S.Net Pre-Conference Event: Ethical and Social Aspects of Cancer Research
11 October at the BB-Building there will be an open CCBIO Special Seminar on Ethical and Social Aspects of Cancer Research. The event is open for all. We hope to achieve lively discussions between cancer researchers, doctors, students, ethicists, philosophers, social scientists, patients and citizens!
Main content
This special seminar aims at bringing together young researchers from the fields of oncology, medical ethics, priority setting in health care, and science and technology studies, in order to discuss topics ranging from the ethics of personalised medicine, the role of cancer biomarkers in clinical practice, cancer and extraordinary treatments that lead to ever longer lives, and issues of privacy in biobanks.
The seminar is also a pre-event to the 8th annual S.Net meeting, which will take place 12-14 October in Bergen, with several open parts, including all keynote lectures.
Time: Tuesday 11 October
Place: Auditorium 4, BB Building, Jonas Lies vei 91
Registration: On this link within 5. October 2016.
Organizer: Roger Strand from CCBIO and the University of Bergen's Center for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities.
Program: (you can find printer friendly program here)
| 10.15-10.30 | Opening words by Lars A. Akslen, Scientific Director CCBIO |
| 10.30-11.15 | Alessandro Blasimme, University of Zurich: «Towards precision medicine: oncology and the search of a new ethics of medical discovery» |
| 11.30-12.20 | Pankaj Sekhsaria, Hyderabad, India: |
| 12.20-13.00 | Lunch break (light lunch will be served outside the auditorium) |
| 13.00-13.50 | Caroline Engen, CCBIO: «Cancer and the Good Life» |
| 14.00-14.50 | Karoline Huse, CCBIO: «Reflections upon Last Resort Clinics» |
| 15.00-15.30 | Anne Blanchard, CCBIO: «Ethical and Social Aspects of Cancer Biomarkers» |
FACTS
S.NET
S.NET is the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies, and is an international association that promotes intellectual exchange and critical inquiry about the advancement of new and emerging technologies in society. You can read more about S.NET here.
S.NET Annual Meeting
The Co-Production of Emerging Bodies, Politics and Technologies: The 8th annual S.NET meeting will take place in Bergen, Norway, October 12-14, 2016. Conference host is the University of Bergen's Center for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities.
CCBIO Special Seminar
The Ethical and Social Aspects of Cancer Research seminar is a combined CCBIO Special Seminar and a pre-conference to the S.NET Annual Meeting.
