Towards ABC8 / BBRT2

Abstract

"From 19-23 March 2007 in Bangkok around 150 regional ethics experts will convene for the Eighth Asian Bioethics Conference (ABC8) concurrent with the Second UNESCO Bangkok Bioethics Roundtable (BBRT2). The regional conference follows on from a regular series of UNESCO Bioethics Roundtables that have been conducted around Asia and the Pacific over the past two years. Networking partners in the development of ethics in the region passed a critical phase with the recent establishment of UNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics to bring together many active institutions and individuals who are collaborating with the Regional Unit in Social and Human Sciences for Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP) of UNESCO Bangkok, to meet needs and priorities of the region for bioethics research. Currently the school includes around 20 partner institutions and 70 individuals who are involved in collaborative research and activities (website: http://www.unescobkk.org/ index.php?id=asia-pacific_school_of_ethics)."