Trilateral Meeting of National Ethics Committees in Stockholm

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