:00-6:30PM Executive and Governing Board Meeting