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3/11+12 Conference on Biotechnology
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Voelker)
Wed Mar 7 17:56:41 2001
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 17:52:56 -0500
From: Martin Voelker <mvoelker@tufts.edu>
To: peace-list@MIT.EDU, lsetchell@cleanwater.org
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ALL UNDERGRADS FREE!!!!!!!
REGISTER NOW!!!
On behalf of the MIT Hippocratic Society, I would like to
warmly invite you and your group to the MIT-Harvard Conference on Biotechnology
(http://www.hippocraticsociety.org), to be held March 10th and 11th at MIT's
Kresge Auditorium. The conference will feature speeches by prominent
societal and scientific leaders, panel discussions about ethics, patient
care, sessions on how biotech industries get started, and many other
forums for interaction with leaders in the field.
Please forward the e-mail release below to your group, and anyone else who
may be
interested. This will be especially exciting to people interested in
biotechnology, bioethics,
the business of biotech, pharmaceuticals, the Human Genome Project, or any
one of many
topics we will address relating to health, medicine, law, society, ethics,
and business of biotech.
Thank you very much for your time. Hope to see you there!
Nancy L. Pellerin
Publicity Director, MIT Hippocratic Society
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2001 MIT-HARVARD CONFERENCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY
Kresge Auditorium, MIT
March 10-11, 2001
Registration, Info: www.hippocraticsociety.org ALL UNDERGRADS FREE!
Meet and talk with prominent leaders in biotechnology and society!!!
Interested in Bioethics, Genetic Engineering, Healthcare, Patient Care?
We will explore these topics as they relate to the exciting field of
Biotechnology!
Expert Panels, Biotech Industry Case Studies, Research Presentations,
Featured Speeches, Keynotes, Expert Seminar Sessions,
and a Special Banquet($15) for informal interaction with the speakers
Presentations by:
Phillip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of Nature magazine
Robert Langer, Founder of numerous biotech companies, world-renowned
biotech expert
Calestous Juma, Director of Science, Technology, and Innovation Program,
CID
Jonathan King, Green Party member, vocal critic of biotechnology
Dr. Pedro Rossello-Gonzalez, Governor of Puerto Rico
James Wilson, Director of Institute for Human Gene Therapy and gene
therapy pioneer
Claudia Mickelson, Chair of the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee
Josh Boger, CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Lee Silver, author of Remaking Eden
Barry Werth, author of Billion Dollar Molecule
And more prominent leaders in the biotechnology industry, including
research scientists,
authors, venture capitalists, CEO's, politicians, and more!!!
FEES: Undergrads-FREE!!!; faculty/professional-$50; see site for more
info...
Special Discounted Rates at Marriott available, next to MIT campus and
subway station
REGISTRATION & INFORMATION: www.hippocraticsociety.org
E-mail questions to hippoc@hcs.harvard.edu
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Martin Voelker
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