Conference: Sixth International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering, Brooklyn, New York, March 3-5, 2011

该项目将支持第六届生物医学工程伦理问题国际会议，该会议将于2011年4月1日至3日由纽约州立大学下州医学中心与纽约理工学院和纽约科学院合作主办。这次会议将汇集迅速发展的生物医学工程跨学科领域的教师、研究人员和学生，讨论生物医学工程师在研究和实践中面临的具有挑战性的伦理问题。生物医学工程是现代医学中许多戏剧性进步的原因。然而，生物医学技术也造成了两难境地，并挑战了我们的一些道德价值观。这些问题包括干细胞研究和克隆中的伦理问题、利益冲突、稀缺资源的分配、研究不当行为、动物实验、临床试验和新医疗器械的营销，以及许多其他新出现的问题。来自生物医药公司的研发高管也将被邀请。还将欢迎国际与会者在本次会议上提交论文。这次会议的目的是概述和深入讨论生物工程研究和实践中遇到的伦理问题，这些问题目前正在不同的机构和生物医学行业进行。会议预计将有广泛的与会者(教师、科学家、哲学家、学生、医生、律师和行业代表)。

This project will support the 6th International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering that will be hosted by The SUNY Downstate Medical Center in collaboration with the Polytechnic Institute of New York and New York Academy of Sciences during April 1-3, 2011. The conference will bring together faculty, researchers and students in the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of biomedical engineering to discuss the challenging ethical issues faced by biomedical engineers in their research and practice. Biomedical engineering is responsible for many of the dramatic advances in modern medicine. However, biomedical technology has also contributed to dilemmas and has challenged some of our moral values. These include ethical issues in stem cell research & cloning, conflicts of interest, allocation of scarce resources, research misconduct, animal experimentation, clinical trials and marketing of new medical devices and many other new emerging issues. Research and development executives from biomedical companies will also be invited. International participants will also be welcomed to present papers at this conference. The goal of this conference will be to present an overview and an in-depth discussion of the ethical issues encountered in bioengineering research and practice that are presently being conducted at various institutions and biomedical industry.The conference is expected to have a broad spectrum of attendees (faculty, scientists, philosophers, students, physicians, lawyers and industry representatives).