October 16-17, 2003
Meeting Agenda

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-312-1300

9:00 am	Session 1: Beyond Therapy: Council’s Report to the President Release of Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Session 2: Toward a "Richer Bioethics": Chimeras and the Boundaries of the Human
12:15 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	Session 3: Biotechnology and Public Policy: Proposed Interim Recommendations, III Discussion of Staff Working Paper: “Possible Targeted Measures to Defend the Dignity of Human Procreation”
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Session 4: Biotechnology and Public Policy: Proposed Interim Recommendations, IV Discussion of Staff Working Paper: "Possible Targeted Measures to Defend the Dignity of Human Procreation,” continued
5:15 pm	Adjournment

8:30 am	Session 5: Biotechnology and Public Policy: Proposed Interim Recommendations, V
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Session 6: Stem Cells: Recent Developments (Science and Ethics) Discussion of Staff Working Paper: “Monitoring Stem-Cell Research: The Ethical Debates Reviewed” Discussion of Staff Working Paper: “Application of Human Stem Cells in Research and Medicine”
11:30 am	Session 7: Public Comments
12:30 pm	Adjournment