Smilow Center for Translational Research
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Civic Center Boulevard Building 421 Philadelphia, PA 19104
Monday, August 19
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
Commission Chair
James Wagner, Ph.D.
Commission Vice-Chair
9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Session 1: Defining Incidental Findings and a Proposed Ethical Framework
Erik Parens, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scholar
The Hastings Center
Henry S. Richardson, J.D., M.P.P., Ph.D.
Professor, Senior Research Scholar
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Georgetown University
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Session 2: Member Discussion
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Session 3: Member Discussion
2:00 – 2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. Session 4: Member Discussion
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Session 5: Member Discussion
4:45 – 5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
James Wagner, Ph.D.
Tuesday, August 20
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
James Wagner, Ph.D.
9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Session 6: Ethical Issues Associated with the BRAIN Initiative and Ongoing Work in Neuroscience
David Chalmers, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy and Co-director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness
New York University
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Consciousness
Australian National University
Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Neurologic Disease and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
John C. Wingfield, Ph.D.
Assistant Director for the Directorate for Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation
William D. Casebeer, Ph.D. (U.S.A.F., Retired)
Program Manager
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Session 7: Foundational Ethics—Models for Integrating Ethics and Science
Deborah G. Johnson, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A.
Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Department of Engineering and Society
School of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Virginia
Thomas H. Murray, Ph.D.
President Emeritus
The Hastings Center
Anjan Chatterjee, M.D., F.A.A.N.
Professor of Neurology
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Center for Functional Neuroimaging
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Session 8: Roundtable Discussion
12:45 – 1:00 p.m. Concluding Remarks
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
James Wagner, Ph.D.
