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19th MEETING
NATIONAL BIOETHICS ADVISORY COMMISSION

February 5-6, 1998

Omni Los Angeles Hotel & Centre
930 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.
Telephone: (213) 688-7777

AGENDA

DAY ONE - February 5, 1998

(The Los Angeles Room)

1:30 pm

Welcome, Overview of Agenda
Harold T. Shapiro, Ph.D.

1:35 pm

Executive Director's Report

1:45 pm

Future Commission Research Activities
Eric J. Cassell, M.D., and Commissioners

2:15 pm

Capacity Assessment Instruments
Elyn Saks, J.D., University of Southern California, and Commissioners

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Public Testimony

3:30 pm

Processes in Changing Regulations
Rachel Levinson

3:50 pm

Federal Oversight of Research Involving Human Subjects
R. Alta Charo, J.D. and Commissioners

4:10 pm

NBAC Staff Analysis of Published Research on Decisionally Impaired Subjects
Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D.

4:15 pm

Tissue Samples Report: Analysis of Professional Society Requirements
Eric M. Meslin, Ph.D.

4:50 pm

Next Steps
Harold T. Shapiro, Ph.D.

5:00 pm

Adjournment

(Please Note: The Commission Meeting Continues on Day 2, February 6, 1998 in The Wilshire Room)

DAY TWO - February 6, 1998

(The Wilshire Room)

8:00 am

Welcome
Harold T. Shapiro, Ph.D.

8:05 am

Report on Research Involving Persons with Questionable Decisionmaking Capacity
James Childress, Ph.D., Jonathan Moreno, Ph.D., and Commissioners

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Discussion on Report on Research Involving Persons with Questionable Decisionmaking Capacity Continuation

12 Noon

Public Testimony

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Tissue Samples Report
Thomas Murray, Ph.D., Kathi Hanna, Ph.D., and Commissioners

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Discussion on Tissue Samples Report Continuation

5:15 pm

Next Steps
Harold T. Shapiro, Ph.D.

5:30 pm

Adjournment

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