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"FORUM ON FREEDOM OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE EUROPEAN UNION”
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Brussels, 8 November 2005 - Preparatory meeting on the World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research - ALDE Group, Bonino, Pannella and the Luca Coscioni Association promote a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels with MEPs, Scientists and Ministers from Europe, USA, Israel, India and Turkey.
While at the European Parliament a campaign to block EC funding to scientific research on embryonic stem cells has been launched, the ALDE (Alliance of Democrats and Liberals for Europe) Group at the European Parliament, at the initiative of Marco PANNELLA and Antoine DUQUESNE, in collaboration with the Luca Coscioni Association for freedom of scientific research, has organized the first "Conference on Freedom of Scientific Research in the European Union - Preparatory meeting for the Rome World Congress" and invites journalists at the event taking place next November 9 and 10, 2005 at the European Parliament in Brussels.
The following issues will be discussed: Science, society and politics; Science, ethics and the ethics of scientific research; Science, religion and politics; Science, technology and economy.
Among others, the following Members of the European Parliament will attend and take part to the debate: Graham WATSON (President of ALDE Group), Antoine DUQUESNE, Emma BONINO (former EC Commissioner), Marco PANNELLA, Pia LOCATELLI, Frédérique RIES, Robert GOEBBELS, Pasqualina NAPOLETANO, Gianni PITTELLA, along with Marco CAPPATO (former MEP, Executive Director of the Luca Coscioni Association for Freedom of Scientific Research); several international scientists like Demetrio NERI (National Council on Bioethics, Italy), Vittorio SGARAMELLA (Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Calabria, Italy), Bernat SORIA (Director of the Institute of Bioengineering, Alicante, Spain), Darwin PROCKOP (Director of Tulane's Gene Therapy Center, New Orleans, USA), Krishna GARG (Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, India), Antonino FORABOSCO (Professor of Genetics, University of Modena, Italy); key representatives of the European Commission, along with Marc Verwilghen, Belgian Minister of Science and Economy, Philippe BUSQUIN (Former European Commissioner for Research) not to mention Michal KLEIBER (Minister of Science of the Polish outgoing Government), Maria Jésus MONTERO (Health Regional Minister of Andalusia) as well as the representatives of the National scientific academies of Lithuania, Turkey and United Kingdom.
While at the European Parliament a campaign to block EC funding to scientific research on embryonic stem cells has been launched, the ALDE (Alliance of Democrats and Liberals for Europe) Group at the European Parliament, at the initiative of Marco PANNELLA and Antoine DUQUESNE, in collaboration with the Luca Coscioni Association for freedom of scientific research, has organized the first "Conference on Freedom of Scientific Research in the European Union - Preparatory meeting for the Rome World Congress" and invites journalists at the event taking place next November 9 and 10, 2005 at the European Parliament in Brussels.
The following issues will be discussed: Science, society and politics; Science, ethics and the ethics of scientific research; Science, religion and politics; Science, technology and economy.
Among others, the following Members of the European Parliament will attend and take part to the debate: Graham WATSON (President of ALDE Group), Antoine DUQUESNE, Emma BONINO (former EC Commissioner), Marco PANNELLA, Pia LOCATELLI, Frédérique RIES, Robert GOEBBELS, Pasqualina NAPOLETANO, Gianni PITTELLA, along with Marco CAPPATO (former MEP, Executive Director of the Luca Coscioni Association for Freedom of Scientific Research); several international scientists like Demetrio NERI (National Council on Bioethics, Italy), Vittorio SGARAMELLA (Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Calabria, Italy), Bernat SORIA (Director of the Institute of Bioengineering, Alicante, Spain), Darwin PROCKOP (Director of Tulane's Gene Therapy Center, New Orleans, USA), Krishna GARG (Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, India), Antonino FORABOSCO (Professor of Genetics, University of Modena, Italy); key representatives of the European Commission, along with Marc Verwilghen, Belgian Minister of Science and Economy, Philippe BUSQUIN (Former European Commissioner for Research) not to mention Michal KLEIBER (Minister of Science of the Polish outgoing Government), Maria Jésus MONTERO (Health Regional Minister of Andalusia) as well as the representatives of the National scientific academies of Lithuania, Turkey and United Kingdom.
