Meeting Summaries

International Ambassador Session

We initiated the INS International Ambassador Program with a two-hour session dedicated to international neuroethics, inviting leading figures of national-level brain science funding projects to describe research efforts, priorities, and highlight ethical considerations. The session also included breakout group discussions that addressed: fellowship and scholar exchange programs, responsibilities of oversight groups, and neuroethics career tracks and funding.

Speakers, moderators and discussion participants included:

• Hervé Chneiweiss, Ecole des Neurosciences de Paris (France)
• Karen Herrera-Ferrá, Sociedad Mexicana de Neuroética (Mexico)
• Sung-Jin Jeong, Korean Brain Project (South Korea)
• Eisuke Nakazawa, Japan Brain/Minds (Japan)
• Mu-Ming Poo, China Brain Science Project (China)
• Khara Ramos, BRAIN Initiative at NIH (United States)
• Julie Robillard, University of British Columbia (Canada)
• Karen Rommelfanger, Emory University (Moderator)
• Arleen Salles, Human Brain Project / Centro de Investigaciones Filosóficas (Argentina)
• Yoshiyuki Takimoto, Japan Brain/Minds (Japan)
• Rachel Wurzman, University of Pennsylvania (Moderator)

From left to right, in back: Eisuke Nakazawa, Mu-Ming Poo, Julie Robillard, Yoshiyuki Takimoto, and Rachel Wurzman; followed in front by: Sung-Jin Jeong, Karen Rommelfanger, Arleen Salles, Karen Herrera-Ferrá, and Khara Ramos.

Moderators Rachel Wurzman and Karen Rommelfanger.

Audience members

Yoshiyuki Takimoto, Japan Brain/Minds (Japan)

Arleen Salles, Human Brain Project / Centro de Investigaciones Filosóficas (Argentina)

Khara Ramos, BRAIN Initiative at NIH (United States)

Discussion participants

Discussion participants