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The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
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The First European-Chinese Workshop, 9-10 March 2007, Beijing（new)
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Second French-Chinese Bioethics Workshop, 22-23 February 2007, Paris, France（new)
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The Wild East? The Governance and Ethics of Biomedical Research in China, 9 November 2006, London（new)
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Conference on Organ Donation and Distribution System, 20-22 January 2007, Guangzhou（new)
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Seminar on Xenotransplantation Interim Regulation in China, 22-23 April 2006, Changsha（new)
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Conference on the Atlas of Ideas: Mapping the New Geography of Sciences, 17-18 January 2007, London（new)
n The First Bioethics Summit Meeting in Mainland China
n Beijing International Conference on Bioethics BICB’04 held in Beijing on January 5-7, 2004
n CMB Project: The Third China-US Training Workshop on Biomedical Research Ethics Was Held in Xi’an
n The 2005 Session of Summer School of Philosophy in China Is Being Held in HUST
n Nagasaki University/University of Bergen/NIH Workshop on Research Ethics, July 25-27, 2005
n Summit Forum on Bio-Economics Will Be Held in Beijing on September 13-15, 2005
Conferences & Workshops
The First European-Chinese Workshop, 9-10 March 2007, Beijing
The First European-Chinese Workshop on Ethical Issues in International Collaborative Research was held in Taiwan Hotel, Beijing, 9-10 March 2007. This workshop is a part of the European-Chinese collaborative project. The two main objectives of this project are: 1) Provide an authoritative overview of the regulations governing human subjects in four key countries, Brazil, China, India and South Africa. Based on this overview, provide recommendations for optimal ethics review procedures; 2) Provide a detailed and comprehensive guidance document to policymakers, members of research ethics committees, and researchers that can be used as a framework for policies towards international collaborative research. The organizer of the workshop is Professor Zhai Xiaomei, Centre for Bioethics, Chinese Academy of Medical Science /Peking Union Medical College. Professor Reidar Lie, University of Bergen, Norway, and Professor Qiu Renzong, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Huazhong University of Science and Technology co-chaired the meeting. Professor Qi Guoming, President of Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health (MOH), and Vice-President of Chinese Medical Association, the former Chief of the Bureau for Science and Education, MOH gave presentation on ethical issues in clinical trials sponsored by multi-national pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Yu Xiucheng, Vice-Chief of the Bureau for Science and Education, Ministry of Health talked about the guiding idea of promoting scientific and technological innovations and adhering international ethical guidelines. Dr. Cao Cai, from Center for Certification of Drugs, State Food and Drug Administration described the criteria of certification drugs in China. Professor Shan Yuandong, Director of the Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Research, Peking Union Medical School Hospital presented the regulation and practice in clinical trials. Dr. Wang Jinqian, from Bureau for Science and Education, MOH introduced the draft and promulgation of the new regulation on ethical review of biomedical research involving human subjects. Professor S.D. Seth, Chair in Clinical Pharmacology, Indian Council of Medical Research talked about the policies for promoting research in India, and Dr. Rajni Kaul, Deputy Director General, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Indian Council of Medical Research, gave a presentation on regulatory framework for research in China. Professor Qiu and Professor Lie made summarizing remarks for all presentations and all participants discussed the future plan, namely the details of a workshop in Beijing in June 2007.
Second French-Chinese Bioethics Workshop, 22-23 February 2007, Paris, France
Under the sponsorship by French National Commission for UNESCO and International Association of Law, Ethics and Science, and organized by Judge Christian Byk, General Secretary, Second French-Chinese Bioethics Workshop was held in Paris, France on 22-23 February 2007. The topics of sessions include: Biotechnology and GMO, organ transplantation: practice, ethics and law, ethics and medical research. French participants include: Jean Audouze (Vice-President, French National Committee for UNESCO), Herve Chneiweiss (College de France, Inserm Ermes Ethics Committee), Christian Byk, Carlos de Sola (Bioethics Division, Council of Europe), Jean-Claude Ameisen (President, French National Consultative Committee) etc. Chinese participants and their topics; Lin Shenzhao (Wenzhou Medical College): Medical Biotechnology Development in China; Liu Yinliang (China University of Political Science and Law): Regulation on GMO in China, Qiu Reznong (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Huazhong University of Science and Technology): The Inadequacy of the Current Framework on Organ Transplantation), and Zhai Xiaomei (Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College): Ethical Issues and Governance of Organ Transplantation in mainland China. The participants unanimously agreed that the workshop is fruitful, and the third French-Chinese bioethics workshop will be held in China.
A Workshop on Long-Term Care: A Global Challenge to Bioethics and Public Policy, 11 December 2007, Hong Kong
A Workshop on Long-Term Care: A Global Challenge to Bioethics and Public Policy was held in Hong Kong on 11 December 2007. The workshop was sponsored by Governance in Asia Research Centre and Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong. Eugene Boisaubin University of Texas), George Agich (Bowling Green State University), Tristram Engelhardt (Rice University & Baylor College of Medicine), Zhai Xiaomei (Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College), Qiu Renzong (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Julia Tao (City University of Hong Kong), Dr. Chan Ho Mun (City University of Hong Kong), Dr. Fan Ruiping (City University of Hong Kong). The topics include: Long-Term Care: Dignity, Autonomy, Family Integrity, and Social Sustainability – The Hong Kong Experiences, Long-Term Care: Dignity, Autonomy, Family Integrity, and Social Sustainability – The Beijing Experiences, Long-Term Care: Dignity, Autonomy, Family Integrity, and Social Sustainability – The Houston Experiences, Dignity in Long-Term Care, Reflections in Dignity, Familism in the Age of Pluralism: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Role of the Family in Long-Term Care, What Family? Which Care? Whose Responsibility? A Confucian Account of Long-Term care for the Elderly, Long-Term Care: The Family, Post-Modernity, and Conflicting Moral Life-Worlds.
The Wild East? The Governance and Ethics of Biomedical Research in China, 9 November 2006, London
British famous thinking tank DEMOS together with Bios Centre, London School of Economics and Wellcome Trust to organise a seminar to discuss the rise of Chinese science and the governance and ethical issues it cause. Invited speakers included: Qiu Renzong, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Zhai Xiaomei, Peking Union Medical College, Herbert Gottweis, University of Vienna, Srephen Minger, King’s College of London, and Nikolas Rose, London School of Economics. Professor Qiu’s presentation is on Regulating Biotechnologies, and Professor Zhai’s presentation on Informed Consent in Chinese Cultural Context.
Forum on Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: a Physicians’ Charter, 5-6 November 2006, Beijing
Chinese Medical Doctor Association organised a forum Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: a Physicians’ Charter on 5-6 November 2006. Dozen of American and European colleagues including Jordan Cohen, Christine Cassel, David Rothman participated in the forum as representatives of the European Federation of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians and American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM), and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). Chinese Medical Doctor Association accepted the Charter and organized a series of activities all over China, it marked an effort of doctors’ organization to bring medical professionalism back to medical practice after 20 years market-oriented health care sector reform. During the 8th World Congress of Bioethics “Bringing Professionalism to Medicine” is the topic of a Major Session organized by Professor David Rothman, Columbia University.
Conference on Organ Donation and Distribution System, 20-22 January 2007, Guangzhou
Organised by Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation of MOH and Ministry of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and other institutions, the Conference on Organ Donation and Distribution System was held in Guangzhou on 20-22 January 2007. The topics of lecturing include: Criteria Determining Brain Death and Technological Norms (Xu Ruxiang, South Medical University), Some Mistakes Impeding Legislation of Brain Death (Sun Dongdong, Peking University), Some Thought on the Legislation of Brain Death (Shen Weixing, Tsinghua University), Ethics of Organ Transplantation and Medical Professionalism (Qiu Reznong, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences/Huazhong University of Science and Technology, A Draft of Ethical Guidelines of Organ Transplantation (Li Benfu, Peking University), etc.
Seminar on Xenotransplantation Interim Regulation in China, 22-23 April 2006, Changsha
Organised by the Centre for Xenotransplantation Technology, The 3rd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, the Seminar on Xenotransplantation Interim Regulation in China was held in Changsha on 22-23 April 2006. Carl Groth from Sweden, Anthony D’Apice from Australia, Peter Doyle from UK and Chinese colleagues including physicians, bioethicists, lawyers, health administrators, from Beijing, Wuhan, Jinan, Shanghai, Changsha, participated in the seminar. The topics included prospects of xenotransplantation, toward clinical xenotransplantation – scientific and regulatory aspects, regulation on xenotransplantation – the UK experience, new progress in anti-immune rejection in xenotransplantation, and xenotransplantation in China.
Conference on the Atlas of Ideas: Mapping the New Geography of Sciences, 17-18 January 2007, London
British thinking tank organised a Conference on the Atlas of Ideas: Mapping the New Geography of Sciences which was held in Savoy Place, London on 17-18 January 2007. The conference included the following sessions:
Session 1: The Atlas of Ideas
Session 2: New Geographies of Innovation
Special Sessions: A) The Globalised University
B) Can Competitors Collaborate?
C) Is IP Protecting Asia’s Achilles Heel?
D) Science at the Bottom of Pyramid
Session 3: Next People, Next Places, Next Science
Session 4: The War for Talent: Can Europe and the US Compete?
Special Sessions: A) Is Multinational R&D Heading East?
B) The New Argonauts: Diasporas and Talent Flows
C) After Hwang: Science, Scandal and Ethics
D) The High-Tech Pass: One Route or Many through Modernity?
Session 5: The Cosmopolitan Scientist
Final Plenary: Gathering Storm or Breaking Down? The Prospect for EU-Asian Collaboration
The speakers and chairs included: Sir David King (Chief Scientific Adviser, UK Government), Lord Rees of Ludlow (President, The Royal Society), Zhang Xian’en (Director General of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, R.A. Mashelkar (Former Director General, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, India), Kwan Rim (Chairman, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Korea), Denis Simon (Provost, Levin Institute, State University of New York), Un-Chan Chung (Former President, Seoul National University), Baroness Warwick (Chief Executive, Unversities, UK), Lloyd Anderson (Director of Science, British Council), David Concar (science Counsellor, British Embassy, Beijing), Wang Baoqing (Minister Counsellor for Science and Technology, Chinese Embassy, London), Pierrick Fillon-Ashida (DG-RTD, European Commission), Bai Chunli (Executive Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Science), Philip Campbell (Editor-in-Chief, Nature), Malcolm Wick (MP, Minister for Science and Technology, UK), Zha Peixin (Ambassador of the PRC), Kamalesh Sharma (High Commissioner of India), Cho Yoon-Je (Ambassador of the Republic of Korea), Dummond Bone (Vice Chancellor, Liverpool University and President, Universities UK), Boris Johnson (MP, Shadow Minister for Higher Education, UK), Song Sang-yong (Fellow, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology), Stephen Minger (Director, Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, King’s College of London), Qiu Renzong (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Colin Blakemore (Chief Executive, Medical Research Council, UK), John Ashton (Special Representative for Climate Change, Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Esko Aho (President, Sitra and Former Prime Minister, Finland), John Mickletjwait (Editor-in-Chief, The Economist). Qiu Renzong delivered two presentations: After Hwang: Science, Scandal and Ethics in Mainland China at Special Session C and How Is the Future of Science and Scientist: Cosmopolitan or Techno-Nationalist at plenary session 5.
The First Bioethics Summit Meeting in Mainland China
The First Bioethics Summit Meeting was held in Beijing on June 12-13, 2004. Participants were leading bioethicists or those scholars who played backbone role in this field from Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian etc. On the agenda the topics included: (1) Bidding for the 2006 World Congress of Bioethics in Beijing; (2) Establishing Bioethics Network in China; (3) Some emerging events.
All participants supported the bidding for the 2006 World Congress of Bioethics in Beijing under the sponsorship of Chinese Medical Association and the establishing of Bioethics Network in China should be more carefully prepared. As for some emerging events the meeting expressed that the monitoring of medical and research practice by the media or advocates of patients or human subjects should be welcomed, and misconduct may also be taken place at the various levels of administration, so the monitoring or surveillance to possible unethical misconduct is also necessary and important. However, the treatment of a scientist’s or an administrator’s possible misconduct should be based on the facts or evidences and in compliance with ethical guidelines and laws/regulations. Any groundless allegations do not help to anybody and instead would do great harms to all concerned.
Beijing International Conference on Bioethics BICB’04 held in Beijing on January 5-7, 2004
Organized by the Research Center for Bioethics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College (CAMS/PUMC), Philosophy Summer School in China: China Britain Australia and the Committee on Bioethics, Beijing Society for Bio-engineering, the Beijing International Conference on Bioethics which had been postponed because of the SARS epidemic was rescheduled and held in Beijing Grand View Garden Hotel on January 5-7, 2004. There were about 120 bioethicists who participated in the conference, apart from those coming from mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao, there were also those coming from Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Britain, the Netherlands and USA, among them many are world famous bioethicists.
The conference lasted three days. At the Opening Ceremony the speakers include Professor Liu Depei, Academician, President, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College (CAMS/PUMC); Professor Zheng Dexian, Director/Dean, Institute of Basic Medicine/School of Basic Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College; Mrs. Eve Wen-Jing Lee, the representative of Mr. Andrew Watson, Chief Representative of the Ford Foundation in China; Dr. Nicholas Bunnin, Director, Philosophy Project, Institute of Chinese Studies, Oxford University, Chair, British Committee, Philosophy Summer School in China: China Britain Australia; Chair, the Programme Committee, BICB’04; and Professor Qiu Renzong, President, Asian Bioethics Association, Chair, Chinese Committee, Philosophy Summer School in China: China Britain Australia, Member, the Programme Committee, BICB’04.
The first day of the conference focused on “Ethics in Biomedical and Health Research”. At the first plenary session Daniel Wikler (the former Chairman of US President’s Bioethics Committee, the former President of International Association of Bioethics, Harvard University, USA) delivered his presentation the title of which is “Re-thinking Research Ethics” and he also read Professor Peter Singer (Princeton University, USA)’s paper “Ethics and the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research”. Then Anne Donchin (Indiana University, USA) read her paper “Forging a Global Bioethics: Intersections between the Human Rights Movement and Bioethical Theory”.
What followed was the first Panel Discussion, the topic of which is “Informed Consent in the Context of Non-Western Cultures”. The panelists include Qiao Youlin (Institute of Cancer Research, CAMS/PUMC, China): “Ethical Considerations in Conducting Cancer Epidemiological Studies in China”, Julia Tao (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China): “Autonomy and Care in Informed Consent”, Wang Hong (Health Science Center, Peking University, China): “Evaluation of the Informed Consent Process in a Randomized Controlled Trial in China-Sino-US Prevention Project” and Zhai Xiaomei (Vice-President of Asian Bioethics Association, Research Center for Bioethics, CAMS/PUMC, China): “Issues of Informed Consent in China”.
In the first day afternoon at the plenary session on the topic “Research, Ethics and Education”, the speakers include: Merle Spriggs (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia): “Children, Risk, Nontherapeutic Research and Justice: The Lead Paint Study”; Chen Yuanfang (PUMC Hospital, China): “The Pressing Need for Setting a Course on Research Ethics in Medical Schools”; Zhu Wei (Shanghai School of Medicine, Fudan University, China): “Is It Ethical to Publish an Unethical Paper?”; and Margaret Sleeboom (International Institute of Asian Studies, the Netherlands): “From Cultural to Genetic Identity? Biological Concepts and Society”.
In the afternoon was held the second Panel Discussion: “Ethical Lessons from 731”, the panelists include Ryuichi Ida (the former Chairperson of International Bioethics Committee, UNESCO, Kyoto University, Japan), Song Sang-yong (Vice-President of Asian Bioethics Association, Hallym University, Korea), Daniel Wikler (Harvard University, USA), Shen Mingxian (Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China) and Du Zhizheng (Dalian University, China), they presented their comments from Japanese, Korean, US and Chinese perspectives respectively. After this panel discussion there were concurrent sessions.
On the second day the focus was “HIV/AIDS and Ethics”. At the plenary session speakers were Reidar Lie (Department of Clinical Bioethics, NIH, USA/Oslo University, Norway): “Obligations to Trial Participants and Communities Involved in HIV Vaccine Trial”; Udo Schuklenk (Witwatersrand University, South Africa): “HIV/AIDS Research in Resource Constrained Developing Country Environments” and Deborah Zion (Monash University, Australia): “Culture without Communitarians in: HIV/AIDS Trials in Australia and the Developing World”. Kenji Hattori from Department of Medical Philosophy and Ethics, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan presented “Should We Get Tested for HIV to Reduce the Spread of AIDS?”
The topic of the Panel Discussion on the second day was “Ethical and Policy Issues in HIV Prevention and Treatment”. The panelists include: Li Dun (Tsinghua University, China): “Facing Ethical Issues of HIV/AIDS”; Xia Guomei (Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China): “Ethics and Law in Sex and HIV Issue”; Wu Zunyou (Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, State Food and Drug Administration, China): “Multiple Ethical Standards in Scientific Research Projects and Public Health Service Programs in AIDS in China” and Zhang Konglai (PUMC, China): “Discrimination Related to HIV/AIDS”.
At the plenary session on the topic “Bioethics, Policy and Law” speakers were Pak Un-Jong (Ewha Woman University, Korea): “Progress of the Legislation on Bioethics in Korea and Suggestions for the Future Enactment”; Yasushi Makiyama (National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan): “:Government Policies in Japan now, and Hypothetical Plan for Bioethical Governance in the Future”, Leah Belsky (Department of Clinical Bioethics, NIH, USA): “Obligation and Virtue in International Health Aid: The Politics of Minimal Decency”; Yin Zhengkun (Center for Bioethics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China): “Ethical Consideration on Brain Death Legislation”; Cao Nanyan (Tsinghua University, China): “Updating Statute and Idea after Technology –Advance in Organ Transplantation in China”; Liu Yinliang (China University of Politics and Law, China): “Implications of SARS: Comments on Public Health Laws of China”.
At the next plenary session speakers focused on the topic “Bioethics and Culture” including Lee Shui-cheun (Central University, Taiwan, China): “On Relational Autonomy: From Feminist Critique to Confucian Model for Clinical Practice”, Chen Yong (Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, China): “Confucianism and Modern Bioethics” and Xu Zongliang (Fudan University, China): “Contemporary Bioethics and Human Rights”. After this plenary session there were concurrent sessions.
On the third day the focus was on “Ethics and Genomics/Biotechnology”. Speaker include Ruth Chadwick (Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics, Lancaster University, UK): “Genetic Databases: Individual Choices and Community Benefits”; and Ryuichi Ida: “Human ES Cell Research in Japan”. Julian Savulescu (Oxford University) was not able to come, his paper: “Gene Therapy, Transgenesis and Chimeras: Is the Radical Genetic Alteration of Human Beings a Threat to our Humanity?” read by Matthew Liao. Ruth Groenhout(Calvin College, USA) read her paper: “Utility, Reason, or Care? The Difference Theory Makes in Evaluations of Human Genome Research” at this session too.
The Panel Discussion on the third day was “Social Responsibility of Geneticists/Scientists”. The panelists include Hu Chin-li (the former Assistant General Director of WHO, Shanghai Second Medical University, China): “The Responsibility of a Pediatrician in Genetic Services”; Huang Shanzhi (Department of Genetics, PUMC, China): “Dignity, Autonomy and the Ethical Issue in Medical Genetics-----Non-Directiveness and Informed Consent” and Li Benfu (Health Science Center, Peking University, China): “Social Responsibilities of Medical Geneticists”.
The topic of the last plenary session was “Genetic Research, Reproduction and Law”. Speakers include Matthew Liao (Oxford University, UK): “Sex Selection, New Reproductive Technologies, and Personhood”; Wang Dajian (Jiangsu University, China): “Ethical Analysis of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research”; He Jun (Anhui Double Cranes Pharmaceutical Company, China): “The Ethical Base of the Law in the Process of the Genetic Intervention” and Sui Suli (Research Center for Bioethics, CAMS/PUMC, China): “Legal Protection of Human Genes from the Perspective of the Relationship between Ethics and Law”. After it there were concurrent sessions. One of them was a Forum for Graduate Students.
At the end of the third day there was a brief Closing Ceremony. Professor Liu Qian, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College in his address congratulated the success of the Conference. Members of the Programme Committee Professor Daniel Wikler nad Professor Ruth Chadwick deliverd concluding remarks to evaluate the Conference.
The Third China-US Training Workshop on Biomedical and Health Research Will Be Held in Huazhong University of Science and Technology on August 22-26, 2005
After the First Training Workshop on Biomedical and Health Research which was organized by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University in Shanghai in June 2004, and the Second Workshop which was organized by HSPH and the Research Center for Bioethics, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) in Beijing in March 2005 under the sponsorship of NIH, the Third Workshop is being organized by HSPH and the Center for Bioethics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) under the sponsorship of NIH. The workshop will be held in the campus of HUST on August 22-26, 2005. The topics of lectures will include: History and Lesson of Biomedical and Health Research, Ethical Principle of Biomedical and Health Research, Ethical Issues in Research Design, Informed Consent, Confidentiality, ERB and Ethical Review, Responsibilities to Communities, Conflict of Interest, Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials, Ethical Issues in Human Reproductive Health Research, Ethical Issues in Human Genome Research, Ethical Issues in Gene Therapy, Ethical Issues in HIV/AIDS Research, Ethical Issues in HIV Behavioral Change Research, Ethical Issues in AIDS Treatment Research, and Scientific Integrity and Misconduct in Science. The lecturers from US will include: Alex Capron (WHO), Richard Cash (Harvard), Sarah Putney (Harvard) and Daniel Wiker (Harvard) The lecturers from China include: Gui Xi’en, Lei Ruipeng, Qiu Renzong, Shan Yuandong, Wu Zunyou, Zeng Fandian, Zhai Xiaomei and Zhang Xinqing There will be case discussions, exercise for writing informed consent form and mock review.
International Symposium on Ethical and Policy Issues in the Era of High Technology Will Be Held in the Beijing University of Technology on September 24-25, 2005
International Symposium on Ethical and Policy Issues in the Era of High Technology which is being organized by the Center for Applied Ethics, Beijing University of Technology (BUT) will be held in the Center for International Education Communication, BUT. The symposium is also co-organized by the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, BUT, Department of Philosophy, Tsinghua University, School of the Humanities, the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Science, Research Center for Bioethics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, and School of the Humanities, Beijing University of Forestry. The topics include: the war in high-tech and new viewpoint of ethics, world order and international justice in the era of high-tech, environmental ethics and the harmonious development, the value of life and bioethical issues, information war and ethics in network, ethical challenges of nanotechnology etc.
CMB Project: The Third China-US Training Workshop on Biomedical Research Ethics Was Held in Xi’an
The Third Training Workshop on Biomedical Research Ethics which was organized by the Health Science Center, Peking Universitywas held in Xi’an on June 20-25, 2005. This is a project sponsored by the Chinese Medical Board (CMB) with Qiu Renzong as its PI. Robert Levine (Yale University), Bernard Lo (UCSA), Mark Siegler (Chicago University) and Jeffrey Kahn (University of Minnesota) gave lectures at the workshop. Chinese lecturers included: Chen Shaofeng, Chen Yuanfang, Cong Yali, Li Benfu, Qiu Renzong, Peng Ruicong, ShanYandong and Zhai Xiaomei. There were also case discussions and mock review.
The 2005 Session of Summer School of Philosophy in China Is Being Held in HUST
The 2006 Session of Summer School of Philosophy is being held in the campus of HUST on July 25-August 11, 2005. The theme of this session is bioethics. The teachers and their courses are:
Professor Andrew Edgar, Cardiff University, UK: Meta Medical Ethics
Dr. Mairi Levitt, Lancaster University, UK: Social and Ethical Issues in Human Genetics
Professor Jeff McMahan, Rutgers University, USA: Moral Status of Person
Professor Daniel Wikler, Harvard University, USA: Ethics and Population Health
Sino-German Conference on Philosophical and Ethical Issues in High Technology Was Held in Dalian University of Technology on July 17-22, 2005
Sino-German Conference on Philosophical and Ethical Issues in High Technology was held in the campus of the Dalian University of Technology on July 17-22, 2005. Near 30 scholars from Germany and China participated in the conference and discuss the ethical issues in biotechnology, nanotechnology, computer and internet and other fields.
Nagasaki University/University of Bergen/NIH Workshop on Research Ethics, July 25-27, 2005
The Workshop on Research Ethics which was organized and sponsored by Nagasaki University/University of Bergen/NIH was held in Nagasaki on July 25-27, 2005. The lecture topics include: Framework of Research Ethics, Informed Consent, Evaluation of Risks and Benefits, Research on Children, Inducements and Exploitation, IRB on Clinical Trials in Japan, Organization of Ethics Review and Regulations in Korea; Policy Options for Research Ethics Review in China, Ethics and Pharmacogenomics, Issues in International Research Ethics. Lecturers include Ezekiel Imanual, Reidar Lie, Qiu Renzong, Kiichiro Tsutani, Ock-Jo Kim etc. There were also case discussions and mock review. Zhai Xiaomei, Zhu Wei and Zhang Xinqing were also invited to be rapporteurs of group discussion. The active participation of Chinese colleagues in the workshop gave deep impression on all participants.
Sino-US Conference on Confucianism, Market and Health Care Was Held in Jinan, Shandong Province on June 27-28, 2005-8-7
Sino-US Conference on Confucianism, Market and Health Care which was sponsored by City University of Hong Kong and International Organization of Philosophy and Medicine and organized by Center for Medical Humanities, School of Medicine, Shandong University was held in the campus of School of Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province. There was a debate among the participants on the role of market in health care. Some participants argued that the failure of health care reform in China was due to relying on market mechanism; however, others argued that the failure should be owed to the distortion or insufficiency of market mechanism.
Summit Forum on Bio-Economics Will Be Held in Beijing on September 13-15, 2005
The First International Summit Forum on Bio-Economics will be held in Beijing on September 13-15, 2005. This forum is sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology and other 12 institutions, and organized by the Center for the Development of Biotechnology. The topics that will be discussed include: setting up emergent system against bio-terrorism and for prevention/control of diseases, surveillance, warning and defense of alien biological organism, evaluation and monitoring of GM plants, therapy by biotechnology, stem cell research, cloning technology and bioethical guidance etc.
The Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society for Medical Ethics Was Held in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province on July 25-29, 2005
The annual meeting of the Chinese Society for Medical Ethics was held in Taiyuan on July 25-29, 2005. The theme f this meeting was Human Beings, Health and Justice.