ESTOOLS - Advances with human embryonic stem cells - ESTOOLS Public Scientific Symposium
Stem Cell Science,
Ethics & Communications
27 May 2009, Rome
ESTOOLS Public Scientific Symposium
Stem Cell Science,
Ethics & Communications
27 May 2009, Rome
Full-day of publicly-accessible activities and scientific symposium
The lectures in the OPEN SYMPOSIUM ON STEM CELL SCIENCE, ETHICS & COMMUNICATION will present the scientific activity and insights achieved by ESTOOLS and collaborators, and the interdependence between our science and other public issues - this day has the overall aim of “Dissolving the boundaries of stem cell knowledge”.
Registrants for the symposium will receive a pack with materials about ESTOOLS, and opportunity for discussions with the speakers and ESTOOLS scientists during the morning and afternoon refreshment breaks, lunch and farewell drinks reception.
Venue: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Palazzina dell' Auditorio - Via della Lungara 230
00165 ROMA.
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PROGRAMME - Detailed programme click here
REGISTRATION - Online registration form.
Registration fee: 10 GBP
Registration deadline: 18 May 2009
Payment details: Online, by credit card.
Information on how to make the payment will be emailed after registration.
Full payment of the registration fee is required to confirm your place, and should be received no later than 2 weeks after your registration. Failure to make payment will forfeit your place.
NB - The online payment gateway is independant of the registration site.
Although the registration form will show "Free", Full payment of the registration fee will be required to confirm your place. Failure to make payment will forfeit your place.
TOURING PHOTO-EXHIBITION
Smile of a Stem Cell will be in the city.
From Friday 22 to Thursday 28 May, daily 11:00-24:00 (Monday 17:30-24:00).
Do visit it in the bookshop / cultural centre:
Bibli
via dei Fienaroli, 28
00153 Roma – Trastevere
http://www.bibli.it/
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Find out more about the exhibition on our Smile webpage.
DECISION TO HOLD MEETING IN ROME
To achieve the dissemination, communication and outreach goals expected in such a contract with the European Commission, the partners in ESTOOLS have since the start of the project in 2006 invested much energy to spread widely the understanding of the purposes, nature, methods and results of the work in the project. The decision to hold consortium meetings and open scientific symposia in a different European country each year and to mingle with local scientists, public and the media is an important component of our public-facing efforts. In 2007 and then 2008 the consortium decided to move its "centre of gravity" to the east by holding its meetings in Brno and then in Budapest. These meetings attracted participants from states that were not in the EU before 2004 e.g. Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. Further working to meet the aim of our first two years of "Advancing the frontiers of human embryonic stem cell knowledge", ESTOOLS sent its photo-exhibition Smile of a Stem Cell in 2008 to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia and to two Bulgarian cities. In 2009 ESTOOLS meets in Rome to maximise the opportunity for the public and scientists and also for other stakeholders to engage with the consortium. In this penultimate year of the project, the ESTOOLS open symposium will have additional focus on communication, with several prominent experts to be invited, and the location in Rome will help achieve the ESTOOLS goal for 2009 of Dissolving the boundaries of stem cell knowledge.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Peter ANDREWS, Elena CATTANEO, Petr DVORAK, Goran HERMEREN, Austin SMITH, Mario STEFANINI, Giuseppe TESTA
EVENT ORGANISATION
Elena CATTANEO, Sebastien DUPRAT, Katia HERVY, Gianfranco MUNIZZA, Andrew SMITH, Beata SURMACZ, Peri SYKES
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