The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics has invited the ethics councils of Norway (Bioteknologirådet) and Denmark (Det etiske råd) to a trilateral meeting in Stockholm on 5-6 May 2022.
The Councils will present their current work and discuss new developments in the field of bioethics and future possibilities of cooperation at the Scandinavian and European level.
Main topics for the meeting are genome editing, mitochondrial replacement and the future of prenatal diagnosis.
Programme
Welcome
Sten-Eric Söder, chair Smer
Ole F. Norheim, chair, Bioteknologirådet
Leif Vestergaard Pedersen, chair, Det etiske råd
The councils’ role, mandate and key challenges
Christa Lundgaard Kjøller, Director, Danish National Center for Ethics
Mia Trolle Borup, Head of secretariat, Det Etiske Råd, Director for the division, Society and Ethics, Danish National Center for Ethics
Petter Frost, Director, Bioteknologirådet
Lotta Eriksson, Secretary general, Smer
The boundaries between ethics, politics and science
Sten-Eric Söder, chair Smer
Ole F. Norheim, chair, Bioteknologirådet
Leif Vestergaard Pedersen, chair, Det etiske råd
The future of prenatal diagnosis
Kristin Steinsbekk, associate professor, co-chair, Bioteknologirådet
Ida Donkin, MD, PhD with a specialisation in obstetrics and gynaecology, member, Det etiske råd
Kerstin Nilsson, professor of Surgery with a specialisation in obstetrics and gynaecology, member Smer
Editing of the Human Genome
Sven-Eric Söder, Chair Smer
Jacob Elster, Associate, professor, member Bioteknologirådet
Nils-Eric Sahlin, professor of medical ethics, member of Smer
Jacob Giehm Mikkelsen, professor, Institutet för biomedicin, Medlem Bioteknologirådet
Horizon scanning and future cooperation including group discussion
To be confirmed, Det etiske råd
Eirik Tranvåg, research officer, Bioteknologirådet
Lotta Eriksson, secretary general, Smer
Summary and closing remarks
Sten-Eric Söder, chair Smer
Ole F. Norheim, chair, Bioteknologirådet
Leif Vestergaard Pedersen, chair, Det etiske råd
Links
Bioteknologirådet
Det etiske råd