U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program  Projects in Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues   published October 1999

Foreword 1999 Projects Related Web Sites Completed Projects Completed Workshops Retrospective

Some Representative ELSI-Supported Conferences and Workshops

• Conference on Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by the Human Genome Project, Held March 7-9, 1991
  Mark Rothstein, University of Houston

• Conference on Justice and the Human Genome, Held November 1991
  Mark Lappé, University of Illinois

• National Study Conference on Genetics, Religion, and Ethics
  C. Thomas Caskey, Baylor College of Medicine

• Workshop on DNA Sequence Acquisition and Interpretation, Held October 1991
  Jan Witkowski, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

• Science and Journalism Conference III, Genes and Human Behavior: A New Era? Held October 1991
  Jonathan Beckwith, Harvard Medical School

• Second Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy, Held March 1992
  Lance Hoffman, George Washington University

• Week-Long Educational Forum Focusing on Science, Technology, and Ethical Responsibility, Held June 1992
  Betsy Fader, Student Pugwash USA

• Genes and Human Behavior: A New Era? Conference Held October 26, 1992
  Jonathan Beckwith, Harvard Medical School

• Between Design and Choice: The Social Shaping of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies, Held April 2-4, 1993
  Sheila Jasanoff, Cornell University

• Maximizing the Return from Genome Research: A Conference Concerning the Effect of Patent Scope on Commercial Incentives, Held May 20-23, 1993
  Thomas G. Field, Franklin Pierce Law Center

• Human Genome Project Conference: Shaping Scientific Public Policy, Held November 1994
  Betsy Fader, Student Pugwash

• Genes That Make News News That Makes Genes: The Genetics of Complex Traits, Held December 3, 1994
  Jonathan Beckwith, Harvard Medical School

• Conference on Conflict of Interest in Biomedicine, Held Spring of 1995
  Eric Kodish, Case Western Reserve University

• Workshop on Molecular Methods for Genetic Diagnosis, Held July 1995
  Eugene Rinchik, Sarah Lawrence College

• Conference on Controlling Our Destinies: Philosophical, Historical, and Ethical Perspectives on the Human Genome Project, Held October 1995
  Philip Sloan, University of Notre Dame

• Conference on Promoting and Managing the Application of Genome Research
  Thomas Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center

• First International Conference on DNA Sampling and Human Genetic Research: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Aspects, Held September 1996
  Bartha M. Knoppers, University of Montreal

• Tuskegee Genome Conference: The Human Genome Project and Its Relevance to the African-American Community, Held September 1996
  Edward J. Smith, Tuskegee University

• The Human Genome Project: What's the Public Got to do With It? A Symposium at the 1997 AAAS Annual Meeting and Scientific Innovation Exposition, Held February 1997
  Gregory and Alexander Fowler, American Association for the Advancement of Science

• Conference on the Human Genome Project: Reaching the Minority Communities in Maryland, Held June 1997
  Raymond Zilinskas, University of Maryland

• Symposium on Human Genome Research: Implications for Health in Latin America, Held November 1997
  Peter Main, International Federation of Institutions for Advanced Study

• Conference on Biotechnology and the Law: New Perspectives on Public Access and Proprietary Rights, Held February 1998
  Robert P. Merges, University of California, Berkeley 

• Conference on the Human Genome Project: Science and Social Change in the 21st Century, Held April 1998
  David C. Page, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

• Second International Conference on DNA Sampling: The Commercialization of Genetic Research: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues
  Timothy Caulfield, University of Alberta

• Conference on Informed Consent in Human Subject Research, Held October 1998
  Rubye Prigmore Torrey, Tennessee Technological University

• Meeting on Whose Genes are They--Will the Courts Know? The Impact of Genetics on Justice
  Sandra Ratcliff Daffron, American Judicature Society

• Conference on the Human Genome Project for Minority Communities in the State of Louisiana, Held April 1999
  Rosalind Hale, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

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