Berbagai forum ‘bioetika’

1.Ordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology and Satellites, 15-19 June, 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2.UNESCO Asia-Arab Inter-regional Philosophical Dialogues, 28-30 May 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

3.At the kind invitation of the Government of Mexico, the sixteenth (ordinary) session of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO (IBC) was planned to be held in Mexico City, from 4 to 6 May 2009. Last minute change: Sixteenth Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) postponed

Due to the swine influenza epidemic in Mexico City, the Director-General of UNESCO has decided to postpone the sixteenth session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the European Commission-UNESCO Conference (JACOB) to a later date.

The decision was taken in consultation with the relevant authorities, including the United Nations Department of Safety and Security, the World Health Organization, and the Mexican authorities, and in agreement with local partners, in particular Adolfo Martínez Palomo, Chairperson of the IBC.

Information in this respect will be available online in due course – we hope that the two meetings will still take place in Mexico in two to three months.
Two main topics will be discussed: the principle of social responsibility and health as set forth in the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (2005) and the issue of human cloning and international governance. The IBC will finalize its work on these two topics and will hold a preliminary reflection on its future work programme. Probably taking place in Latin America, this session will also be the occasion to devote an entire day to bioethics in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The sessions are open to the public.

There is no registration fee. However, as is customary, the travel and living expenses of observers will be borne by them or by the Organization they represent.
Working Documents
Draft Report on Social Responsibility and Health
Draft report of the Working Group of IBC on Human Cloning and International Governance
Working document on the Principle of Respect for Human Vulnerability and Personal Integrity
Background documents
Report of the 15th session of IBC
Report of the joint session of IBC and IGBC

4.European Commission-UNESCO Conference: Joint Action for Capacity-building in Bioethics (JACOB), Mexico City, Mexico, 7-9 May 2009.

5.The Division of Ethics of Science and Technology; Sector for Social and Human Sciences; UNESCO.

6.European Commission-UNESCO Conference: Joint Action for Capacity-building in Bioethics, Mexico City, Mexico 7-9 May 2009.

As part of UNESCO’s work to strengthen the national bioethics infrastructure of its Member States, and in particular to assist in the establishment and capacity-building of independent, multidisciplinary and pluralist ethics committees, a European Commission–UNESCO Joint Action for Capacity-Building (JACOB) in Bioethics, will bring together experts and members of the newly established, currently forming and long-standing National Bioethics Committees (NBCs) from various parts of the world in Mexico City, Mexico from 7 to 9 May 2009.

The Conference will be structured around three major themes:
Emerging Bioethics Issues:
local perspectives from the newly established and experienced National Bioethics Committees (series of presentations and discussions on bioethics topics relevant in different regions of the globe, and the national institutional mechanisms for addressing them).
Building an international network:
devising a common vision for future cross-border collaboration and mutual capacity-building among National Bioethics Committees.
Engaging in ethical discourse:
thematic discussion on the Report on the Principle of Social Responsibility and Health, elaborated by the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and finalized during its sixteenth ordinary session, with a special focus on the role of National Bioethics Committees in the promotion of this principle in their respective countries.

The conference is open to public.
For more information about the conference, please consult the following website http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12679&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html or contact: E-mail: ag.burbano-fuertes@unesco.org.

7.BRAIN Matters: New Directions in Neuroethics; September 24 - 26, 2009 di Lord Nelson Hotel; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Charlene Croft [charlenecroft@dal.ca], seorang research assistant di Novel Tech Ethics meminta bantuan KBN untuk ikut menyebar informasi mengenai kegiatan IBEN network. Anda dapat berkunjung ke http://www.noveltechethics.ca/site_brainmatters.php
Acara khusus yang disiapkan ialah BRAIN Matters: New Directions in Neuroethics; September 24 - 26, 2009 di Lord Nelson Hotel; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada:
“This conference will bring together new and established researchers from around the world with a complementary range of expertise in ethics, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, medicine, history, social studies, law and policy, to critically examine a wide range of issues in neuroethics.The Conference Abstract Committee invites proposals for oral presentations, panel presentations, and posters that reflect the diversity of philosophies, disciplines, and methodologies relating to new directions in the field of neuroethics.
Selected conference papers will be published in The American Journal of Bioethics, Neuroethics and the Journal of Ethics and Mental Health.”◊