December 2-3, 2004
Meeting Agenda

The Stephen Decatur House
1610 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

202-842-0920

9:00 a.m.	Session 1: After the Life Cycle: The Moral Challenges of Later Life Thomas R. Cole, Ph.D., Professor and Director, John P. McGovern, M.D. Center for Health, Humanities and the Human Spirit, University of Texas-Houston School of Medicine
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Session 2: Aging and Care-Giving: Options for Decision-Making Carl E. Schneider, Chauncey Stillman Professor for Ethics, Morality, and the Practice of Law, Law School, The University of Michigan
12:15 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Session 3: Aging and Care-Giving: Are there Objective Standards for Decision-Making in Caring for Patients with Dementia? Council Discussion based on papers by Rebecca Dresser
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Session 4: Biotechnology and Public Policy Council Member Francis Fukuyama
5:15 pm	Adjournment

8:30 am	Session 5: Biotechnology and Public Policy: The New Canadian System Ian Shugart, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Session 6: Seeking Morally Unproblematic Sources of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Howard A. Zucker, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Donald W. Landry, Professor of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Council Member William Hurlbut
11:45 am	Session 7: Public Comments
12:30 pm	Adjournment