The Age of Bio(in)security: Science, Citizens, and the Future
Presentation by Dr. Andrew Light

The Appignani Bioethics Center and the American Humanist Association held a press conference and panel discussion examining controversies in biomedical and environmental science and policy, including stem cell research, brain and cognition, and climate change technologies.

Two distinguished speakers lead the discussion:

Jonathan Moreno, Ph.D., senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, David and Lyn Silfen University professor of ethics, professor of medical ethics and of history and sociology of science at the University of Pennsylvania, and formerly a member of President Barack Obama's transition team for the Department of Health and Human Services
and
Andrew Light, Ph.D., senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and director of the Center for Global Ethics at George Mason University.

Ana Lita, Ph.D., director of the Appignani Bioethics Center at the United Nations in New York City, moderated. (less info)