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Programme, Slides, Videos

1st Day: 27 January 2005

   

10.00 - 11.15

Opening Session - Research ethics committees in Europe

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Chairperson: Rainer Gerold, Director Science & Society,
DG Research, European Commission

10.00 - 10.05

Welcome

10.05 - 10.15

Introduction by Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research
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10.15 - 10.30 Keynote speech: 7th Framework Programme and Ethical issues - Pia Elda Locatelli, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament

10.30 - 10.45

Keynote speech: Challenges for Research Ethics Committees in Europe - Peter Liese, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, European Parliament

10.45 - 11.00

Keynote speech: Where do we come from? - Povl Riis, DK

11.00 - 11.15

Questions

11.15 - 11.40

Coffee break

11.40 - 12.30

Session 1 -  Introduction to the workshops

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Chairperson: Birka Lehmann, Directorate Consumer Goods
DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission

11.40 - 11.50

Keynote speech: Where are we now? - Michaël Fuchs, DE
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11.50 - 12.15

Organisation, infrastructure and the role of RECs at country level - Dominique Sprumont, CH
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Standard operating procedures and quality assurance - Alar Irs, EE

 

Interaction with relevant parties - Hanna Nohynek, FI
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Training and dissemination of good practices - Finn Kamper-Jørgensen, DK
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12.15– 12.30

Questions

12.30 - 14.00

Lunch

14.00 - 15.30

Session 2 – Examples & good practices

Workshops  ( 1st Part)

Workshop 1

Organisation, infrastructure and the role of RECs at country level

 

Chairperson:

Anneke Jensma, NL
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Speakers

Caroline Trouet, BE
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Jiri Simek, CZ
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Discussion

 

Workshop 2

Standard operating procedures and quality assurance

 

Chairperson:

Fergus Sweeney, EMEA
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Speakers

Dorottya Mogyorosi, HU
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Janet Wisely, UK
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Discussion

 

Workshop 3

Interaction with relevant parties

 

Chairperson

Daniel Serrão, PT

 

Speakers

Marie Moores, IE
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Jozef Trontelj, SI
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Discussion

 

Workshop 4

Training and dissemination of good practices

 

Chairperson

Zbigniew Szawarski, PL

  Speakers

Ruud ter Meulen, NL
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Jozef Glasa, SK
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Discussion

 
15.30 - 15.50 Coffee break
15.50 - 17.15

Session 3 - Roundtable on Initiatives taken by other bodies or organisations

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Chairperson: Göran Hermerén, President of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE)
15.50 – 17.15 Judit Sándor Unesco
Alexander Capron
World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Jim Appleyard World Medical Association (WMA)
Pieter J.D Drenth All European Academies (ALLEA)
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Carlos de Sola Council of Europe
Ingrid Klingmann European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP)
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Melody Lin Office for Human Research Protection (OHRP, USA)
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17.15 - 18.15

Session 4 - Report of the workshops (1st part) to the plenary

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  Chairperson: Daniel Tarschys, Vice-Chairman of the European Conference of National Ethics Committees (COMETH)
17.15 - 18.00 Report of Workshop 1 - Peter O’Donnell, journalist
  Report of Workshop 2 - Toby Johnson, journalist
  Report of Workshop 3 - Christian Andersen, journalist
  Report of Workshop 4 - Sara Gambrill, journalist
18.00 - 18.15 General discussion
18.15 - 20.00 Cocktails
 
2nd Day: 28 January 2005
 
09.30 – 12.15 Session  5 - Identifying future initiatives, actions & activities
Workshops  ( 2nd Part)
 
Chairperson: Rainer Gerold, Director Science & Society,
DG Research, European Commission
09.30 – 9.45 A Case study : The Loi Huriet facing the new European requirements (Claude Huriet, FR)
09.45 – 12.15 Workshops (2nd part)
Workshop 1 Organisation, infrastructure & the role of RECs  at country level
  Chairperson Dominique Sprumont, CH
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  Speakers Cristina Avendaño Sola, ES
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    Sigrid Skavlid, NO
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  Discussion
Workshop 2 Standard operating procedures and quality assurance
  Chairperson Alar Irs, EE
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  Speakers
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Elisabeth Rynning, SE
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  Jiří Vortel, CZ
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  Discussion
Workshop 3 Interaction with relevant parties
  Chairperson Hanna Nohynek, FI
  Speakers Elmar Doppelfeld, DE
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    Renzo Pegoraro, IT
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  Discussion  
Workshop 4 Training and dissemination of good practices
  Chairperson Finn Kamper-Jørgensen, DK
  Speakers François Chapuis, FR
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    Hermann Amstad, CH
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  Discussion
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 - 12.15 Continuation of the 4 workshops
12.15 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.45

Session 6 - Protection of human subjects in research in the context of innovation and new technologies

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Chairperson: Octavio Quintana Trias, Director Health
DG Research, European Commission
  Of populations, Banks and Public Health - Bartha Knoppers, CA
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14.30 - 14.45 Questions
14.45 - 17.00 Closing Session - Conclusions & Recommendations for further action
 
Chairperson: Octavio Quintana Trias, Director Health
DG Research, European Commission

14.45 - 16.05

Presentation of the outcomes of the workshops (2nd part)

14.45 - 14.55

Report of Workshop 1 - Peter O’Donnell, journalist

14.55 - 15.05

Report of Workshop 2 - Toby Johnson, journalist
 
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15.05 - 15.15

Questions
15.15 - 15.35 Coffee break

15.35 - 15.45

Report of Workshop 3 - Christian Andersen, journalist

15.45 - 15.55

Report of Workshop 4 - Sara Gambrill, journalist
 
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15.55 - 16.05

Questions

16.05 - 16.30 

How to implement future initiatives, actions and activities?
Chairpersons of workshops 1 to 4 (2nd part):
  Dominique Sprumont, CH
Alar Irs, EE
Hanna Nohynek, FI
Finn Kamper-Jørgensen, DK
16.30 - 17.00 Closure of the Conference
  Zoran Stančič, Deputy Director-General,
DG Research, European Commission

Conference advisers

Cristina AVENDAÑO SOLA

Research Ethics Committee, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain

François CHAPUIS

Président de la Conférence nationale des CCPPRB (Comités Consultatifs de Protection des Personnes se prêtant à la Recherche Biomédicale), Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu - CHU de LYON, France

Elmar DOPPELFELD

President of the Union of ethics committees, Germany

Jozef GLASA

Central Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health; Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics; Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Slovak Medical University; Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Finn KAMPER-JØRGENSEN

Chairman of the Danish National Committee for Biomedical Research Ethics, Denmark

Jean-Marie MALOTEAUX

Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Marie MOORES

Director, Clinical and Regulatory Operations Theradex (Europe) Ltd. (CRO Contract Research Organisation), UK

Jiri SIMEK

Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Ruud TER MEULEN

Professor for Philosophy, Director, Institute for Bioethics, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands

Secretariat to the conference

Brigitte DEGEN
Véronique DEGRAEF

Ethics and Science Unit, Science & Society Directorate,
DG Research , European Commission