The President's Council on Bioethics: March 2003 Meeting Agenda

March 6-7, 2003
Meeting Agenda

Sheraton National Hotel
900 South Orme Street
Arlington, VA 22204

9:00 am	Session 1: Pediatric Psychopharmacology Steven E. Hyman, MD, Provost of Harvard University; Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School; and former Director, US National Institutes of Mental Health
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Session 2: Beyond Therapy: Ageless Bodies? Discussion of two Staff Working Papers: (1) "Age-Retardation: Scientific Possibilities and Moral Challenges" and (2) "Stronger, Longer-Lasting Skeletal Muscles through Biotech?"
12:15 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Session 3: Human Nature and Its Future Steven Pinker, PhD, Peter de Florez Professor, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Session 4: Beyond Therapy: Better Memories? Discussion of two papers: (1) "Why Remember?" by Gilbert Meilaender, and (2) Staff Working Paper, "'Better' Memories? The Promise and Perils of Pharmacological Interventions"
5:15 pm	Adjournment

8:30 am	Session 5: Biotechnology and Public Policy: Professional Self-Regulation Sandra A. Carson, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chief, Baylor Assisted Reproductive Technology Program, Baylor College of Medicine; and President, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Session 6: Biotechnology and Public Policy: Professional Self-Regulation George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H., Edward R. Utley Professor & Chair, Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health; and Professor, Boston University School of Medicine and School of Law
Noon	Public Comments
1:00 pm	Adjournment