SYMPOSIUM

STEM CELL SCIENCE, REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, ETHICS AND SOCIETY

LISBON, JUNE 13, 2019


WELCOME NOTES
9.00 AM
Aga Khan University Board Trustee; Former Rector NOVA University Lisbon
Symposium Chair

Rector NOVA University Lisbon

Dean NOVA Medical School
SESSION 1A: EXPLORING NEW HORIZONS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
SESSION CHAIR:
ANTÓNIO JACINTO
, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
9.30 AM
TALK 1: 
Arnold Kriegstein
, University of California San Francisco, USA
10.00 AM
TALK 2: 
Azim Surani
, University of Cambridge, UK
10.30 - 11.00 AM
COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 1B: UNDERLYING ETHICAL CONCERNS
SESSION CHAIR:
AZIM NANJI
, Aga Khan University, Pakistan

11.00 AM
TALK 3: 
Helena Pereira de Melo
, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
11.30 AM
TALK 4: 
Ilhan Ilkiliç
, Istanbul University, Turkey

12.00 PM
SESSION 1 PANEL DISCUSSION
PANEL MODERATOR: 
JORGE SOARES
, Portuguese National Council of Ethics for the life Science
01.10 - 02.00 PM
LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 2A: IMPLICATIONS OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES ON HUMANS AND SOCIETIES
SESSION CHAIR:
JOSÉ FRAGATA
, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
02.00 PM
TALK 5: 
Ángel Raya
, Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Spain
02.30 PM
TALK 6: 
Janet Rossant
, University of Toronto, Canada
03.00 - 03.30 PM
COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2B: HOPE, HYPE AND ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC AND HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY
SESSION CHAIR:
BASHIR JIWANI
, Fraser Health Authority, Canada
03.30 PM
TALK 7: 
Rose Carter
, Bennett Jones LLP, Canada
04.00 PM
TALK 8: 
Timothy Caulfield
, University of Alberta, Canada

04.30 PM
SESSION 2 PANEL DISCUSSION
PANEL MODERATOR: 
JOSÉ BELO
, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal

CONCLUDING SESSION
5.30 PM
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Aga Khan University
Closing Remarks, Symposium Co-Chair
President, Aga Khan University

João Sobrinho Teixeira
State Secretary of Science, Technology and Higher Education