Meeting

Ann Arbor Regional Membership Meeting: The Promise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

When:: September 22, 2008 (4:00 PM Eastern)
Where:: University of Michigan (Biomedical Sciences Research Building) • 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Map

Topics:: Biomedical and Health Research, Public Health
Activity:: Regional Member Meetings
Board:: Executive Office

4:30 p.m.
Welcome Remarks
Mary Sue Coleman, Ph.D., President, University of Michigan
Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., President, Institute of Medicine

4:35 p.m.
Introduction
Alan R. Saltiel, Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology and Director, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan Medical School

4:45
Ethical and Policy Issues in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D., David and Lyn Silfen University Professor, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania Health System and Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Scientific and Medical Challenges and Opportunities for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute nvestigator and Director, University of California San Diego Stem Cell Program

5:25 p.m.
Q&A Session
Moderator: Sean J. Morrison, Ph.D., Director of the University of Michigan Center for Stem Cell Biology

5:55 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D.

6:00 p.m.
Informal Reception