Events
The list below includes events organised by the SCI office and those by other organisations, which may be of interest to SC science and social science researchers.
If you have an event that you wish to advertise on this page then please contact Stephanie Hazel-Gant
7-8 May 2009
BEYOND PATTISON: Challenges for Stem Cell Translation & Policy
This will be the final international conference of the Stem Cell Initiative, run in conjunction with REMEDiE, an FP7 project.
General details about the meeting are available here - html
NEW * * Full conference programme, presentations and photos here - html * *
6-8 April 2009
UKNSCN Second Annual Science Meeting, Oxford
Details of the confirmed programme can now be found here - pdf. Further details for registration are available on the website www.uknscn.org/meetings/meetings09.html
12 March 2009
ESRC Festival of Social Science in March: A workshop to examine the policymaking process leading to the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill
One Great George St in London
Details to be confirmed, in the mean time please email christine.knight@ed.ac.uk for further details
17 December 2008
Stem Cells Dialogue project launch
Godfrey Mitchell Theatre, One Great George Street, Westminster
Andrew Webster, SCI Co-ordinator and member of the project's Oversight Group, will be giving a presentation at this BBSRC / MRC meeting to discuss the final report and findings from the project.
The project was the largest ever public and stakeholder dialogue on stem cells in the UK, run by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB). The findings from this study provide an understanding of people’s views, aspirations and concerns and will feed into future strategic policy decisions and communications activities.
16 December 2008
A Workshop on Trans-disciplinary Research
Details have yet to be finalised but the aim is to bring together bioscientists, clinicians and social scientists who have been collaborating on an SCI project/Fellowship or linked to it to as key sources of expertise (perhaps as members of an advisory group) to explore the experience of researching stem cells from very different paradigmatic positions and expectations about the purposes and outcome of the work.
The meeting will focus on a few key themes:
Working across different research agendas: how are research objectives and key questions worked out in practice?
Handling and managing data across transdisciplinary project teams
Dissemination to non-social science audiences
Trials and tribulations: lessons learned
Futher details will follow shortly.
15 December 2008
The Social Regulation of Stem Cell Research: Looking beyond regulatory exteriors in Asia International Conference
University of Sussex, Brighton
This event has been organised by Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner, Seyoung Hwang and Achim Rosemann Department of Anthropology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Margaret is currently funded by the SCI on a translational fellowship. Further details about her work can be found here - html, while a draft programme for the event can bee seen here - pdf
25 November 2008
UKNSCN/Charities Stem Cell Clinical Trails Workshop,
London
The workshop is a collaboration between UKNSCN and several of the UK's disease-based charities and is aimed at appraising the current progress with clinical trials using stem cells in a range of diseases/conditions, and improving understanding of the hurdles which are slowing the progress of stem cell research towards early-stage trials. The day will conclude with a drinks reception.
13 October 2008
HFEA Annual Conference 2008 - Delivering the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in Practice
Royal College of Surgeons, London
To register - The conference is free, but places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If you would like to attend, please register your interest by email to annualconference@hfea.gov.uk no later than Wednesday 1st October. Confirmation of attendance will be sent by email closer to the date along with a delegate pack.
23 September 2008
Automating Stem Cell Bioscience
This workshop was held for a specially invited audience consisting of bio-scientists, clinicians, sociologists, policy makers and industrialists. A report on the workshop will be posted here soon. In the mean time, Andrew Webster, SCI co-ordinator's introductory slides can be seen here - pdf.
11 July 2008
7th Annual International Symposium Human Embryonic Stem Cells –Progress Towards Cell Therapy
University of Sheffield, Auditorium, Students Union
10 July 2008
The Future of Biological Control: the legacy of Anne McLaren in law, ethics and policy in reproductive biomedicine
Wellcome Collection Conference Centre Euston Road, London
12 June 2008
Regenerative Bodies Seminar Series, No. 4: Commercialisation and the Market for Tissue Engineered and Stem Cell Technologies.
Forth in the series run by Julie Kent based on her current fellowship work. Further details here - pdf
16 May 2008
Governing stem cell science: bioethics and the reconciliation of cultural difference
Kings College London
Organised by Brian Salter and chaired by Andrew Webster
Details will become available here www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/cbas/news/
16 April 2008
Stem Cell Research: Share Your Views About The Future
6.00-9.15pm Quincentenary Hall Surgeons' Hall Complex Edinburgh EH8 9DW
Come and discuss your views on the different sources of stem cells used in research and let your voice be heard
A workshop organised by Sarah Parry's group. Further information can be seen here - html and poster here - pdf
9 April 2008
Regenerative Bodies Seminar Series, No. 3: Regulation and Governance of Emerging Tissue and Cell based Technologies.
Third in the series run by Julie Kent based on her current fellowship work. Further details here - pdf
29 February 2008
PFGS Regional Meeting/ESRC Seminar Series: 'Doing Lab Ethnography"
University of York
Further details here - pdf
31 January - 2 February 2008
FISH-ESC 2008, the First International Symposium on Human Embryonic Stem Cell research
Further details here - html
23 January 2008
Regenerative Bodies Seminar Series, No. 2: From Bench to Clinic: embryology and the new biosciences.
Second in the series run by Julie Kent based on her current fellowship work. Further details here - pdf
www.uwe.ac.uk/hlss/research/regenbodies/seminar2.shtml
29 November 2007
Seminar: Geographies of promissory economy - locating tensions and strains in the bio-economies of stem cell innovation
University of Edinburgh
Speakers: Dr Nik Brown, and Dr Paul Martin
Abstract:
This paper elaborates on future-oriented expectations as organising features of contemporary stem cell innovation, locating the promise and potential of stem cell economies in different geographies, places, times, locations and regimes. It explores how various borders and boundaries have been formed around expectations of stem cell innovation, and how these serve to temporally and spatially define networks of innovation. The paper reports on findings from a recently completed ESRC research project looking at the complex relationships and tensions between clinical and commercial science, between public and private sector economies, and between professional and consumer encounters with stem cell markets. The project elaborates these tensions through a particularly contested and highly volatile biosocial entity, the haematopoietic stem cell
27 November 2007
Symposium on The UK Transpecies Embryo Debate
ESRC Genomics Forum, University of Edinburgh
Presentations by Nik Brown, Sarah Parry and Wendy Faulkner. For futher details see here - pdf
23 November 2007
Genomics Forum Capacity Building Workshop: Law and Ethical Regulation of Stem Cells
Programme now available here - pdf
1 November 2007
REPRODUCING REGULATION: NEW LAWS FOR FERTILITY TREATMENT AND EMBRYO RESEARCH – WILL WE GET IT RIGHT?
Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford St, London WC1N 1EH
A conference organised by the Progress Educational Trust (PET)
Bookings and enquiries: Call 020 7278 7870, email admin@progress.org.uk
29 October 2007
Future development of haematopoietic stem cell (HSC) science and technology
Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, London. Monday 29 October 2007.
The workshop will focus on the current development and future expectations about how research in haematopoietic stem cells will be translated into commercial products and clinical applications.
Contact Richard Tutton for further information. See Paul Martin's project group page for further information about the project.
11 October 2007
Regenerative Bodies Seminar Series, No. 1: Tissue Collection and Tissue Donation
First in the series run by Julie Kent based on her current fellowship work. Further details here - pdf
P O S T P O N E D until the new year.
4 October 2007
Innovation Cafe: Stem Cell Futures
This is a new type of workshop taylor-made of industrialists to provide them with the most up to date research from social science and an opportunity to secure information on the social, political, economic and cultural factors affecting scientific research and technological innovation today.
Further information here - html
14 September 2007
(CBAS) Workshop on: Selling Science? Academy-Industry Interactions in Stem Cell Research
Room 6.13 James Clark Maxwell Building (Waterloo Campus), King’s College London Centre for Biomedicine & Society
Further information here - pdf and Steve Wainwright's fellowship page
28-31 August 2007
'Moral economies of science' session
Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference , Kensington Gore, London
Call for papers for session on History & Philosophy of Geography Group organised by Steven Wainwright, SCI Research Fellow. Please visit his web page for further information - here.
25-29 July 2007
International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) Conference, EGENIS, Exeter
16 - 18 July 2007
STEM CELL MANCHESTER
University of Manchester
The Conference will present and discuss the latest in adult and embryonic stem cell basic research and clinical and commercial developments, and will include key international speakers. www.stemcellmanchester.co.uk
14 May 2007
Stem cell identities, governance and ethics: implications for social and political theory
One Day Workshop, University of Nottingham
Speakers include Paul Martin and Nik Brown; SCI project.
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/sci/events/stemcellidentitiesNottsMay07.pdf
3 May 2007
Genomic Forum Seminar: The Science and Sociology of Stem Cells
University of Edinburgh
This event is funded out of the ESRC Stem Cell Capacity Building and Awareness Raising part of the SCI.
Speakers so far confirmed at Prof Steven Wainwright, Dr Lena Eriksson and stem cell scientist Dr Brian Hendrich
The focus will be on cross-disciplinary discussion and capacity building dialogue.
Together with stem cell scientists from Edinburgh we invite participants to explore the nature of stem cell science. Questions will include for instance
- is stem cell science really revolutionary?
- what are the different cultures of stem cell science, e.g. basic science and cinical science? What does this mean for the translation from bench to bedside?
- in what ways is stem cell science embedded in, and grows out of, particular social contexts?
- what are the assumptions stem cell scientists bring to their work? how do these shape their work?
Further details will follow soon. I would appreciate if you can indicate whether you are interested in participating in this event by emailing to almut.caspary@ed.ac.uk
19-20 April 2007
Workshop 3: Ethical Aspects of Stem Cell Research in Europe, Berlin
The event has been co-organised by the partners (Peter Andrews) to one of the SCI projects
http://www.eurostemcell.org/Ethics/ethics_wrkshp2007.htm
12-14 April 2007
BSA Annual Conference 2007: Social Connections: Identities, Technologies, Relationships
University of East London
A special stream on Stem Cells has been organised. Presentations and posters from many of the SCI investments will be on offer on each day of the conference.
http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/Conference.htm
THURSDAY 15:30 - 17:00 EB.1.62 ESRC Stem Cells 1
Webster, A. Social science and stem cells research: key aspects and implications of the ESRC's programme
Kent, J., Pfeffer, N. Death, Life and Immortality: The dead fetus as boundary object
FRIDAY 11:30 - 13:30 EB.1.62 ESRC Stem Cell 2
Wainwright, S.P. Williams, C. Michael, M. Shifting paradigms? Bourdieu, the sociology of expectations and the pharmaceuticalisation of human embryonic stem cell research
Martin, P., Brown, N., Kraft, A. Haematopoietic stem cells: the dynamics of expectations in innovation
Salter, B., Dickins, A., Cooper, M. Global politics of human embryonic stem cell science: the Asia-Pacific perspective
FRIDAY 15:30 – 17:00 EB.1.62 ESRC Stem Cell 3
Scully, J.L., Haimes, E., Porz, R.,.Dowdle, S., Potential donors’ views on donating ‘spare’ embryos to stem cell research
Brown, N., Martin, P. The privatised consumption of bioscience - commercial stem cell banking
Parry, S., Cunningham-Burley, S., Faulkner, W., Bates, S. Public engagement in science, technology and medicine: ambivalent roles and boundary objects
SATURDAY 9:00 – 11:00 EB.1.62 ESRC Stem Cell 4
Eriksson, L., Webster, A. Quality assured science: the role of standards in stem cell research
Stephens, N., Atkinson, P., Glasner, P. Embodiment, Space and Representation in the UK Stem Cell Bank
POSTERS
Webster, A., Hazel-Gant, S. The Social Science Stem Cell Initiative
Caspary, A., Yearly, S. The Genomics Forum
26-28 March 2007
CESAGen 4th International Conference: Genomics and Society - Retrospects and Prospects, The Royal Society in London.
This event will be run in collaboration with the Dutch Centre for Society and Genomics (CSG). Further information and a call for papers will be available shortly on the CESAGen website.
Contact Anne Wilbourn for further information.
21 March 2007
Tissue Engineering in Europe: Products, Processes and Public Participation
London School of Economics and Political Science. Run by Sarah Franklin, BIOS. Further info here - pdf
15 March 2007
The social and clinical implications of Stem Cell Research: What's possible, what's likely?
A public event run in conjunction with Social Science Week, Yorkshire Forward and Science City York.
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/sci/events/stemcellsocsciweek.pdf
6 March 2007
Stem Cell Science, Emerging Economies and Globalisation: Legal, policy and regulatory perspectives in China and India
More information here - pdf. Organised by Brian Salter et al. Project page here - htm
21 February 2007
The Assessment of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Technologies in Australia
Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1RQ
Further details: www.globalwatchservice.com/pages/ThreeColumns.aspx?PageID=670&SeminarID=1993
Brian Salter will be presenting on behalf of Cathy Waldby. Project page here - htm
25-27 January 2007
Third EGENIS Conference: Governing Genomics - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Regulation of the Biosciences
www.centres.ex.ac.uk/egenis/events/governinggenomics/index.htm
22-25 January 2007
EGENIS training workshop on international stem cell regulation
NEW Programme now available here - doc
For further information contact c.hauskeller@exeter.ac.uk
24-25 November 2006
EGENIS Critical Social Science Workshop
Organized by Les Levidow, Helen Wallace and Christine Hauskeller
www.centres.ex.ac.uk/egenis/events/criticalsocialscience/index.htm
23 November 2006
Share Your Views about Women Donating Eggs for Stem Cell Research: a Public Debate
Venue: Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on 23rd November 7.15pm to 8.45pm (starting with refreshments at 6.30pm)
This public event involves a panel of people responding to comments and questions from the audience on particular aspects of donating eggs for stem cell research. You are invited to pose your own question or comment to the panel for their comment or to simply come along and listen to this event.
Poster here - pdf, Background Info here - pdf, Ticket Application Form here - pdf
REPORT NOW AVAILALBE HERE - pdf
26-27 October 2006
Clinical Workshop on Neural Stem Cell Therapies Maritim Hotel, Bonn - Königswinter
Registration deadline for this meeting is Tues 1 August. Full details, programme and registration forms can be found online at: www.eurostemcell.org/News/clinical_workshop_bonn.htm
25 October 2006
Health, Technology & Society Book Series Launch
Official launch of the books produced as a result of the Innovative Health Technologies Programme. To take place at the Royal Society, London. Attendance is free but spaces are limited. Contact Stephanie Hazel-Gant to reserve your place.
For further information go to www.york.ac.uk/res/iht/hts.htm
16 October 2006
Ethics, regulation, and the development of stem cell therapy?
An invited multidisciplinary workshop to be held at King's College London. Organised by Clare Williams project team.
Further information etc contact steven.wainwright@kcl.ac.uk
19 September 2006
Shaping expectations: linking the lab and the clinic through stem cell therapy?
An invited multidisciplinary workshop to be held at King's College London. Organised by Clare Williams project team.
Further information etc contact steven.wainwright@kcl.ac.uk
8-10 September 2006
International Conference - Advances in Stem Cell Research, Lausanne, Switzerland
Programme highlights include sessions on embryonic and tissue stem cells, molecular regulation of stem cell fates, stem cells in development and degenerative diseases, as well as plenary lectures from Chris Potten, Shin-Ichi Nishikawa, Janet Rossant and Jonas Frisén.
Full programme & registration details can be found online at www.eurostemcell.org/News/Lausanne_2006.htm
5-6 September 2006
Innogen Annual Conference 2006: Genomics for Development? The Life Sciences and Poverty Reduction
Further information etc www.innogen.ac.uk/events/annual-conference
25-26 July 2006
BBSRC Third Cross Council Stem Cell Initiative Grantholders' Workshop
The aim of the workshop is to provide a networking opportunity for grant holders from different disciplines, and to present the progress of research on projects being undertaken under the initiative. To be held at the Brittania Country House Hotel, Manchester.
Further information etc contact Miss Michelle Dyer bbsrc.csu@bbsrc.ac.uk
29 June-1 July 2006
4th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research
To be held in Toronto, Canada
Further information etc go to www.isscr.org/meetings/
23 June 2006
Workshop on Stem Cells
To be held at the Santa Chiara College, Via Valdimontone, Siena, Italy
For further information go to www.unisi.it/eventi/stem/
20 June 2006
Cross Council Media Training for Stem Cell Researchers
To be held in London, the day has been set up to give delegates a grounding in media skills and will include sessions on how the media works, writing for general audiences, advice on radio and television audiences. It should also be a good opportunity to network with other stem cell researchers.
Places are limited. For more information or to register visit: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/support/communicate/training/specialist_training.html#stem
Further information etc contact Alexandra.Saxon@esrc.ac.uk
13 June 2006
London Regnerative Medicine Network June Meeting
Paul Martin, one of our SCI project leaders, will be giving a presentation at this meeting on the 'The commercial development of regenerative medicine'
Further information can be found at www.regenmednetwork.com
19-20 April 2006
Stem Cells: From Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine to Policy
This international symposium covering basic and translational stem cell research, as well as issues of regulation and policy has been organised by the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and the University of East Anglia with the support of the East of England Stem Cell Network. The East of England Stem Cell Network is hosted by the Cambridge Genetics Knowledge Park.
Further information etc go to www.eescn.org.uk/symposium/index.htm
Report here
April-End of May 2006
Establishment of UK Stem Cell Cooperative - Online Consultation
On behalf of the UK Research Councils, the Department of Health, the Office of Science and Innovation, and the Department of Trade and Industry, BBSRC has launched an online consultation in response to Recommendation 10 of the UK Stem Cell Initiative Report (Pattison Report).
This recommendation is to establish a UK National Stem Cell Cooperative to maximize the cross-fertilization between those involved in the sub-disciplines of stem cell research. The BBSRC are therefore seeking the views of all UK stem cell researchers about how the Cooperative should be established and run, and the types of activities it should undertake. Full details of the consultation are available on the BBSRC website at the URL below and you are encouraged to provide input to the dedicated E-mail address provided. The consultation will be open until the end of May.
Further information etc go to www.bbsrc.ac.uk/society/consult/ukstemcells/Welcome.html