Meeting Schedule

2014 Annual Meeting
International Neuroethics Society
November 13-14, 2014

AAAS Headquarters, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC

–– Thursday, Nov. 13th ––

Robots in Society

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Registration for this event is now closed.

SPEAKERS:
Ronald Arkin – Georgia Tech University     Topic: Lethal Robots in Warfare: Creating an Artificial Conscience
Goldie Nejat – University of Toronto           Topic: Socially Assistive Robots in Health Care

Reception

6:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Working Group Dinners

7:00 p.m.     

–– Friday, Nov. 14th ––

Continental Breakfast

7:45 – 8:25 a.m.

Welcome 

8:25 – 8:30 a.m.  Barbara Sahakian – University of Cambridge and INS President and Alan Leshner – AAAS

Chaka Fattah, U.S. House of Representatives

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

The BRAIN Initiative & the Human Brain Project: An Ethical Focus

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

MODERATOR: Barbara Sahakian – University of Cambridge and INS President

SPEAKERS:
Stephen L. Hauser – Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Walter Koroshetz – National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
Henry Markram – Human Brain Project

Break

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

The Future of Neuroscience Research & Ethical Implications

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

MODERATOR: Alan Leshner – AAAS

SPEAKERS:
George Koob – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism
Tom Insel – National Institute of Mental Health
John Williams – Wellcome Trust
Geoff Ling – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Lunch / Business Meeting

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Boxed lunch and open business meeting with updates, FYIs, and working group reports.

Neuroscience in the Courts – International Case Studies

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

MODERATOR: Lisa Claydon – University of Manchester

SPEAKERS:
Nita Farahany – Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy
Jennifer Chandler – University of Ottawa
Paul Catley – Open University UK
Katy de Kogel – Dutch Ministry of Justice
Calvin Ho – National University of Singapore

Break

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Neuroscience and Human Rights

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

MODERATOR/DISCUSSANT: Stephen Marks – Harvard School of Public Health

SPEAKERS:
Mariana Chilton – Drexel University
Judy Illes – Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics and INS Board Member
S. Matthew Liao – New York University

Abstract Oral Presenters & Award Presentation

5:00 – 5:45 p.m.

Poster Session and Reception

5:45 – 6:45 p.m.
(Posters will be put up between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. and remain up throughout the day.)