Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Session I

Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus

8 a.m. - 4 p.m.	Registration
8 - 9 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9 - 9:20 a.m.	Opening Remarks
	Nora V. Demleitner, J.D., LL.M. Chief Medical Officer North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Manhasset, NY
	Janet L. Dolgin, Ph.D., J.D. Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professor of Health Care Law Co-Director, Institute for Health Law and Policy Hofstra Law School Conference Co-Director
	Robert Wild, J.D. Special Professor of Law Hofstra Law School Founding Member Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C.
9:10 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. Panel 1	Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Science, Achievements and Potential; Synergy with Human Cloning and Genetic Engineering
	Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus
Moderator	Dorothy Pumo, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Hofstra University
	“Pluripotent Stem Cells: The Old, the New, and the Fanciful” Lawrence S. B. Goldstein, Ph.D. Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
	“Stem Cells in Drug Discovery Research” John D. McNeish, Ph.D. Senior Director Pfizer Global Research and Development New London, CT
	“Embryonic Stem Cells in Tissue Engineering and Regeneration” Sina Rabbany, Ph.D. Jean Nerkin Distinguished Professor of Engineering Director of Bioengineering, Hofstra University Adjunct Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY
	“Therapeutic Use of Stem Cells for Organ Regeneration: Are We Ready for Prime Time?” Shahin Rafii, M.D. Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Arthur Belfer Professor of Genetic Medicine Director, Ansary Stem Cell Center for Regenerative Medicine Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY
Commentator	Alan Jakimo, J.D. Special Professor of Law Hofstra Law School Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
	Panel Discussion and Question and Answer Session
11:10 a.m. - Noon	Keynote Address
	Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus
Introduction/Moderator	Nora V. Demleitner, J.D., LL.M. Dean and Professor of Law Hofstra Law School
	“Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research: Progress and Promise” John D. Gearhart, Ph.D. C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Medicine Director, Stem Cell Program Institute for Cell Engineering Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD
Noon - 1 p.m.	Lunch (on your own) Seating is available in the Plaza Rooms adjacent to the Mack Student Center Main Café.
1 - 1:35 p.m.	Special Address Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
Introduction/Moderator	JoelWeintraub, M.D., J.D. MODERATOR Special Professor of Law Co-Director, Institute for Health Law and Policy Hofstra Law School Conference Co-Director
	“Altered Nuclear Transfer: A Way Forward for Stem Cell Research” William B. Hurlbut, M.D. Member, President's Council on Bioethics Professor of Neurology Stanford University Stanford, CA
1:35 - 1:50 p.m.	Greetings Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
Introduction	Janet L. Dolgin Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professor of Health Care Law Co-Director, Institute for Health Law and Policy Hofstra Law School Conference Co-Director
1:50 - 3:45 p.m. Panel II	Religious Positions About Research and Therapy Using Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Cloning and Genetic Engineering
	Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
Moderator	Warren G. Frisina, Ph.D. Dean, Hofstra University Honors College Associate Professor of Religion Hofstra University
	“A Protestant Perspective on Recent Stem Cell Developments” Ronald Cole-Turner, M.Div., Ph.D. H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Pittsburgh, PA
	“Islamic Perspectives on Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Cloning and Genetic Engineering” Hossam E. Fadel, M.D. Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA Chair, Ethics Committee Islamic Medical Association of North America
	“Doctrinal Development” Gerard Magill, Ph.D. Vernon F. Gallager Chair for the Integration of Science, Theology, Philosophy and Law Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA
	“The Jewish Legal Perspective on Stem Cell Research” Dina Najman, B.A. Rosh Kehilah (Head of the Congregation) Kehilat Orach Eliezer New York, NY
	“Religious Views About Embryology and Personhood, and Why They Don’t Matter to the Ethics of ESC Research” Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. Director of Education National Catholic Bioethics Center Philadelphia, PA
Commentator	Dena S. Davis, J.D., Ph.D. Professor of Law Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Cleveland State University
	Panel Discussion and Question and Answer Session
3:45 - 4 p.m.	Coffee Break
4 - 5:30 p.m. Panel III	Ethical and Societal Positions about Research and Therapy Using Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Cloning and Genetic Engineering
	Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
Moderator	Cheryl B. Mwaria, Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology Hofstra University
	“Attitudes Toward Embryonic Stem Cell Research” Janet L. Dolgin, Ph.D., J.D. Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professor of Health Care Law Co-Director, Institute for Health Law and Policy Hofstra Law School Conference Co-Director
	Catherine Fisher, M.B.A. Instructional Technologist Academic Technology Advancement Hofstra University
	“Developmental Potential, Embryo Use, and Ectogenesis” Louis M. Guenin, J.D. Lecturer on Ethics Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Harvard Medical School Cambridge, MA
	“Ethics in the Trenches: Whose Goals, Whose Ethics, Whose Needs?” Mark Noble, Ph.D. Professor of Genetics Director, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Institute University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, NY
	Terri Shapiro, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Psychology Hofstra University
	Panel Discussion and Question and Answer Session
6:30 p.m.	Conference Dinner Hofstra University Club David S. Mack Hall, North Campus
Introduction	Robert Wild, J.D. Special Professor of Law Hofstra Law School Founding Member Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C.
Dinner Address	"Stem Cells in the Adult Brain: Mood, Memory and Aging" Grigori Enikolopov, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Division of Neuroscience Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY

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