Dear Martin Hewitt,
I thought you would be interested to hear about our forthcoming event
(see full details below).
A session that may be of particular interest is : Genes, Privacy and a
Genetic Underclass?
Saturday, 26 April - 4.00-5.30
Medical researchers are keen to collect information about our DNA in their
quest to understand diseases. Employers and insurance companies are
increasingly interested in the future health problems of their employees and
customers. As genetics advances should we worry about our privacy? Will
information collected about our DNA be used to improve our lives or to
control them? Will some of us become a genetic underclass, or will
scientific advances benefit everyone?
John Gillott Policy Officer, Genetic Interest Group, and co-author of
Science and the Retreat from Reason
Lee M Silver Professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs, Princeton
University and author of Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning
Will Transform the American Family
Mark Littlewood Director of Campaigns, Liberty
Robert Terry Senior Policy Advisor, Wellcome Trust, one of the major funders
of the UK Biobank Project
Chair: Ellie Lee Research Fellow, Department of Sociology and Social Policy,
University of Southampton and series editor, Institute of Ideas' Debating
Matters books
If you think that any of your colleagues or members would be interested
it would be great if you could forward this email.
I was also wondering if you would allow leaflets and posters advertising
the event to be sent to your institute/society/association; you could either
keep them or pass them on, whatever option you would find most appropriate.
If you think this sounds reasonable, I would be grateful if you would
contact me with the relevant details.
Finally, in addition (or if none of this sounds feasible!), would you be
interested in posting the event on the events/news page of your website or
journal?
Many thanks for your time,
Yours,
Natasha Hulugalle
Institute of Ideas
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020 726 9229
Tickets now available for:
The Institute of Ideas GENES AND SOCIETY FESTIVAL
in association with Pfizer
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27, April 2003
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre), Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN
Supported by: BAC and the Wellcome Trust
Media Sponsor: Discovery Channel
April 2003 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Crick and
Watson's famous paper on the structure of DNA in the scientific journal
Nature. The Institute of Ideas' weekend-long Genes and Society Festival, in
association with Pfizer, brings together a host of scientists, writers,
social commentators, regulators, philosophers, artists and campaigners to
reflect on and debate the many implications of genetic discoveries and
advances.
Does genetics throw up uniquely new and difficult ethical dilemmas? Can
scientists, industry and government be trusted to employ genetic
technologies to the benefit of all? Have we become too suspicious of those
involved in science? Are there any moral or natural limits to what humans
should attempt to manipulate and control? Are we overreacting to the
unfamiliar? These are only a few of the important and varied questions to be
discussed.
Full festival programme:
http://www.instituteofideas.com/Events/current/docs/genetics.html
TICKETS: telephone 0207 269 9230/9229/9227/9220
Saturday, day pass: £25 (£20 concs) Sunday, day pass: £20 (£15 concs)
For disabled access telephone 020 7269 9224 in advance.
JOIN THE INSTITUTE OF IDEAS:
Save up to £10 on your ticket for the Genes & Society Festival by becoming
an associate of the Institute of Ideas:
http://www.instituteofideas.com/Support/index.html
FESTIVAL DEBATES INCLUDE:
OPENING PLENARY
- Genetics: Hype and Reality
GENETICS AND ETHICS DEBATES
- Should we worry about eugenics?
- Genes, Privacy and a Genetic Underclass
- Stem Cells - prospects and barriers
GENETICS AND PROGRESS DEBATES
- Intellectual Property and Developing Countries - which way forward?
- GM Crops and the Developing World - who decides?
- GM Crops - time to say yes?
GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION DEBATES
- Reproductive Cloning - what's wrong with it?
- Parental Choice and Children's Welfare - is there a conflict?
- Genes and Identity: Genetic inheritance and psychological welfare
CULTURAL REFLECTIONS
- Genetic Headlines - how capable are the media at reporting genetic news?
- Genetic Broadcasting - Science on TV
- Genetics and Art - scientific inspiration?
- Science in Performance
- Science Comedy: Let's twist again, 50 years of DNA
- Sci-Fi Futures - popular films and contemporary concerns
- Sci-Fi Futures - literature and contemporary concerns
GENETICS AND EDUCATION DEBATES
- Teaching Genetics - facts or ethics?
- Sixth form Genetics Debate - GM: Frankenstein Food or a Technology to be
Celebrated?
- Genes and Intelligence - what is intelligence?
- In Conversation with Sir Harry Kroto - science education
GENETIC CONTROVERSIES
- Genes and Longevity - how long should we want to live?
- Genetics and Disability
- Anthraxiety: the threat of biological and chemical terrorism
- Born bad? Genes and violence
FESTIVAL SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
- MICHAEL FITZPATRICK GP, columnist, the Lancet and author of The Tyranny of
Health
- DAVID GOLDSTEIN, Wolfson Professor of Genetics, University College London
- GEOFF WATTS, presenter of BBC Radio 4's Leading Edge
- SIR HARRY KROTO, Nobel Laureate, Professor of Chemistry and founder of the
Vega Science Trust
- FRANK FUREDI, Professor of Sociology and author of Paranoid Parenting and
Culture of Fear
- PROFESSOR TOM BALDWIN, Vice Chair, Human Fertilisation and Embryology
Authority
- JOSPEHINE QUINTAVALLE, director, Comment on Reproductive Ethics (CORE)
- LEE M SILVER, Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University and
author of Remaking Eden
- MARK LITTLEWOOD, Director of Campaigns, Liberty
- ALISTAIR KENT, director, Genetic Interest Group
- ROBIN LOVELL-BADGE, Head of Developmental Genetics, MRC National Institute
for Medical Research
- STEPHEN MINGER, Centre for Neuroscience Research, King's College London
- PROFESSOR INGO POTRYKUS, co-inventor of Golden Rice
- GILL SAMUELS CBE, Senior Director Science Policy & Scientific Affairs,
Europe, Pfizer
- JULIAN ORAM, Senior Researcher, New Economics Foundation
- PROFESSOR DIRAN MAKINDE, University of Venda for Science and Technology,
South Africa
- COLIN TUDGE, The Variety of Life and So Shall We Reap (forthcoming)
- CHARLES SECRETT, former director, Friends of the Earth (EWNI)
- PROFESSOR MICHAEL WILSON, Chief Executive, Horticulture Research
International
- HARRY GRIFFIN, Acting Director, Roslin Institute
- PROFESSOR MARTIN RICHARDS, Director of the Centre for Family Research,
University of Cambridge.
- DAVID GOLLANCZ, lawyer
- FRANK BURNETT, director, Cheltenham Science Festival
- MARK HENDERSON, Science Correspondent, The Times
- JOHNJOE MCFADDEN, Professor of Molecular Genetics, University of Surrey
- KEN ARNOLD, Exhibitions Manager, the Wellcome Trust
- TOM MORRIS, artistic director, BAC
- KEN MACLEOD author of The Star Fraction, The Stone Canal and The Cassini
Division
- DEREK BELL, Chief Executive, Association for Science Education
- JOHN WHITE, Professor of Philosophy of Education, Institute of Education
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