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Symposium “Parental responsibility in the context of neuroscience and genetics”
9 December 2013 @ 09:00 - 17:30
|SYMPOSIUM “Parental responsibility in the context of neuroscience and genetics”
What responsibilities do parents have towards their (future) children? A question with multiple dimensions, that is of importance in core discussions in reproductive ethics as well as in neuro-ethics and mental health ethics. Should parents select the children who are likely to have the best start in life? Does parental responsibility require diagnosing neurological differences in children and treating them? Does it require preventing these differences altogether? Or should parents accept these differences instead?
On December 9, we will tackle different aspects of these questions in the one-day symposium “Parental responsibility in the context of neuroscience and genetics”. Confirmed speakers include Prof. Dr. Anna Bosman (Universiteit Nijmegen), Dr. Peter Herissone-Kelly (University of Central Lancashire, Prof Dr. Frans Feron (Universiteit Maastricht), Prof. Dr. Guido de Wert (Universiteit Maastricht). The conference will take place between9:00 – 17:30 at Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 60, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Below you may find a preliminary agenda.
There are no registration fees, but if you would like to attend please send a message tok.hens@maastrichtuniversity.nl before November 10th. We still have two slots open for speakers. If you are a researcher in this field, and work on a topic that would fit the symposium, please send a title and short abstract (300 words max.) to Kristien Hens (k.hens@maastrichtuniversity.nl). Limited travel allowance can be arranged for speakers.
You are very welcome to our event!
Best regards,
Dr. Dorothee Horstkötter
Dr. Daniela Cutas
Dr. Kristien Hens
(Organizers)
Preliminary agenda
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09:00 – 09:30: Coffee
09:30 – 10:00: Frans Feron: Children, neuroscience and genetics: State of the Art
10:00 – 10:30: Anna Bosman: Pathology or condition: An exploration
10:30 – 11:00: Guido de Wert: PGD for neurogenetic disorders: ethical reflection
11:00 – 11:30: Coffee
11:30 – 12:00: Daniela Cutas: What (if any) are parents’ responsibilities to preserve children’s fertility?
12:00 – 12:30: Dorothee Horstkötter: Raising self-controlled children
12:30 – 13:30: Lunch
13:30 – 14:00: Peter Herissone-Kelly: The Lack of an Obligation to Choose the Best Child: Silencing the Principle of Procreative Beneficence
14:00 – 14:30: Wybo Dondorp (title TBC)
14:30 – 15:00: Kristien Hens: Epigenetics, neurological difference and maternal responsibility
15:00 – 15:30: Coffee
15:30 – 16:00: TBC
16:00 – 17:00: TBC
17:00 – 17:15: Concluding remarks
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