2011 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

The 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Neuroethics Society was held on November 10 and 11 at the Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005.  To view photos from the meeting, please follow this link.

Thursday, November 10

3:00 – 3:10             Opening - Steve Hyman, President INS

 
3:10 - 4:15              Break-out Groups:

                             1)Teaching Neuroethics– Martha Farah, University of Pennsylvania, moderator with Bennett Foddy, University of

                             Oxford and Emily Bell, Montreal Neuroethics Network; Jon Lepofsky, Teacher, Carolina Friends School, Durham, NC; 

                             Carmelo Santos, Pastor for Spanish Ministry, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Fairfax VA and Professorial  

                             Lecturer, Department of Theology, Georgetown University 

                             2) Neuroethics Careers -  Alan Leshner, AAAS, moderator with Hank  Greely, Stanford University; Paul Root Wolpe,

                             Emory University; Emily Murphy, Stanford University

                             3) Funding  -  Steve Hyman, Broad Institute, moderator with Kathleen Michels, NIH Fogarty International Center; John

                             Wingfield, NSF, Directorate of Biological Sciences; Carolyn Asbury, foundation consultant 

4:15 - 5:00          Posters Assembled, Updates and FYIs

5:00 - 6:15           International Neuroethics Society/Society for Social Neuroscience (link) Discussion-

                             Social knowledge and the evolution of cooperation in monkeys and apes 

                             Dorothy Cheney, Robert Seyfarth, University of Pennsylvania - S4SN

                             Pat Churchland, University of California, San Diego - INS

6:15 - 8:00            Poster Session and Reception  (View the list of abstracts titles and authors here)

[Working Group Dinners]

Friday, November 11

9:00-9:30            Complimentary Continental Breakfast

9:30 – 10:30        Neuroscience, National Security and Society - A panel moderated by Fabrice Jotterand, UT Southwestern Medical Center

                           Jonathan Moreno, University of Pennsylvania,

                           William Casebeer, DARPA/DSO,

                           James Giordano, Potomac Institute

10:30-10:45         Break

10:45-11:45         Technology and Humanity:  A Neuroethics Perspective

                            Michael Chorost, author

11:45–12:15        Oral Abstract Presentations

12:15-1:30           Open Business Meeting, Complimentary Boxed Lunch

1:30-2:30              Neuroethics and Novel Treatments in Neuropsychiatry - A panel moderated by Barbara Sahakian, Cambridge University

                             Helen Mayberg, Emory University

                             Husseini Manji, Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical R & D

                             Jorge Moll, D'Or Institute for Research and Education  

2:30 – 2:45          Break

2:45-4:00             Real Cases in Law and Neuroscience: Reports from the Trenches - A panel moderated by Hank Greely,

                             Stanford University

                             Steve Greenberg, Attorney, Chicago, Illinois

                             Houston Gordon, Attorney, Covington, Tennessee

                             Russell Swerdlow, Professor of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center 

4:00                      Closing Remarks - Steve Hyman 

Visit Us on Facebook!

INS Joins Oxford Centre in Neuroethics Blog 2011 

Like to Blog?  Join the conversation at Neuroethics: Ethics and Neuroscience in the News by following this link.