Genetics and Society: Impact of New Technologies on Law, Medicine and Policy

This conference, Genetics and Society: Impact of New Technologies on Law, Medicine, and Policy, will bring together more than 800 physicians, lawyers, ethicists, scientists, clergy, students, consumers, and consumer advocates to explore the opportunities and challenges emerging from today's research. The conference, organized by the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, in association with the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics (ASLME), will take place on May 10, 11, and 12, 2000. Participants will leave the conference with a clear perspective on how current advances in biology will affect their own fields, extensive background materials, continuing education credits (in medicine and law), and new insights into the impact of the genetics revolution on society as a whole. The conference organizers will disseminate the results of the conference through a specially prepared CD-ROM; through a special issue of ASLME's Journal of Law, Medicine &Ethics; and through articles submitted to leading medical and scientific journals.