February 15-16, 2007
Meeting Agenda

Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel
1001 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone 202-682-0111

9:00 am	Session 1: On the Body and Transplantation: Philosophical and Legal Context Staff Discussion Paper – Setting the Stage for Council Consideration and Possible Action on Policy Options and Proposals
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am	Session 2: The Ethics of Organ Allocation: Policy Questions Concerning Geography, Age, and Net Benefit Staff Discussion Paper – Policy Options for Council Consideration and Possible Action
12:00 pm	Lunch break
2:00 pm	Session 3: Caring for Living Donors and Transplant Recipients: Five Policy Proposals Staff Discussion Paper – Policy Proposals for Council Consideration and Possible Action
3:15 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Session 4: Increasing the Supply of Human Organs: Three Policy Proposals Staff Discussion Paper – Policy Proposals for Council Consideration and Possible Action
5:30 pm	Adjournment

8:30 am	Session 5: The Genomic “Revolution” and the Practice of Medicine Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Director, National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Session 6: Human Dignity and Bioethics – A Preview of Council's Upcoming Dignity Volume A Council Discussion of Gilbert Meilaender's "Human Dignity: Exploring and Explicating the Council's Vision," and Daniel C. Dennett's "How to Protect Human Dignity from Science"
11:45 am	Session 7: Public Comments
12:00 pm	Adjournment