Bioethics Events

Lectures, seminars, courses etc.

2009 Intensive Bioethics Course at Stonelea, Alexandra, Vic., Nov. 2009.
Prof. Peter Singer, founder of the Centre for Human Bioethics, will give an Arts Public Lecture, 'Understanding Ethics', at BMW Edge, Melbourne, 6 pm, 4th June 2009. Please see more details and a link to a podcast on the Arts Public Lectures site.
Dr Rob Sparrow, “A Not-So-New Eugenics: Harris & Savulescu on Human Enhancement”, Monash Staff Seminar, Room W916, Menzies Building 11 (Menzies), Monash Clayton, 2:15 pm, 20th March, 2009.

18th World Congress on Medical Law. Health, Law and Ethics: A human rights based approach, Zagreb, Croatia, August 2010.
10th World Congress of Bioethics: Bioethics in a Globalised World, Singapore, July 2010.
6th International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation, Portland, Oregon, USA, May 2010.
New Zealand Bioethics Conference: Ethics after Harm in Dunedin NZ, Jan. 2010.
2009 Children’s Bioethics Conference at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.
Theme: "The 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – Ethics in Practice"
Public Forum - Monday 23rd November 2009 (5.00 – 7.30pm) - Children’s access to information and decision making in the health context.
Conference - Tuesday 24th November 2009 (9am – 5pm). Speakers include:
- Prof Neil L. Schechter, Director, Pain Relief Program, Connecticut Children's Medical Centre
- Chief Justice Alistair Nicholson (Family Court of Australia)
- Prof Garry Warne
More info. here shortly.
Coercion in Mental Health Practice: compulsion, autonomy, persuasion. Philosophy, psychiatry, psychology conference 2009, Queenstown, NZ, July 2009.
International Conference on Bioethics Committees in Hospitals, Israel, May, 2009.

Assoc. Prof. Lynn Gillam (Murdoch Childrens Research Institute & School of Population Health, Melbourne University), "Decision-making in research ethics: deliberative strategies of HRECs members and researchers", MelBERN Bioethics Discussion Series, 10th Floor Conference Rooms A & B, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, 5-6.30pm, 11th March 2009.
Dr Rob Sparrow, "Better Than Men? Sex and the Therapy/Enhancement Distinction", Latrobe Philosophy Seminar, Building Hu2, Room 431 Latrobe University, 4th March 2009.
Ética de las Virtudes y Bioética con el profesor invitado Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley, Universidad Anáhuac, México, June 2008.
Ethics and Stem Cell Seminar at Monash, June 14th 2007.
Scientific Ethics, Integrity and the Media, forum in Melbourne, June 13th 2007.

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