Hyatt Regency Crystal City at
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
(703) 418-1234
| 9:00 a.m. | Session
1: Biotechnology and Public Policy: Council’s
Report to the President
Release of Reproduction & Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies |
| 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:30 am | Session
2: Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior I: Brain Development in Children Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 pm | Session
3: Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior II: Jerome Kagan, Ph.D., Daniel and Amy Starch Research Professor of Psychology, Harvard University Elizabeth S. Spelke, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Harvard University |
| 4:00 pm | Break |
| 4:15 pm | Session
4: Neuroscience, Brain, and Behavior III: Council
Discussion |
| 5:15 pm | Adjournment |
| 8:30 am | Session
5: Bioethical Issues of Aging I: |
| 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:15 am | Session
6: Bioethical Issues of Aging II: The Wisdom of
Advance Directives
Council Discussion led by Rebecca Dresser |
| 11:30 am | Session 7: Public Comments |
| 12:30 pm | Adjournment |