Volume 10, Number 1, August 1999

CBS Conference Program

The Canadian Bioethics Society
Edmonton, Alberta

11^th Annual Canadian Bioethics Society Conference
28-31 October 1999
Edmonton, Alberta (Westin Hotel)

Telephone: 780-492-6676 Fax: 780-492-0673
Email: cbs1999@ualberta.ca URL: http://www.ualberta.ca/~cbs1999

Thursday 28 October 1999

Pre-Conference

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration

9:00 a.m. - Noon:
Health Ethics, Poverty and World Economics

Noon:
Lunch

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.:
Cultural Difference and Health Ethics

This Pre-Conference will explore the boundaries of health ethics in a global context with international leaders in health ethics. Speakers will be members of the board of the International Association of Bioethics.

Thursday 28 October 1999

11th Annual Canadian Bioethics Society Conference

3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Registration

7:00 - 7:15 p.m.
CBS Conference Opening Ceremony

7:15 - 9:00 p.m.
Public Lecture

" Ethics, Culture and Health Care for the 21st Century"
Susan Sherwin, Canada Alastair Campbell, UK
Godfrey Tangwa, Cameroon

9:15 p.m.
Opening Reception

Friday 29 October 1999

7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
Registration /Breakfast

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Keynote Speakers

"The Canadian Bioethics Scene"
Madeleine Dion-Stout, Carleton University
Martin McKneally, University of Toronto

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Networking Lunches

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Break

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker

"Up Close and Personal in Bioethics: Temptations of Power and Certainty"
Jon Amundson, Clinical Psychologist, Calgary

5:00 p.m.
Social Event

Saturday 30 October 1999

7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
Breakfast

8:15 - 9:15 a.m.
Symposia

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research: Quandaries about Care and Treatment -
Ruth Macklin, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dale Guenter, McMaster University

End of Life -
Jocelyn Downie, Dalhousie University
Hans Van Delden, Utrecht University

Ethics & Cultural Diversity -
Michael Burgess, University of British Columbia
Lesley Paulette, Midwife, Fort Smith, NWT

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Break

11:00 a.m.
Keynote Speaker

"Where do we go from here?"
Thérèse Leroux, Université de Montréal

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
CBS Annual General Meeting

2:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Break

2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks

John Dossetor, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta
Marianne Lamb - CBS President - Elect
CBS Conference 2000

Sunday 31 October 1999

Post Conferences
Ethics, Health Care, and Resources at the End of Life

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Steven Lewis , Health Utilization and Research, Commission, Province of Saskatchewan
Martin McKneally, University of Toronto
Patricia Rodney, University of Victoria

The Ethics of Health Research Using Qualitative Methods

9:00 a.m. - Noon
National Council on Ethics in Human Research