5th Annual TIP Group Conference 2004Dual Controversies of the Double Helix
This year's student-run conference entitled, "Dual Controversies of the Double Helix: Challenges of Regulating the Information and Property Aspects of Genetic Technology", will be the fifth annual TIP Conference at the law school. The daylong conference will be a forum for lawyers, government, industry and academics to discuss the unique legal as well as social and ethical problems posed by genetic technology.
Looking at the regulatory challenges posed by DNA as property and as information, the conference will be divided into two sessions and will include such topics as commercialization of DNA, the status of tissue samples, gene patents and accessibility, balancing access and privacy in different contexts, predictive genetic testing and reproductive technologies.
Conference Agenda (current as of February 5, 2004)
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Time |
Event |
Speaker |
| 9:30 - 9:45 |
Welcoming Remarks |
Junyi Chen & Carmela DeLuca
Conference Co-Chairs
Dean Brian Langille
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto |
| 9:45 - 10:45 |
Keynote Address:
Reaching Through the Genome
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Professor Rebecca Eisenberg
University of Michigan Law School
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| 10:45 - 12:00 |
Panel Discussion:
Regulating the Property Aspect of Genetic Technology
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Professor Jonathan Putnam
(Moderator)
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Professor Bita Amani
Faculty of Law, Queen's University
Topic: Origins of the Patented Species: Of Mice, Men & Sincerity of "Invention"
Professor Remigius Nwabueze
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Topic: Health Biotechnology, Patents and Access to Essential Medicines in
Developing Countries
Professor Alex Wellington
Department of Philosophy, Ryerson University
Topic: Genetic Patents: Policy Options Within and Without the Patent System |
| 12:00 - 1:15 |
Lunch (provided)
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| 12:30 - 1:00 |
Lunchtime Seminars
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Anita Nador
Bereskin & Parr
Topic: Stem Cell Patents: The Technology and Related Regulatory Issues
Sally Hemming
Smart & Biggar
Topic: From DNA to Cells to Mice: Crafting Claims Directed to Patentable Subject Matter |
| 1:15 - 1:20 |
Introduction for Second Keynote Speaker |
Sooin Kim
Centre for Innovation Law and Policy
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| 1:20 - 2:20 |
Keynote Address:
The Perils of Genetic Prophecy: Protecting Privacy, Property and Equality
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Professor George Annas
Health Law Department, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health |
| 2:20 - 2:25 |
Introduction for Third Keynote Speaker |
Chandimal Nicholas
President, UofT Technology and Intellectual Property Group
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| 2:25 - 3:25 |
Keynote Address:
DNA Databanks and Legal Dilemmas
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Professor Timothy Caulfield
Health Law Institute, University of Alberta
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| 3:25 - 3:35 |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:35 - 4:35 |
Panel Discussion:
Regulating the Information Aspect of Genetic Technology
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Professor Colleen Flood
(Moderator)
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Patricia Kosseim
Acting Director, Ethics Office
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Topic: Regulatory Approaches to Protecting Genetic Information
Professor Lisa Austin
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Topic: DNA, information technology and the
question of anonymity |
| 4:35 - 4:45 |
Closing Remarks
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Junyi Chen & Carmela Deluca
Conference Co-Chairs
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| 4:45 - 7:00 |
Reception in the Rowell Room
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Registration Information
Tickets are $50.00 -- but this event is FREE for anyone who is associated with a
sponsoring firm or who is a student (this includes undergraduate, graduate
students and articling students from all faculties and all universities).
Registration may be done via email. Send an email to tip.conference@utoronto.ca
indicating your full name and institution. If you are attending only part of the
day, please indicate which sessions, if possible.
Cheques should be made payable to the "Technology and Intellectual Property
Group" and sent to:
Technology & Intellectual Property Group
c/o Bijon Roy
Faculty of Law
University of Toronto
78 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON
M5C 2C5
If you are unable to pay in advance, you may also pay on the day of the
conference at the registration desk.
Please contact us at tip.conference@utoronto.ca if you have any other questions.
Conference Sponsors
Conference Poster
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