Conferences & Symposia

The Consortium and the Joint Degree Program regularly organize conferences and symposia with the support of other units on campus. Featuring nationally-known speakers and University of Minnesota faculty, these events have focused on issues raised by patenting genes, genetically modified organisms in the food supply, pharmacogenomics, the limits of biomedical privacy, children's environmental health, public health responses to bioterrorism, how to regulate assisted reproduction, and agricultural intellectual property rights.

2009-10

The Challenge of Governing Nanobiotechnology:
Reinventing Oversight for the 21st Century

Thursday, April 15, 2010      8:00 am-4:30 pm
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center, University of Minnesota

2008-09

What's Next in Law, Health & the Life Sciences? Debating Openness, Access & Accountability
Friday, March 6, 2009      8:30 am-5:30 pm
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center, University of Minnesota

2007-08

Emerging Problems in Neurogenomics: Ethical, Legal & Policy Issues at the Intersection of Genomics & Neuroscience
Friday, February 29, 2008      8:45 am-5:00 pm
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center, University of Minnesota

2006-07

Creating Stem Cells by Research Cloning: Scientific, Ethical, Legal & Policy Challenges
Monday, February 26, 2007      8:30am-5:00pm
Theater, Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota.
Managing Incidental Findings in Human Subjects Research: From Imaging to Genomics
Tuesday, May 1, 2007      8:00am - 5:00pm
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center, University of Minnesota

2005-06

Terrorist Threats to our Food Supply: Food Protection and Defense—Science, Ethics & Law
Friday, April 21, 2006      8:30am - 4:45pm
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Center, University of Minnesota
The Risks Posed by New Biomedical Technologies: How Do We Analyze, Communicate & Regulate Risk?
Friday, May 19, 2006      8:15am - 5:00pm
Room 25, Mondale Hall, University of Minnesota Law School

Conferences & Symposia 2000-05

N140 Mondale Hall, 229-19th Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-0055    Fax: 612-624-9143    Email: lawvalue@umn.edu