Conference at the House of Lords, 20 October 2009, 12.30-5pm

Programme


Session 1: Making safer, more effective medicines: is human tissue the answer?
   
12.30 Professor the Lord McColl of Dulwich FRCS - Welcome
12.35 Dr Margaret Clotworthy - Safer Medicines Trust - Introduction
12.40 Dr Bob Coleman - Human Tissue Research Expert
12.55 Dr David Bunton - CEO, Biopta
1.10 Dr Kelly BéruBé - Director, Lung & Particle Group, Cardiff University
1.25 Iain Dougall - AstraZeneca
1.40 Q&A
   
Session 2: Successful models for the provision of human tissue
   
2pm Vivienne Parry - Science Writer and Broadcaster - Introduction
2.10 Professor Chris Foster - Professor of Cellular Pathology and Molecular Genetics, University of Liverpool
2.25 Jane Hair - Glasgow Biorepository
2.40  Sandie Martin - Ethical Tissue, Bradford
2.55 Dolores Baldasare - International Institute for the Advancement of Medicine, USA
3.15  Q&A
   
3.30 Afternoon Tea & Networking Reception
4pm Panel Discussion
4.45    Lord McColl - Closing remarks