Call for Applications
THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY IN BIOETHICS
A satellite meeting of the 10th World Congress of Bioethics, Singapore
27TH JULY 2010
Sponsored by the Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust is pleased to invite applications for participation
in a one-day meeting on the concept of community in bioethics. The
meeting will explore different understandings of the concept of
'community' and the role it should play in normative decision making
from different philosophical and cultural positions, using four case
studies, two from the world of research ethics - biobanking and genomics
research, and emergency health-related research - and two from the world
of public health ethics - vaccination and resource allocation.
Whilst a particular focus of the meeting will be the different sets of
assumptions that different conceptions of 'community' and its role carry
and the implications of these assumptions, this meeting will also use
'community' as a focal point for broader discussions around the
plurality of different approaches to doing normative bioethics.
Confirmed speakers
Dr Jane Kaye (University of Oxford)
Prof Terence Hua-Tai (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Prof Aasim Ahmad (Aga Khan University, Pakistan)
Dr Adnan Hyder (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA)
Dr Angus Dawson (Keele University, UK)
Dr Hu Linying (Peking University Health Science Centre, China)
Dr Martin Wilkinson (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Prof Zhang, Ellen Y (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Audience
This meeting will be of interest to a wide range of researchers at all
levels in contemporary bioethics, including those interested in
biobanking and genomics research ethics, international research ethics,
public health ethics, global health ethics, feminist scholarship and
political philosophy.
Application information
There are approximately 40 places available for this meeting.
There is no registration fee for the meeting.
All successful applicants will have one night's accommodation in
Singapore paid for by the Wellcome Trust. Up to 20 delegates from
low/middle income countries and a small number of doctoral level
students from higher income countries will also receive travel grants
paying the full cost of travel to and from the meeting. Up to 20 other
delegates from higher income countries will receive travel bursaries
paying up to 50% of the cost of travel to and from the meeting.
It will not be possible to register for this event via the World
Congress of Bioethics website. Application forms will be sent out to
those expressing an initial interest in applying - expressions of
interest should be sent to [log in to unmask]
The closing date for applications is 19th March 2010.
Other important information
Delegates are of course welcome to take the opportunity to stay on in
Singapore for the World Congress of Bioethics (28-31 July 2010) or any
of its satellites. Delegates considering attending this meeting may be
particularly interested in also attending the joint meeting of the
International Association of Bioethics (IAB)'s Public Health Ethics
Network (InterPHEN) and the Philosophy and Bioethics Network, 'Human
Rights and Public Health Ethics', on 26 July 2010.
Please note that registration for the World Congress of Bioethics and
the InterPHEN/Philosophy and Bioethics Network meeting or any other
satellites is handled separately by the organisers of those meetings and
delegates wishing to register for those events should contact them
directly.
Ariel Retik
Operational Officer
Medicine, Society and History Grants
Wellcome Trust
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