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INVITATION TO PRESS. PREPARATORY MEETING ON THE WORLD CONGRESS FOR FREEDOM OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
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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) and Maurizio Turco (former MEP, Luca Coscioni Association);
several international scientists like 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), Paolo Carinci (Professor of Medecine, University of Bologna, Italy), Vlad Brumfeld (Senior Associate Scientist, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), Valentina Sellaroli (International Activities, Center of Research, University of Pavia, Italy), Roberto Defez (National Council for Research, Italy), Demetrio NERI (National Council on Bioethics, Italy), Vittorio SGARAMELLA (Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Calabria, Italy), Jo Vanhemelrijck (Secretary General, European Association for BioIndustries), Aaron Fait (biologist and writer, Israel) and Mylène Botbol-Baum (Bio-Medical Ethics Unit – EBIM, Belgium);
key representatives of the European Commission, like Jean Michel Baer (Director of the Science and Society Unit, DG Research), Véronique De Graef (Policy Officer at the Scientific Advice and Governance Unit, DG Research), along with 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), Ana Pedrosa (Office of the Minister of Health, Portugal), as well as the representatives of the National scientific academies of Lithuania, Turkey and United Kingdom.
The following participants will also attend: Dirk Carrez (Public Policy Director at EuropaBio - European Association for BioIndustries), Josep M. Esquirol (Professor of Philosophy, University of Barcelona, Spain), Fabrizio Starace (Director, Consultation Psychiatry and Behavioral Epidemiology Service at Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy), Jose A. Valverde (“Vocal Asesor de la Consejera de Salud”, Andalusia) and Miguel Lorente (member of the National Commission for Human Assisted Reproduction, Spain).
For further info and press credits, please contact the Luca Coscioni Association for Freedom of Scientific Research, Ms. Carmen Sorrentino, phone + 39 06 689 79 286, e-mail: info@associazionecoscioni.org
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) and Maurizio Turco (former MEP, Luca Coscioni Association);
several international scientists like 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), Paolo Carinci (Professor of Medecine, University of Bologna, Italy), Vlad Brumfeld (Senior Associate Scientist, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel), Valentina Sellaroli (International Activities, Center of Research, University of Pavia, Italy), Roberto Defez (National Council for Research, Italy), Demetrio NERI (National Council on Bioethics, Italy), Vittorio SGARAMELLA (Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Calabria, Italy), Jo Vanhemelrijck (Secretary General, European Association for BioIndustries), Aaron Fait (biologist and writer, Israel) and Mylène Botbol-Baum (Bio-Medical Ethics Unit – EBIM, Belgium);
key representatives of the European Commission, like Jean Michel Baer (Director of the Science and Society Unit, DG Research), Véronique De Graef (Policy Officer at the Scientific Advice and Governance Unit, DG Research), along with 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), Ana Pedrosa (Office of the Minister of Health, Portugal), as well as the representatives of the National scientific academies of Lithuania, Turkey and United Kingdom.
The following participants will also attend: Dirk Carrez (Public Policy Director at EuropaBio - European Association for BioIndustries), Josep M. Esquirol (Professor of Philosophy, University of Barcelona, Spain), Fabrizio Starace (Director, Consultation Psychiatry and Behavioral Epidemiology Service at Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy), Jose A. Valverde (“Vocal Asesor de la Consejera de Salud”, Andalusia) and Miguel Lorente (member of the National Commission for Human Assisted Reproduction, Spain).
For further info and press credits, please contact the Luca Coscioni Association for Freedom of Scientific Research, Ms. Carmen Sorrentino, phone + 39 06 689 79 286, e-mail: info@associazionecoscioni.org
