University of Pennsylvania
Henry Jordan Medical Education Center
5th Floor Lobby
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA
Wednesday, May 27
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. Reflections in Memory of John D. Arras
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
Thomas H. Murray, Ph.D.
President Emeritus
The Hastings Center
Commission Member Reflections
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. Session 1: Connecting Democratic Deliberation Theory to Practice
James S. Fishkin, Ph.D.
Janet M. Peck Professor of International Communication
Director, Center for Deliberative Democracy
Stanford University
Scott Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Department of Bioethics
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Session 2: Democratic Deliberation in Bioethics
F. Daniel Davis
Director of Bioethics
Geisinger Health System
Jason L. Schwartz, Ph.D., M. Bioethics
Harold T. Shapiro Fellow in Bioethics
University Center for Human Values
Princeton University
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. Session 3: Goals of and Approaches to Bioethics Education
Steven Joffe, M.D., M.P.H.
Emanuel and Robert Hart Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Vice Chair for Medical Ethics
Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Margaret Little, B.Phil., Ph.D.
Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Associate Professor, Philosophy Department
Georgetown University
Connie Ulrich, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Associate Professor of Bioethics and Nursing
Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences
Secondary Appointment, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Associate Director, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health
University of Pennsylvania Schools of Nursing and Medicine
2:45 – 4:15 p.m. Session 4: Roundtable Discussion
4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Concluding Remarks
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
James Wagner, Ph.D.
