The Future of Stem Cell Research

1. Program Overview
2. Participants List
3. Symposium Schedule
4. Readings
5. Ballot & Voting Results
6. Real Video of the Conference
7. Other Stem Cell Websites

Symposium Schedule

9:00-9:15 AM

• Introduction and Overview
  Ronald M. Green, Ph.D., Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Professor of Religion, and Director, Ethics Institute, Dartmouth College.

9:15-10:15 AM

• Session 1: The Science of Stem Cell Research
  
  Moderator: Lee A. Witters, M.D., Eugene W. Leonard 1921 Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School and Director, Humanitates Vitae (Human Biology Program) at Dartmouth College.
  
  Panelists:
  Daniel R. Marshak, Ph.D., Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. and Associate Professor of Oncology and of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
  
  Robert A. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International.
  
  Ronald D. G. McKay, Ph.D., Laboratory Chief, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS) Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

10:15 - 10:30 AM

• Break

10:30-11:15 AM

• Session I: Continued
  Michael D. West, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.
  
  Judy E. Stern, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
  

11:15 - 12:00 NOON

• Session I: Question-and-Answer
  12:00 - 1:30 PM

Lunch (Lunch will be provided to Dartmouth Students only)

1:30 - 3:00 PM

• Session 2: The Ethics and Law of Stem Cell Research
  
  Moderator: Ronald M. Green, Ph.D.
  
  Panelists:
  Richard M. Doerflinger,, Associate Director for Policy Development, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, National Conference of Catholic Bishops.
  
  Kevin T. Fitzgerald, J.S., Ph.D., Department of Medical Humanities, Loyola University Medical Center.
  
  Norman Fost, M.P.H., M.D. , Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Program in Medical Ethics, University of Wisconsin.
  
  Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Bioethics Advisory Commission.

3:00 - 3:30 PM

• Session 2: Question-and-Answer
  

3:30 - 3:45 PM

• Break
  

3:45 - 4:15 PM

• "Congress and Stem Cell Research" Presented by Congressman Jay Dickey, J.D., U.S. House of Representatives, Arkansas 4th District

4:15 - 4:45 PM

• Question-and-Answer (all panelists)

4:45 - 5:15 PM

• Student Voting

5:00 - 5:45 PM

• A reception will follow in the Pepsico Dining hall where symposium participants can meet and talk informally with faculty and panelists.