Publications, Conferences, and Events
The IBHF facilitates numerous conferences, symposia, and other events aimed at building a broad public discussion for issues in biotechnology, law, and society. Past events include:
- Capitol Hill Briefing and national Press Club Symposium, entitled Toward a Consensus on Cloning? U.S. Policy and the Global Debate
- The Face of the Future: Technosapians? Phase II, a conference on emerging technologies and human nature in Washington, D.C., co-sponsored with the Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC, and the International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA)
- Capitol Hill Briefing on Gene Patents and Embryo Patents: Policies and Impacts
- Proposition 71: A Roundtable on Politics, Ethics, and Science, co-sponsored with the CBC and ICTA
- Chicago Nano Forum – Hype or Hope: Exploring Nano, Risk and Ethics
- Illinois Institute of Technology Nano Colloquium
- IBHF staff, fellows and scholars generate publications to advance the scholarly discourse in the fields of biotechnology, law, and society. IBHF publications include:
- The Human Future, e-newsletter
- Nano & Society, e-newsletter
- Nanologues, quarterly publication
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