past events

October 28-31, 2004
The 6th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities

The Program Planning Committee for the ASBH 6th Annual Meeting accepted proposals through the ASBH website. This meeting took place at the Marriott Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Leon Kass, the Chair of the President's Council on Bioethics, delivered a two-hour Keynote Session wherein he explored the mission and dynamics of the Council and reflected on public bioethics undertaken from his perspective of leading the Council. In the second hour of the session, a distinguished panel, including Francis Fukuyama, Ph.D. and ASBH member Ruth Faden, Ph.D. and MPH, discussed a book by the President's Council (Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness) that investigates potential uses of biotechnology. Also, junior/senior panels (featuring an invited senior member of the field, as well as at least one junior or student member) offered new perspectives on topics such as clinical ethics, research ethics and the state of the profession. "Work in Progress" sessions focused on a question submitted by an author and then the majority of session time was allotted for audience and author discussion.