INVITATION
International Conference
“Biopolitics and Regenerative Medicine - Pros and Cons”
Thursday April 7, - Friday, April 8 2005
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Research has gained ever more insight into the natural regeneration processes of the body. Researchers aim to use this knowledge to improve the treatment of severe diseases as part of the new field of “regenerative medicine”. Some of this underlying research involves stem cells, including human embryonic stem cells. The latter has been heavily debated, especially in Germany.
An international conference on the state of the art of stem cell research and its regulation in Europe is being organized by the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch together with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation on April 7 – 8, 2005. It is part of the MDC research project “Discourse on Ethical Questions of Biomedicine” of the research group “Bioethics and Science Communications” (Head: Dr. Christof Tannert), which is supported by the German Federal Research Ministry.
You are cordially invited to attend this conference on:
“Biopolitics and Regenerative Medicine - pros and cons”
Thursday, April 7, 2005, 2:00 pm – 6:30 pm; Reception: 7:00 pm
Friday, April 8, 2005, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm ; Lunch
Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Conference Center
Hiroshimastr. 17
10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
Germany
Participants include politicians and scientists from the European Union, among them: the Federal Research Secretary of Germany, Edelgard Bulmahn, the Permanent State Secretary of the Federal Research Ministry, Wolf-Michael Catenhusen, Dr. Octavi Quintana Trias, Director, Directorate General for Research of the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, Prof. Rafael Capurro, European Group on Ethics, European Commission, Prof. Spiros Simitis, Chairman of the National Ethics Council, Berlin, Marie-Hélène Mouneyrat, Secretary General, Comité Consultatif National d`Ethique, Paris, France, Dr. Glyn Stacey, Director, UK Stem Cell Bank at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), South Mimms, UK, Prof. Petr Dvorak, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic, Prof. Andrzej M. Kaniowski, University of Lódz, Poland, Prof. Henning M. Beier, Deputy Chairman, Central Ethics Commision for Stem Cell Research, Institute for Anatomy and Biological Reproduction, RWTH University Aachen, Prof. Walter Birchmeier, Scientific Director of the MDC, Prof. Detlev Ganten, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Charité University Hospital Berlin as well as two Members of the German Parliament, Prof. Maria Böhmer (Christian Democratic Party) und Jörg Tauss (Social Democratic Party).
Enclosed please find the programme, an itinerary, and the registration form. Please return the registration form to Ms. Anne Schoepflin, MDC Press Department.
Should you require a hotel in Berlin, please contact Ms. Ilka Monheimius of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. She can be reached as follow:
e-mail: Ilka.Monheimius@fes.de
Phone: +49/30/26 93 - 58 41
Fax: +49/30/26 93 - 58 51
I am looking forward to welcoming you at this symposium in Berlin.
Sincerely,
Barbara Bachtler
Pressestelle
Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC) Berlin-Buch
Robert-Rössle-Straße 10
13125 Berlin
Barbara Bachtler
Tel: 030/94 06 - 38 96
Fax: 030/94 06 - 38 33
e-mail: presse@mdc-berlin.de
http://www.mdc-berlin.de/ueber_das_mdc/presse/index.htm