International Conference
November 1-3, 2007, Mendel Museum, Museum of Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic
Thursday, 01/11
09.00-10.30 Registration & Coffee
10.30-11.00 Opening speech by Josef Kure [Masaryk University, Czech Republic]
and by Barbara Prainsack [King’s College London, UK].
11.00-13.00 Plenary session 1:
Forensic DNA profiling and databasing: Fiction, practice, and policy
Chair: Frank J. Leavitt [Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel]
Frans Meulenberg [Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NL]
Crime Scene Clichés: The representation of genetic testing and
DNA profiling in crime novels and movies
Elazar Zadok [Director National Police Headquarters Division of
Identification, Israel]: DNA and other forensic databases: Law
enforcement vs. human rights
Richard Hindmarsh [Griffith University, Australia]: “Essentially
Australian”? Civic concerns and governance development in relation
to biomedical and forensic databases
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Papers 1 - Forensic DNA: ethical and social governance
Chair and discussant: Barbara Prainsack [King’s College London, UK]
Robin Williams & Michael Barr [University of Durham, UK]
DNA Databases and the Forensic Imaginary
Helena Machado [University of Minho, Portugal]
Paradoxes and contingencies within the establishment of a DNA
database for forensic purposes in Portugal
Johanna Veth [Mt Albert Science Centre, Auckland, NZ]
Ethical implications and social impacts of forensic DNA technologies
and applications
Maria Corazon A. De Ungria [University of the Philippines]
DNA evidence in criminal courts in the Philippines
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-18.00 Plenary Session 2: Genetic testing and the government of the self(ves)–
Between societal claims and individual entitlements
Chair and discussant: Josef Kuøe [Masaryk University, CZ]
Peter Dabrock [University of Marburg, Germany]: Which duty first?
An ethical scheme on the conflict between respect for autonomy
and common welfare
Thomas Lemke [Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt, Germany]:
Genetics, responsibility, and the limits of choice
20.00 Conference dinner
International Conference
November 1-3, 2007, Mendel Museum, Museum of Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic
Friday, 02/11
09.00-10.15 Plenary session 3:
Prenatal genetic testing: Scientific, legal, and societal challenges
Chair and discussant: Herbert Gottweis [University of Vienna]
Milan Macek [Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic]:
Present state and perspectives of preimplatation and prenatal genetic
diagnostics and prevention.
Anne Waldschmidt [University of Cologne, Germany]
Autonomy as self- governance: Biopower in prenatal diagnostics
10.15-10.45 Coffee break
10.45-12.45 Papers 2 - The governance of genetic testing
Chair: Anna Durnová [University of Vienna, Austria]
Naomi Hawkins [University of Oxford, UK]:
Gene patents and translational research for genetic diagnostic tests
Peter Kakuk [Central European University, Budapest, Hungary]
Governance implications of the concept of genetic information: The
case of genetic testing
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Plenary session 3:
Regulating genetic testing: Are we asking the right questions?
Chair: Ursula Naue [University of Vienna, Austria]
Judit Sandor [Central European University, Budapest, Hungary]
Therapy or Enhancement? Ethical and legal issues in reprogenetics
Angus Clarke [CESAGen Cardiff, UK]
Missing the point: Governance mechanisms in genetic testing,
screening and research
16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-18.00 Plenary Session 4:
Regulating genetic testing: Are we asking the right questions?
Chair and discussant: Richard Hindmarsh [Griffith University, AUS]
Georg Lauss [University of Vienna, Austria]
Sharing Orphan Genes: Governing a European Biobanking- Network
for the Rare Disease Community
Byoungsoo Kim [KoreaUniversity, South Korea]
The Debate on the Establishment of a National DNA Database
in Korea
18.30 Social event: Wine tasting & dinner
International Conference
November 1-3, 2007, Mendel Museum, Museum of Genetics, Brno, Czech Republic
Saturday, 03/11
09.00-10.30 Plenary session 5:
Governing genomics: What have we learned
(and what is left to learn)?
Chair: Renata Veselska [Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic]
Martin Weiss [University of Vienna, Austria]
Bioethical Consequences of Biotechnologies: From Autonomy to
Community to the Body?
Anna Durnová [Life Science Governance Research Platform, University
of Vienna, Austria]
The governance of genomics – A “phronetic” response
Frank J. Leavitt [Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University,
Israel] - Commentary and response
10.30-10.45 Coffee break
10.45-12.30 Plenary discussion
Discussing the governance of genomics: cui bono?
Nikolaus Zacherl [University of Vienna, Austria]
Ursula Naue [University of Vienna, Austria]
Robin Williams [University of Durham, UK]
Anne Waldschmidt [University of Cologne, Germany]
TBA [Masaryk University, Brno, Czech RepublicCZ]
Moderator: Barbara Prainsack [King’s College London, UK]
12.30 End of conference