Claudia Nance Rollins Building
Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
1518 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Monday, June 9
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 – 9:45 a.m. Session 1: Research and Integration Update and Application and Implications Update
9:45 – 11:00 a.m. Session 2: Neuroscience Research Across Life Stages
William D. Graf, M.D.
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology
Yale University School of Medicine
David W. Wright, M.D.
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of Emergency Neurosciences
Emory University School of Medicine
Howard Feldman, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Professor of Neurology and Executive Dean, Research
Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Rebecca Dresser, J.D.
Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law
Professor of Ethics in Medicine
Washington University, St. Louis
11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Session 3: Data Sharing and Access in Neuroscience
Giorgio A. Ascoli, Ph.D.
University Professor, Molecular Neuroscience Department
Founding Director
Center for Neural Informatics, Structures, and Plasticity
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
George Mason University
Helen Nissenbaum, Ph.D.
Professor, Media, Culture, and Communication, and Computer Science
Director, Information Law Institute
New York University
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Session 4: The Potential of Neuroscience Research
Harry Johns
President and Chief Executive Officer
Alzheimer’s Association
Sohini Chowdhury
Senior Vice President, Research Partnerships
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Gregory Simon, M.D., M.P.H.
Investigator, Group Health Research Institute
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Patrick Corrigan, Psy.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Illinois Institute of Technology
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Session 5: Roundtable Discussion
4:00 – 4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
James Wagner, Ph.D.
Tuesday, June 10
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
Commission Chair
James Wagner, Ph.D.
Commission Vice Chair
9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Session 6: Potential Implications of Advances in Neuroscience Research for Ethics and Moral Decision Making
Joshua D. Greene, Ph.D.
John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of Psychology
Director, Moral Cognition Lab
Harvard University
Alfred R. Mele, Ph.D.
William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy
Florida State University
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Session 7: Evaluating Frameworks for Ethical and Societal Issues Raised by Emerging Neurotechnologies
Herbert S. Lin, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board
National Research Council of the National Academies
Robert McGinn, Ph.D.
Professor of Management Science and Engineering
Professor of Science, Technology, and Society
Stanford University
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Session 8: Roundtable Discussion
12:00 – 12:15 p.m. Concluding Remarks
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
James Wagner, Ph.D.
