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Maurizio SALVI

Maurizio SALVI holds a MBA in Modern Literature (University of Rome, Faculty of Literature, 1985-1991), a MBS in Philosophy (University of Rome, Faculty of Philosophy, 1991-1995), a post degree specialisation diplome in Bioethics (University of Rome, Faculty of Natural, physical and mathematical sciences, 1995), a PhD on Health Sciences (Ethics, Law and Governance, University of Maastricht in conjunction with the Higher Institute of Philosophy, University of Leuven, and the Konrad Lorenz Institute, Vienna), and in 2002 he obtained the European PhD in biotechnology from the European Association for Higher Education in Biotechnology. He has done research on ethics and biotechnology, inter alia, at the University of Rome (1994-1999), the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology (1999-2001), the University of Maastricht (WTMC Institute -1996-1998), the International Forum of Bio philosophy (1998-2001). He was the Director of the Bioethics Course at the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik (1999-2001).


In 1998 he joined the European Commission, (Directorate -General Research) as a Scientific Officer responsible for both Bioethics research in FP 4-5 (FP4, ELSA BIOMED, BIOTECH, FAIR Programmes, FP5 Quality of Life), and policy actions on different fields of research (ELSA aspects) such as, inter alia:

Genetic testing, Biobanking, stem cells, embryo research, nanotechnology, ICT, animal cloning, transgenic animals, biometrics, security, clinical trials both within the EU and with non European countries, developing countries (Africa, poverty related diseases), SARS (china in particular), data protection (genetic data), bioterrorism and bio weapons etc..

From 2001 to 2006 he was the deputy Head of the Unit on Ethics and science at the European Commission with specific responsibilities on policy aspects of ethics and science at both EU and International level, including the design and implementation of the Ethics frame to adopt in FP6 and FP7. Between other things, Dr Salvi was the Secretary of the European Union Forum of National Ethics Committees (NEC Forum).

He has published extensively on bioethics, ethics and biotechnology and philosophy of biology in Europe, USA, Japan, South America and New Zealand and was a member of the Drafting Working Group of several EC policy papers (from the ERA strategy to Nanotechnology strategy, from Science and Society Strategy to the Life sciences strategy, from the Commission working paper on human embryonic stem cells to several protocols to the Bioethics Convention of the Council of Europe).

Dr Salvi has organised around 30 international EC meetings of different kind and nature, from large conferences (e.g. EC conference on genetic testing and research ethics committees) to inter-institutional events (e.g. the inter-institutional seminar on bioethics –EC, Council and EP), from target workshops (e.g. EU-USA workshop on ethics, law and biometrics or the workshop on capacity building on research ethics in developing countries) to Meetings of the NEC Forum hosted by the rotation Presidencies.

Dr Salvi is member of several associations on bioethics and gave lectures on ethics and science in the EU, Japan and USA .

In April 2006 he was then appointed as Policy Advisor to the President of the EC (BEPA) with specific tasks on ethics (act as the Head of the EGE Secretariat, coordinates actions on ethics within EC Services and represent the EC with third parties).