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Join experts to explore legal and regulatory issues in biometrics and biobanks. Discuss ethical considerations, governance, and societal implications. Language, consent, and privacy in focus. Organized by ELSA Research RCN.
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Symposium Body Control – Legal Regulatory Perspectives on Biometrics and Biobanks 22-23 November 2007 ELSA-research initiated by the Research Council of Norway (RCN) Senior adviser Helge Rynning, Division for strategic priorites, RCN
ELSA RESEARCH - RCN • - Ethical, legal and social aspects of biotechnology (ELSA – Norway); 2002-2007 • - Functional genomics in Norway (FUGE) • - Nanotechnology and new materials, nanoscience and integration (NANOMAT) • Ethical, legal and social aspects of biotechnology, nanotechnology and cognitive science (2007-2012)
ELSA II (2007-2012) • Planning group, report June 2007 • Steering Committee appointed, international profile • Programme plan Spring 2008
Planning group, research challenges • Science, technology and society • Democracy, justice and power • Language, dissemination,dialogue • Governance and priorities • Medicine and health: Prevention, enhancement and design • Food,environment and nature • Privacy, consent • Risk, precautionary principle
Programme Board • (Chair) Geir Gogstad, Ph.D.; Department Head, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Centre • Professor Peter Aleström, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science • Professor Rigmor Austgulen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) • Professor Ruth Chadwick, Cardiff University; Director of CESAGen (Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics), Wales • Professor Richard A.L. Jones, University of Sheffield, England
Programme Board (cont) • Fabrice Lapique, Research Manager, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry • Professor Arie Rip, University of Twente, The Netherlands • Associate Professor Andreas Roepstorff, University of Århus, Denmark • Professor Henriette Sinding Aasen, University of Bergen • Dr. Ilina Singh, London School of Economics and Political Science, England