Civil Society

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
(Lunch will be served)

B-339 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC

Featuring:

Francis Fukuyama
Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Franco Furger
Professor, Foreign Policy Institute
School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Comments:

Richard Hayes
Executive Director
Center for Genetics and Society

William A. Galston
Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution

Shannon Brownlee
Schwartz Senior Fellow
New America Foundation

Moderator:

Steven Clemons
Senior Fellow and Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
Publisher, www.TheWashingtonNote.com

Beyond Bioethics, a new report by Dr. Francis Fukuyama and Dr. Franco Furger, provides the most comprehensive examination to date of legislative and/or regulatory answers to the challenges raised by human biotechnologies in the United States. The report's premise is that reaping the benefits of medical progress offered by biotechnology while preventing possible abuses requires that we create a new regulatory agency. Dr. Fukuyama and Dr. Furger will discuss legislative developments at the national and international level and explore public attitudes towards controversial reproductive technologies.

Following their presentation, Richard Hayes of the Center for Genetics and Society, William Galston of The Brookings Institution, and Shannon Brownlee of New America Foundation will comment and discuss possible policy implications for biotechnology. Steven Clemons will moderate a question and answer session. Copies of the report will be available at the event.