Posted 11:00 PM
by Mary
IHEU - Appignani Center for Bioethics & The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies in New York City
Human Rights for the 21st Century:
Rights of the Person to Technological Self-Determination
May 11-13, 2007
CALL FOR PAPERS
Key-note speaker:
Jonathan D. Moreno
Ph.D., Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress
Professor of Medical Ethics, History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Moreno Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Reception: Friday May 11, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: Consulate General of Romania
200 E 38th St # 3
New York, NY 10016
Conference: Saturday May 12 and Sunday May 13, 9:00 am – 3:45 pm
Location: 777 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY 10017
*Many thanks to the Consulate General of Romania in NYC which offered the unusually delightful venue for our reception.
The 2007 conference “Human Rights for the 21st Century: Rights of the Person to Technological Self-Determination” will focus on (a) human rights in the context of bodily autonomy as well as reproductive and cognitive liberties, (b) emerging biotechnologies which may contribute to the exercise of such rights, and (c) challenges to the ideas of human identity underlying some human rights discourse.
The conference will address the role of emerging technologies and scientific progress in today's society, as well as their implications for humanists and bioethics. Potential topics to be considered include nanotechnology in medical treatment, novel vaccines against addictive behaviors, internet-enabled social networking and engineering, designer genetic engineering, novel transplantable tissue and organ generation, neuroscience, as well as emerging technologies and women’s rights.
Paper presentations, for panel discussions, are welcome. The deadline for the submission is March 20, 2007. Accepted papers will be peer-reviewed and considered for publication in the Journal of Evolution and Technology (http://jetpress.org). Online registrations will be also available for those unable to attend the Conference (for those wishing to submit a paper for review and possible publication).
Registration Fees:
Presenters: $50.00, payable by May 1, 2007
Students: $25.00
General public: $50.00
Wine & Cheese Reception: $15,00
Registration fee includes attendance at the two-day conference.
A late registration fee (after May 1) of $10.00 for students and $20.00 for the general public will be charged
