Professor timothy caulfield

“Communicating Neuroscience: Hype and the Sources of Spin,” Brain Matters Conference, University of British Columbia, March 13, 2014.

“Clinical Offerings that Use Stem Cells,” Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences: Stem Cell Therapies, Washington, DC, November 18, 2013.

“Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing and Personalized Health”, Public and Private Health – Genomics, Medicine and Society, 14^th EMBO Science and Society Conference, November 7-8, 2013, Heidelberg, Germany.
“The Cure for Everything: The Truth About What Makes Us Healthy”, Body of Law: Is It Time for a Check-Up?, Thompson River University, Faculty of Law, Kamloops, BC, November 6, 2013.
“Body Image: The Impact of Pop Culture and the Evidence Challenge,” Appearance and Identity Conference, University of Pennsylvania, November 2-3, 2013.
“The Truth About What Makes Us Healthy” The 2013 Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium, McGill University, October 29, 2013.
“Health Policy Challenges of Personalized Medicine,” Techna Symposium 2013, Toronto Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health and the University Health Network, University of Toronto, October 25, 2013.
“Commercialization of Biobanks,” CIRM-CSCC Leukemia Disease Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, October 25, 2013.
“Health Myths and Why the Truth is so Often Twisted,” Practical Evidence for Informed Practice, Alberta College of Family Physicians, Edmonton, October 18, 2013.
“Art, Science and Popular Culture: Public Perceptions and Science Policy,” Arts-Based Research: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, University of Alberta, October 8, 2013.
“The Cure for Everything,” Speaking of Health Lecture Series, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, October 3, 2013.
“Untwisting Health Myths: What the Evidence Says” 2013 Annual General Meeting, College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, Vancouver, September 20, 2013.

“Genomics: The Evolving Science and Its Implications for Health Policy” C.D. Howe Institute Policy Roundtable, Toronto, June 10, 2013.

“The Big Confusion: Why Health Messages are Twisted... and the Untwisted Truth,” The Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health Annual Conference, Toronto, May 9, 2013.

“Getting Worse?: The Nature and Scope of Stem Cell Tourism”, Children’s Health Research Institute, London Ontario, April 29, 2013.

“Stem Cell Tourism: Is the Problem Getting Worse?” Stem Cell Therapy & Medical Tourism, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, November 28, 2012.

“Stem Cell Hype and the Dangers of Stem Cell Tourism,” Medical Tourism Symposium, KU Leuven, Belgium, October 5, 2012.

“Stem Cell Tourism”, Stem Cell Talks Annual Symposium, Vancouver, April 13^th, 2012.

“Stem Cell Research: Mending Broken Hearts”, The New York Stem Cell Foundation Panel, New York City, April 3, 2012.

“Participant Consent, Control and Privacy: Enduring Challenges in Genomic Research”, American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 2, 2012.

“Medical Tourism: The Legal and Ethical Challenges of Marketing Unproven Stem Cell Therapies”, National Judicial Institute, Vancouver, March 22, 2012.

“Stem Cell Tourism”, Stem Cell Talks Annual Symposium, Toronto, March 9^th, 2012.

“Policy Paradoxes: The Commercialization of Stem Cell Research” Qatar International Conference on Stem Cell Science and Policy, Doha, Qatar, February 27-March 1, 2012.

“Legal Considerations: Incentives and Organ Donation”, Canadian Society of Transplantation, Annual Scientific Conference, Quebec City, February 25^th, 2012.

“Truth of Spin: The Media on Stem Cell and Genome Research”, Alumni Reception, University of Alberta Alumni Association, San Francisco, February 21, 2012.

“Neuroscience, Popular Culture and the Law”, AAAS 2012 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, February 19^th, 2012.

“Ethical Challenges and Cohort Studies: What Have We Learned?” Seven Annual Research Conference: AllerGen National Centres of Excellence, Toronto, February 5-7, 2012.

“Selling Cells: The Ethics of Marketing (Unproven) Stem Cell Therapies” Seventh International Conference on Stem Cell Therapy, New York City, January 26-27, 2012.

“Race and Genetic Research: Portrayals and Problems”, Workshop on Population Names in Human Genetics, Kyoto University in Tokyo, January 7-8, 2012.

“Governance Challenges Emerging from Existing Policies,” Fondation Brocher: Pathways Toward a Sustainable Ethics of Human Stem Cell Research, Geneva Switzerland, December 12, 2011.

“Tissue Providers’ Interests and Rights With Regard to Human Stem Cell Research,” Fondation Brocher: Pathways Toward a Sustainable Ethics of Human Stem Cell Research, Geneva Switzerland, December 12, 2011.

“Ethical and Legal Aspects of Listing,” 12^th Annual Canadian Transplant Forum, Montreal, Quebec, November 18-19, 2011.

“Stem Cell Cultures”, Opening: Perceptions of Promises: Biotechnology, Science and Art, Chelsea Art Museum, November 10, 2011.

“Regulating Stem Cell Research: New Science and New Policy Challenges” Symposium: Reference Re: Assisted Human Reproduction Act, Implications of the Supreme Court’s Decision, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, November 4-5, 2011.

“Searching for Consensus: Consent, Biobanks and BioCamps”, International Conference: New Patient-Centric Perspectives in Medical Research: Ethical and Governance Challenges, Rome, October 28-29, 2011.

“Personalized Medicine and Genetics: Can it Deliver on the (Big) Promises?” 20^th Annual Meeting International Society for Anaesthetic Pharmacology, Chicago, October 14, 2011.

“The Sources of Science Hype: Why It Happens and Why It is a Problem” SCRIPT Seminar Series, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 13, 2011.

“The Marketing of Neuroimaging: Policy Challenges” International Association of Law and Mental Health Conference, Berlin, Germany, July 21, 2011.

“Neuroimaging, Incidental Findings, and Liability” Normative Issues in Neuroimaging, University of Berlin, Germany, July 20, 2011.

“Drivers of Hype” Ethics Focus Session, 9^th Annual Meeting, International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), Toronto, ON, June 15, 2011.

“Panel, The Stem Cell Promise: Moving to the Clinic” 2011 International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Public Symposium, Toronto, ON, June 14, 2011.

Chair, Canadian Patients and Stem Cell Tourism: A Workshop, CSCC, Stem Cell Network and the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Toronto, ON, June 13, 2011.

“Patient Safety and the Law: Consent, Concealment and Disclosure” Safety Net STAIR Workshop, Lister Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, May 19, 2011.

Session Chair, 9^th Annual Colloquium, Health Law, Ethic and Policy, CIHR Training Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, May 12-13, 2011.

“Science: Why all the Hype?” Alberta Graduate Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, May 6, 2011.

“Keynote: Sexy Abs and Simple Solutions: My Search for the Truth Behind Weight Loss” 2^nd National Obesity Summit, Obesity Network, Montreal, QC, April 30, 2011.

“Obesity and the Law: How Are Policies Presented in the News?” 2^nd National Obesity Summit, Obesity Network, Montreal, QC, April 29, 2011.

“Problem Solved?: Media Representations of iPS Cell Research” Exploring the ELSI Universe, 2011 Congress, University of North Carolina, Durham, NC, April 12-14, 2011.

“Workshop Speaker: Data Sharing” Exploring the ELSI Universe, 2011 Congress, University of North Carolina, Durham, NC, April 12-14, 2011.

“Personal Genomics and Healthy Behaviour” 2011 National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference, Duke University, Durham, NC, March 18-19, 2011.

“Genes, Diet and Healthy Behaviour” Scientification of Eating: Research and Realities, Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, March 12, 2011.

“Obesity and the Law” ISORAM Winter School, Stem Cell Network, Lake Louise, AB, March 6-11, 2011.

“The Hype About Stem Cells: Stem Cell Tourism” Understanding Stem Cell Controversies, Stem Cell Network, Calgary, AB, March 2-4, 2011.

“Panel Discussion: When Pop Culture Intersects with Biotechnology” Public Forum, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB, March 3, 2011.

“Emerging Therapies and Stem Cell ‘Tourism’” and “Stem Cell Research Controversies” International Congress: Advances in Medicine, Guadalajara, Mexico, February 24-26, 2011.

“How does ‘the law’ handle human reproductive material?” PEALS 12^th Annual Symposium, Newcastle University, United Kingdom, February 22-23, 2011.

“Emerging Technologies: The Challenges Created by the Advances in Stem Cell Research” Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, February 15, 2011.

“Stem Cell Tourism and the Selling of Hope” Public Forum, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB, February 10, 2011.

“Genetic Testing: The Hype and the Hope” AllerGen Sixth Annual Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, February 6-8, 2011.

“Nutrigenomics, Patents and Commercialization” Genetic Variation and Epigenetics in Children’s Health, University of North Carolina, Durham, NC, January 24-25, 2011.

“Stem Cell Tourism” Cell Therapies: Challenges and Opportunities, Health Canada Workshop, Ottawa, ON, December 13-14, 2010.

“The (Accidental) Hard Sell: The Forces that Promote Hype” Genomics and Public Health: 4^th National Conference, NIH, Bethesda, MD, December 8-10, 2010.

“Stem Cell Research: The Ethics and Policy Landscape” Stem Cell Talks, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, December 3, 2010.

“Consent and Biobank Research” CAREB–CAURA West Regional Conference, Saskatoon, SK, November 25-27, 2010.

Co-Chair, “Perceptions of Promise: Joint Trainee Workshop” Stem Cell Network AGM, Calgary, AB, November 22, 2010.

“Interminable Policy Struggles: The IPS of iPS Cell Research?: Till and McCulloch” Stem Cell Network AGM, Calgary, AB, November 22, 2010.

“Obesity in the News” Canadian Obesity Network Students Speaker Series, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, November 19, 2010.

“Stem Cell ‘Tourism’ in the News” American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 22-24, 2010.

“The Greatest Hits: Social Issues in Genetics” Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres, Winnipeg, MB, October 17-20, 2010.

“Panel Presentations: Innovation and Sustainability in Health Systems” Institute of Health Economics Innovation Forum, Edmonton, AB, October 14, 2010.

“The World of Gene Patents: The Controversy Continues” International Bar Association Conference, Vancouver, BC, October 4, 2010.

“Personalized Health Care: The Genetic Challenge” Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON, September 30-October 1, 2010.

“Legal, technical and social challenges for facilitating international innovation, development and dissemination of stem cell products” Script Open Science Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 17, 2010.

Session Chair, Envisioning Science: Imaging the Body, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, September 10-11, 2010.

“Tissue Donors’ Rights” ISSCR 8^th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, June 16-19, 2010.

“A Dose of Reality on Alternative Stem Cell Treatments: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You" ISSCR Public Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June 15, 2010.

“Research Ethics Challenges in Large Scale Genomic Research” European Human Genetics Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 13, 2010.

“Ethical and Legal Issues in Whole Genome Diagnostics” Symposium: Changing Landscape of Genetic Testing, European Society of Human Genetics, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 11, 2010.

“Stem Cell Tourism in The News” Stem Cell Global Blueprint Conference, Toronto, ON, May 21-22, 2010.

“Scientific Advances, Private Law and the Human Body,” Civil Law Seminar, National Judicial Institute, Vancouver, May 14, 2013.

Moderator, 8^th Annual Colloquium, CIHR Training Grant in Health Law, Ethics and Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, May 3-4, 2010.

“Stem Cell Tourism in the Media” Science, Social Controversy and Art: An Interdisciplinary Exchange, Banff, AB, April 28-30, 2010.

“The Use of ‘Race’ in Population Genetic Research: Who Says What?” 3^rd Annual Canadian Human Genetics Meeting, CIHR, Saint-Sauveur, Quebec, April 18-21, 2010.

“A Case for Good Governance: Consent, Public Trust, Commercialization and Biobanks” Indiana CTSI 2^nd Annual Conference, Indiana University, Indiana, IN, April 19, 2010.

“Race in Genetic Research” Genes, Genomics and Human Nature, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs, Situating Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, April 1, 2010.

“Selling Hope: The Face of the Stem Cell Tourism Industry” Life-Sciences - Governance Research Platform, University of Vienna, Austria, March 25, 2010.

“Looking Back, Looking Forward: Canada’s Stem Cell Research Policy” Life-Sciences - Governance Research Platform, University of Vienna, Austria, March 24, 2010.

“Stem Cell Research: The Ethics and Policy Landscape” StemCellTalks Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, March 12, 2010.

“Race and Genetic Research: Who’s Saying What?” The Center for Integration of Research on Genetics and Ethics Seminar, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, March 5, 2010.

“Neuroethics and Neurohype” Neuroscience in the Courtroom: What Judges Need to Know, National Judicial Institute, Halifax, NS, February 24-26, 2010.

“Consent, Privacy, Return of Results and Whole Genome Research” Invited Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, January 11, 2010.

Moderator and Presenter, Research Ethics Challenges Associated with Large Multi-Site, Research Projects, AllerGen Ethics Workshop, Toronto, ON, December 17, 2009.

“Stem Cell Policies and Scientific Change: Are We Meeting the Challenge?” Agence de la Biomedecine Conference, Paris, France, December 14-15, 2009.

“Consent, Privacy and Research Biobanks” 2009-2010 GPS Series on Genetic Information, Genome Canada, Ottawa, ON, November 27, 2009.

“Neuroscanning Research: Return of Results and Incidental Findings” Bonner Symposium: Modern Neurosciences, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany, November 19, 2009.

“Personal Genomics, Direct-to-Consumer Testing and Health Care Systems” Biotecnologia Habana ‘09, Havana, Cuba, November 5, 2009.

“Are Gene Patents the Problem?: A Look at Emerging Evidence” HUGO Symposium on Genomics and Ethics, Law and Society, Geneva, Switzerland, November 1-3, 2009.

“What Data Do We Owe Back to Participants in Genetics and Genomics Research?” American Society of Bioethics and Humanities 11^th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 15-18, 2009.

“Stuck in the Middle?: Canada’s Stem Cell Research Policy” Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, October 7, 2009.

“Pandemics: Healthcare Workers and the Duty to Care” Atlantic Courts Education Seminar: Judging Through Public Emergencies, National Judicial Institute, Charlottetown, PEI, October 4-6, 2009.

“Promises, Promises: Stem Cell Research and Economic Expectations” National Health Law Conference: Grand Challenges in Health Law and Policy, Montreal, QC, October 2-3, 2009.

“Stem Cell Patents and Stem Cell Tourism” World Stem Cell Summit, Baltimore, MD, September 21, 2009.

Chair, 5^th International DNA Sampling Conference: The Age of Personalized Genomics, 5^th International DNA Sampling Conference: The Age of Personalized Genomics, Banff, AB, September 16-18, 2009. “The Rise of Stem Cell Tourism” Symposium, Brocher Summer School, Switzerland, September 4, 2009.

“Neuroimaging, Law and Policy: An Examination of the Role of Public Representations” Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, August 23, 2009.

Workshop Chair, “iPS Cells: Mapping the Policy Issues” Stem Cell Network, Barcelona, Spain, July 7, 2009.

“The Culture of Concealment: The (Screwy) Role of the Law” Annual Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Calgary, AB, May 11-14, 2009.

“The Challenges Ahead: Evidence and Policy Issues” Making Connections, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Jasper, AB, May 10-12, 2009.

“Popular Representations of Obesity and Genetics: Cause for Concern?” The 1^st National Obesity Summit, Kananaskis, AB, May 7-10, 2009.

“Stem Cell Research, Economic Promises and Commercialization Pressure” Law and Innovation, the University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, April 30-May 1, 2009.

“The Biotech Patenting Controversies: What’s The Evidence Say?” Alberta Bovine Genomics AGM, Edmonton, AB, April 28-30, 2009.

“Profits, Patents and Pluripotency: What Happens When You Mix Money and Stem Cell Research?” Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA, April 2, 2009.

“Ethical Debate on the Merits of Embryonic Stem Cell Research” Behind the Spin, The Fraser Institute, Toronto, ON, March 31, 2009.

“Biotech in the Popular Press: Examining the Spin” School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, March 27, 2009.

“Neuroscanning: Commercialization, Marketing and Regulation Issues in Canada” NeuroSCAN 2^nd Trinational Meeting, Bonn, Germany, March 20, 2009.

“The Translation of Stem Cell Research: The Impact of Policies and Patent Approaches” Qatar Stem Cell Workshop on Science and Policy, Doha, Qatar, March 15, 2009.

“Biotechnology and the Media: The ‘Race’ Example” Training Program in Regenerative Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, March 5, 2009.

“Patents, Innovation and Policy: Pointing to the Problem” Health Innovation for Patients and Populations Conference, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Vancouver, BC, February 24-25, 2009.

“Keynote: Biobanks, Law and Ethics: Insurmountable Obstacles?” Public Symposium, Centre for Law and Genetics, University of Tasmania, Australia, February 17, 2009.

“Race, Genetics and the Media: Helping of Hurting?” Race, Antiracism and Knowledge for Social Justice Series, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, February 2, 2009.

“Commercialization, Patents and Genomics” Points to Consider, The Commercialization of Genomics Research in Canada, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, January 30, 2009.

Chair, “Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests: Confronting Issues for Canada” Institute of Genetics and Ethics Office, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Health Law Institute, Toronto, ON, January 26-27, 2009.

Chair, “Lay of the Land: An International Planning Workshop” The Stem Cell Network, Montreal, QC, January 15-16, 2009.

“Research Ethics for Whole Genome Research” International Symposium on Applied Genomics 2008, Tokyo, Japan, December 4-5, 2008.

“The Enduring and Emerging Ethics Challenges Associated with Stem Cell Research” International Symposium on Regulatory and Safety Issues in Commercialization of Biotechnology Research in Developing Countries, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2-4, 2008.

“The Ethics and Law Relating to IVF Practice” 54^th Annual Meeting, Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, Calgary, AB, November 26-29, 2008.

“Biobanks, Consent and Genetic Risk: A Snapshot of Issues” PRIM&R 2008: Advancing Ethical Research Conference, Orlando, FL, November 17-19, 2008.

Chair, “Imagining Science” Festival of Ideas, University of Alberta, Enterprise Square, Edmonton, AB, November 14, 2008.

“Race and the Race to Market Genetic Tests” Georgian Triangle Lifelong Learning Institute Lecture, Collingwood, ON, November 7, 2008.

“Quackery, Cybrids and Politics: The Controversies Keep Coming” Stem Cell Network AGM, Vancouver, BC, November 5-7, 2008.

“Genetics and Race: The Source of the Spin?” Workshop on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Natural Selection Research, NHGRI, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, October 28, 2008.

Session Chair: “Commercialization, Data Release, Open Access” Genome Canada International Conference, Vancouver, BC, October 22-24, 2008.

“Personal Genomics: The Public Face” Human Genome Variation Meeting, 10^th Anniversary, Toronto, ON, October 15-17, 2008.

“Public Forum: Personalized Medicine: Are We Ready” The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, October 16, 2008.

“Stem Cell Research Policy: Looking Bock, Looking Forward” 2008 Health Canada Science Forum, Ottawa, ON, October 8-9, 2008.

“Genetic Determinism, Health Policy and the Popular Press: An Exploration of the Obesity Story” Childhood and Adolescent Obesity 2008, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, October 2-4, 2008.

“Imaging Science: Art and Public Representations of Controversial Biotechnology” Health Law Institute Seminar Series, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, October 1, 2008.

“Neuroscience and the Commercialization Agenda” Inauguration: National Core for Neuroethics, University of British, Vancouver, BC, September 11, 2008.

“Emerging Issues in Health Policy: The Example of Nutrigenomics” HTAi Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, July 6, 2008.

“What Are the Foundations of Governance for Biobanking?” Governing Biobanks – What are the Challenges? 2008 International Conference, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, June 24-26, 2008.

“Hope, Hype and Quackery?: A Study of the Current Market for Stem Cell Therapies” International Society for Stem Cell Research, 6^th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, June 11-14, 2008.

“Biotech in the News: What is really going on?” Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, June 11, 2008.

Chair, “From Evidence to Policy: Popular Representations and Science Communication Workshop” Washington, DC, June 9-10, 2008.

“Stem Cell Policy: The Next Generation” CIHR Symposium on Stem Cells, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, June 5, 2008.

“Balancing on an Ethical Tightrope in a Time of Change” The Seventeenth Annual Ethics Conference, BC College of Physicians, Me, Thee or We? Vancouver, BC, May 9, 2008.

“Nutrigenomics and the Promise of Prevention: Representations and Realities” Translating ELSI Conference, Cleveland, OH, May 1-4, 2008.

“Genetic Determinism in the Media: An Exploration of the Obesity Gene Story” GELS 2008, Genome Canada: Navigating the Changing Landscape, Calgary, AB, April 28-29, 2008.

“Markets, Media and Public Representations of Genetics and Race” What’s The Use of Race? Center for the Study of Diversity and Science, Technology and Medicine, MIT, Boston, MA, April 25-26, 2008.

Symposium Chair, “Looking Forward: Commission on Inquiry on Hormone Receptor Testing,” St. John’s, NL, April 22-23, 2008.

Symposium Co-Chair, “Public Representations of Race” Ancestry in Health and Medicine: Expanding the Debate, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, April 8-9, 2008

“Exploring the Evidence Surrounding Ethical Concerns” Regulating Biotechnology Products: At the Interface between Science and Ethics, Laval University Workshop, Montreal, QC, March 20, 2008.

Chair, “Ethics, law and society in the study of allergy” AllerGen Third Annual Research Conference, Banff, AB, February 10-12, 2008.

“Gene Patent Crisis: Fact or Fiction?” Department of Human Genetics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, QC, January 25, 2008.

“Keynote: Genetics and Race” Post Graduate Students Society, Annual Conference, Montreal, QC, January 25, 2008.

Chair, “Personal Genomics Workshop: Consensus Meeting” Institute of Genetics, X Prize Foundation and Ontario Genomics Institute, Toronto, ON, November 28-29, 2007.

“Technology and the Law: Biobanks” Appellate Courts Seminar: National Judicial Institute, Toronto, ON, November 22, 2007.

“Public Representations of Genetics: Reifying Race and the Role of Genes?” Social Sciences Facing Modern Genetic Challenges: Royal Society of Canada, Edmonton, AB, November 16, 2007.

“Nutrigenomics and the Promise of Prevention: Representations and Realities” Visions National Health Law Conference, Banff, AB, November 8-10, 2007.

Chair, “Curriculum Network Meeting: The Boundaries of Health Law” CIHR Training Program, Banff, AB, November 8, 2007.

“Harmful or Helpful: Exploring the Human Gene Patent Controversy,” Dalhousie Health Law Institute Seminar Series, Halifax, NS, November 2, 2007.

“Pandemic: Law, Policy and the Duty to Treat” Judging Through a Pandemic: The Science, Ethics and Law of Infectious Disease Outbreaks, National Judicial Institute, Vancouver, BC, October 28-30, 2007.

“Perceptions, Policy and Payment: How we see ART” American Society of Human Genetics, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 24, 2007.

“Biobanks: Balancing Existing Norms and Emerging Needs” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 21, 2007.

“Ethics and Regulation of Predictive Health Research” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 21, 2007.

“Databanks, Biobanks and Registries: Legal and Ethical Issues” Evolving in Rehabilitation, a National Perspective, Montreal, QC, October 17-18, 2007.

“Bioethics: Stem Cell Controversy” Science and Technology in Society Forum: Fourth Annual Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, October 7-9, 2007.

“Genetics and Biobanking” 29^th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, Montreal, QC, September 25-28, 2007.

“Reifying Race?: Genetic Research and Public Representations of Human Variation” Understanding Human Variation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, September 21, 2007.

“Genetic Research: Emerging Issues” 2008 Centenary Road Trip, University of Alberta Senate, Red Deer, AB, September 19, 2007.

“Gene Patents: Real Evidence of Real Problems?” Licensing Executive Society, Edmonton, AB, September 12, 2007.

Chair, “Imagining Science: An Artistic Exploration of Science, Society and Social Change” Genome Alberta and the Art Gallery of Alberta, Banff, AB, August 23-25, 2007.

“Health Science Journalism: Panel” Banff Science Communication Program, Banff Centre, Banff, AB, August 13-14, 2007.

“Twenty Years of Hope, Hype and Hoopla: Science Policy and the Media” XXX^th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Padua, Italy, June 25-30, 2007.

“Representations and Reality: Can Nutrigenomics Do What It Promises?” Media, Marketing, Regulation and Nutrigenomics: an International Workshop, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, June 21-23, 2007.

“Regenerative Medicine Public Forum” MaRS Auditorium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, June 13, 2007.

“Nutrigenomics and Behavioural Change: A Public Health Perspective” (poster with V. Alfonso and J. Shelley), Advanced Food and Materials Network, Quebec City, QC, June 3-5, 2007.

“Enduring GELS Issues” 7^th Annual General Meeting, NRC Genomics and Health Initiative, Halifax, NS, May 22-25, 2007.

“Gene Patents: Real Proof of Real Problems?” Who Owns Your Body? Legal and Social Issues in Michael Crichton’s Next”, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL, May 21, 2007.

“Monsters, Money and Miracles: Media Representations of Biotechnology” Sanofi-Aventis Biotechnology Challenge, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, April 27, 2007.

“Looking Ahead: Enduring Social Issues in Medical Genetics” Canadian Genetics Disease Network, Annual Scientific Meeting, St-Sauveur, QC, April 19-22, 2007.

“Biobanks and the Consent Challenge” Canadian-Taiwanese Workshop: Ethical and Legal Issues on Biobanks and Contemporary Medical Research, Taipei, Taiwan, March 31, 2007.

“Survey of Canadian Clinical Genetics Community” Resource Allocation and Emerging Genetic Technologies, Genome Alberta, Banff, AB, March 15-17, 2007.

“Up Stream and Down: Conflicts of Interest and Knowledge Production” Conference on Conflicts of Interest in Research, National Council on Ethics in Human Research, Toronto, ON, February 22, 2007.

“Owning Embryos or Commercializing Life?” Philosophers’ Café, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, February 10, 2007.

“Allocation, Rationing and Duty to Care in a Pandemic” Ethics Forum on Pandemic Preparedness, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, January 30, 2007.

“Commercialization and the Knowledge Chain: Ethics in Industry Funded Research” HQP Meeting, Advanced Foods and Materials Network, Gatineau, QC, January 27, 2007.

“Conflicts, Consent and Controversial Research: The Case of Stem Cell Research” Ethics Seminar, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, January 26, 2007.

“Patenting Life: Defining the Boundaries of ‘Ownership’ in Biomedical Research” Louis D. Hyndman Lecture Series, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, January 23, 2007.

“Legal and Ethical Challenges in Predictive Health Research” Indiana University Center for Bioethics, Indiana, IN, December 18, 2006.

Witness, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, House of Commons, Ottawa, ON, December 12, 2006.

“Conflicts and the Commercialization of Controversial Research: The Stem Cell Research Challenge” Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, December 4, 2006.

“Markets and the Knowledge Chain” Greenwall Fellows Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, December 4, 2006.

“Commercialization, Public Trust and the Popular Media” Human Biotechnology and Public Trust, Centre for Law and Genetics, Melbourne, Australia, November 23-24, 2006.

“GELS Research: Emerging Challenges” ERA-SAGE Workshop (Genome Canada, CIHR, SSHRC), Ottawa, ON, November 16-17, 2006.

“Concerns for Safety or Playing It Safe Politically?: Exploring the Justifications Behind Canada’s Stem Cell Policy” Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research Symposium, Ottawa, ON, November 15, 2006.

“Applying Existing Consent Norms to Embryonic Stem Cell Research” Stem Cell Network AGM, Ottawa, ON, November 13-15, 2006.

“Emerging Issues: Genetics and Public Health” Canadian Conference on the Public’s Health, Toronto, ON, November 5-7, 2006.

“Legal and Ethical Principles in Allocation” Allocation in Canada Forum, Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation, Vancouver, BC, October 25-27, 2006.

“The Making of Canada’s Stem Cell Laws” Stem Cells: Saving Lives or Crossing Lines Avenues for Advancement, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington, DC, October 24, 2006.

“Emerging Consent Policy and Population Genetic Research: A Shifting of a Fundamental Ethical/Legal Norm?” Innovation in Genomics Research, Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research, St. John’s, NL, October 19, 2006.

“The Impact of Industry Involvement on Evidence and How It May Impact CPGs” Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Practice Guidelines, Toronto, ON, October 18, 2006.

“Genoflections: The Nature and Social Impact of Popular Representations of Biotechnology” First Annual Science Journalist Conference, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Toronto, ON, September, 2006.

“Profits, Patents, Politics and Research Policies” Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Calgary, AB, August, 2006.

“Biotechnology Media Representations” Food, Health and Biotechnology: Consumer and Social Issues in Canada’s New Food and Health Product Industries, Advanced Foods and Materials Network, Victoria, BC, August 24-25, 2006.

“Consent, Control and Conflicting Norms in Stem Cell Research” 16^th World Congress on Medical Law, Toulouse, France, August 7-11, 2006.

“Current State of Stem Cell Research: Public Symposium” International Society for Stem Cell Research, Toronto, ON, June 28, 2006.

“Public Health and Genetics: Autonomy, Privacy and the Research Imperative” Genomics and Public Health, 4^th International DNA Sampling Conference, Montreal, QC, June 4-7, 2006.

“Genetics and Public Health” 97^th Annual Conference, Canadian Public Health Association, Vancouver, BC, May 28-31, 2006.

“Biobanks and Bioethics: The Consent and Confidentiality Challenge” Community Health Sciences, Colloquium Series, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, May 23, 2006.

“Problems and Potential: The Popular Media and Biotechnology” Canadian Therapeutics Congress, Toronto, ON, May 12, 2006.

“Commercialization and Public Representations of Genetics” Genetic Diversity and Science Communication, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Toronto, ON, April 27-29, 2006.

“Profits, Patents, Politics and Research Policies” and “What Do We Mean by ‘Dignity’” 5^th Annual International Bioethics Forum, Biopharmaceutical Technology Center, Madison, WI, April 20-21, 2006.

“Legal Overview” Three Years After SARS: CIHR Joint Invitational Workshop, Toronto, ON, April 11, 2006.

“Public perceptions, public trust and biobanks: new challenges and new social norms?” Ethox Centre and Oxford Genetics Knowledge Park Seminars, Oxford, United Kingdom, April 4, 2006.

“Profits, Problems and Public Representations of Health Research” 15^th Annual Ethics Conference, The College of Physicians and Surgeon of BC and the BCMA, Vancouver, BC, March 31, 2006.

“Human Dignity, Bioethics and Science Policy” National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, March 17, 2006.

“Public Perceptions of ES and ‘Life’ Patents” Ethical Aspects of Commercialization and Patentability of Stem Cells, EuroStemCell, Lund, Sweden, March 13-15, 2006.

“From Autonomy to Dignity: Future Challenges and the Re-Visiting of Core Principles?” Health Law at the Supreme Court of Canada, Halifax, NS, February 23-25, 2006.

Chair, “Teaching Civil Law and Public Health Law” 3^rd Network Curriculum Meeting: Teaching Civil Law and Public Health Law, Halifax, NS, February 23, 2006.

“Live Organ Donation: Consent Issues” and “Legal Issues Regarding Compensation” Enhancing Living Donation, Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation, Vancouver, BC, February 9-12, 2006.

“Great Expectations: Biotechnology and the Popular Press” Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA, January 23, 2006.

“Stem Cell Policies in Canada: Politics and Prohibitions” Beyond the Embryo, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Palo Alto, CA, January 20, 2006.

“Biobanks: The Next Big Confidentiality Conundrum?” Canadian Bar Association Health Law Subsection, Edmonton, AB, January 9, 2006.

“Biotechnology and the Popular Press” The Edmonton Journal Workshop, Edmonton, AB, December 8, 2005.

“Stem Cell Research and Cloning – The Law” Managing Scientific Evidence in the Courtroom, National Judicial Institute, Toronto, ON, November 23-25, 2005.

“The Nature of Popular Representations of Biotechnology” College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, November 15, 2005.

“Turning Left to Right: Parliamentary Politics and the Stem Cell Debate” College of Law, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, November 14, 2005.

“Great Expectations: Genetics and the Popular Press” Genetics Education Project Primary Care Genetics Peer Resource Workshop, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, November 3, 2005.

“Human Stem Cell Biology: Principles, Applications and Ethical Considerations - Patent Law” American Society of Human Genetics, 55^th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, October 25-29, 2005.

“Biotechnology Patents and Public Trust: The Need for Governance?” The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology Innovation, CIPP and the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, October 23-24, 2005.

“Pharmacogenomics: Social and Legal Liabilities” International Bar Association Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, September 27, 2005.

“Biobanks and Consent: The Major Ethical Dilemma in the Genetics Era?” Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Annual Scientific Meeting, Winnipeg, MB, September 24, 2005.

“Stem Cell Research: Politics, Publics and the Press” Looking Back, Looking Forward: Lessons for Governing Emerging Technologies, Canadian Biotechnology Secretariat and Genome Canada, Ottawa, ON, September 22, 2005.

“Parliamentary Politics and Science Policy: The Case of Stem Cell Research” Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology Law and Ethics, University of Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, September 14, 2005.

“Clarity or Confusion: The Use of Human Dignity as a Justification for Science Policy” XXIX^th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Paris, France, July 2-8, 2005.

“Hype: Is the Media to Blame?” Canadian Science Writers 34^th Annual General Conference, Jasper, AB, June 17-19, 2005.

“Human Dignity, Informed Consent and Biobanking: A Challenge for Bioethics and Law in the 21^st Century” (presented by L. Sheremeta) International Conference on Science, Law & Ethics, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, June 2-6, 2005.

A Cycle of Hype?: The Nature and Impact of Popular Representations of Biotechnology” National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, June 2, 2005.

“Human Dignity, Informed Consent and Biobanking: A Challenge for Bioethics and Law in the 21^st Century” (presented by L. Sheremeta) International Conference on Science, Law and Ethics: World War II and Its Impact on Law & Ethics - 60 Years After, Haifa, Israel, May 29-June 2, 2005.

“Selling Organs: Legal and Policy Conflicts,” Canadian Society of Nephrology Annual General Meeting, Calgary, AB, May 28, 2005.

“Biotechnology Patents: Current and Emerging Policy Challenges” Life Patents and the Public Interest in Canada, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Toronto, ON, May 13, 2005.

“Ethical and Legal Issues Related to Access to Health Care Services” Harkness International Program in Health Policy, Canadian Policy Briefing Tour, Calgary, AB, May 4, 2005.

“Biobanking: The Biggest Challenge Legal Challenge of the Genetic Era?” Invited Speaker Series, Department of Biochemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, April 22, 2005.

“Stem Cell and Cloning Controversies in Canada,” Faculty of Medicine Ethics Day, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, March 18, 2005.

“‘The Cycle of Hype’: Media Representations of Biotechnology” Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, March 18, 2005.

“Representing Research: An Analysis of How the Popular Media and Peer Review Journals Cover Traditional Biomedical Research and Complementary and Alternative Medicine” Leslie Dan, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, March 4, 2005.

“Human Dignity and Human Cloning: Making Laws in a Pluralistic Society” Distinguished Speaker Series, Centre for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, February 27, 2005.

“Canada’s Cloning Ban: Does It Make Sense?” Canadian Embassy Research Workshop, AAAS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, February 20, 2005.

“Human Dignity, Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning” AAAS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, February 19, 2005.

“Human Dignity and Science Policy: What’s Wrong With Cloning and Stem Cell Research?” 2^nd Canadian National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, February 18, 2005.

“Genohype: The Nature and Policy Implications of Media’s Coverage of Genetic Research” Bioethics Seminar, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, February 17, 2005.

“Legal Issues in BioBanking” First ESH/EBMT Euroconference on BioBanking, Dublin, Ireland, January 28-31, 2005.

“Management and Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases” 17^th Session of the Working Party on Biotechnology, OECD Headquarters, Paris, December 1, 2004.

“Canada’s Cloning Ban: Does It Make Sense?” Canadian Bar Association, Health Law Section, Calgary, AB, November 18, 2004.

“Pharmacogenomics: Legal and Ethical Challenges” Pharming the Genome: Implications of Pharmacogenomics for Human Health and Public Policy, Government of Canada Biotechnology Conference, Ottawa, ON, November 4, 2004.

“Stem Cell Patents” International Symposia Presentations, Stem Cell Network, Annual General Meeting, Montreal, QC, November 3-5, 2004.

“Prioritizing Health Care: Legal Challenges” Western Canadian Waiting List Project, Calgary, AB, October 28, 2004.

“Media, Marketing and Genetic Research: The Policy Implications of ‘Genohype’” American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, October 27, 2004.

“Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research: Dissemination and Publication Issues” An Invitational Meeting on Conflict of Interest, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Alymer, QC, October 22-23, 2004.

“Nature and Impact of Public Representations of Genetic Research” UBC Genetic Graduate Program Retreat, Vancouver, BC, October 21, 2004.

“Is Cloning a Crime?: Making Laws in the Biotech Century” City Centennial Celebrations, Citadel Theater, Edmonton, AB, October 8, 2004.

“Genetic Testing: Promise and Peril,” The Geee! In Genome, The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, September 23, 2004.

“Legal and Ethical Challenges Associated with Tissue and Databank Research” Research Ethics Educational Conference, National Council for Ethics in Human Research, Halifax, NS, September 17-18, 2004.

“Information and Privacy: A Panel” Public Health Workshop on Quarantine and Legal Preparedness for Public Health Emergency Health Canada, Edmonton, AB, September 13-14, 2004.

“Perceptions of Risk and Human Genetic Databases: Consent and Confidentiality Policies” International ELSAGEN Conference, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland, August 25-28, 2004.

“Geno Type or Geno Hype?” The Geee! In Genome, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, May 19, 2004.

“Genohype: The Nature and Impact of Media Representations of Genetic Discoveries” 12^th Annual Medical Science Graduate Students’ Association Symposium, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, May 14, 2004.

Conference Co-Chair, “Genomics, Genetics and Society: Bridging the Disciplinary Divides” Institute of Genetics, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Toronto, ON, April 15-17, 2004.

“Media Portrayals of Genetic Discoveries: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?” HGM2004, HUGO Human Genome Meeting, Berlin, Germany, April 4-7, 2004.

Consensus Panel Member, Towards an Understanding of TRALI: Consensus Conference, Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, April 1-2, 2004.

Co-Chair, “Human Dignity Workshop” American Association for the Advancement of Science and Health Law Institute, Washington, DC, March 25-26, 2004.

“The Popular Press and ‘Genohype’” Medicine and Media: The Delicate Balance, Spring Meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, San Antonio, TX, March 12-14, 2004.

Rapporteur, OECD Workshop on Human Genetic Research Databases: Issues of Privacy and Security, Tokyo, Japan, February 26-27, 2004.

“Biotechnology Patents” International Congress of Comparative Cultures and Legal Systems, Institute of Legal Research, University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico, February 9-14, 2004.

“DNA Databanks and Legal Dilemmas” Dual Controversies of the Double Helix: Challenges of Regulating the Information and Property Aspects of Genetic Technology, TIP Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, February 6, 2004.

“The Media, Marketing and Genetic Services” National Health Law Conference 2004: Why Gets It? Who Decides? Issues of Access and Allocation in Health Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, January 22-24, 2004.

“Conflicting Goals: Legal, Ethical and Social Issues in Research” Strengthening the Foundations: Health Services and Policy Research, CIHR, Montreal, QC, November 22-24, 2003.

“Where’s the Hype?: Media Representations of Genetic Discoveries” The Carolina Center for Genome Sciences Seminar Series, University of North Carolina, Durham, NC, November 14, 2003.

“SARS: The Canadian Experience” European Public Health Ethics Network (EuroPHEN), Barcelona, Spain, November 7-9, 2003.

“Stem Cell Policies in Canada” Human Genome Bridge Week, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, November 6, 2003.

“Consent in the Genetic Era: The Case of DNA Databanks” Health Law and Policy Seminar Series, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, November 6, 2003.

“Clones and Controversy: Stem Cell Policies in Canada” Symposium: Cell-Based Therapeutics, Roberts Research Institute, London, ON, November 4-5, 2003.

“Making Laws in the Age of Reproductive Genetics” Canadian/American Appellate Judges Seminar, National Judicial Institute, Victoria, BC, October 26-29, 2003.

“Regulation of Stem Cell Research: We Can Do Better Than Bans” American Society for Bioethics and Humanities/Canadian Bioethics Society, Montreal, QC, October 22-26, 2003.

“The Popular Press and Genetic Policies: The Nature and Impact of ‘Genohype’” Office of Public Policy and Ethics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, October 6, 2003.

“The Law of Consent in the Genetic Era,” Genetics, Health and Justice: 28^th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Sydney, Australia, September 28-October 3, 2003.

“Globalization, Biotechnology and the Development of National and International Policies,” Globalization and Health: 28^th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Sydney, Australia, September 28-October 3, 2003.

“Marketing, Media and the Popular Representations of Genetics” Medicine and Industry: Changing Paradigms in Health Law, Policy and Ethics: 28^th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Sydney, Australia, September 28-October 3, 2003.

“Therapeutic Cloning: Ethics, Law and Policy” Stem Cell Network, Annual General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, September 18-20, 2003.

“Public Policy Perspective” Stakeholder Workshop, Stem Cell Network, Annual General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, September 17, 2003.

“Evaluating the Impact of Genetics on Health Services: Legal, Ethical and Social Issues” International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 19^th Annual Meeting, Canmore, AB, June 22-25, 2003.

“Canadian Policies on BRCA1 Diagnostic Testing” Science and Intellectual Property in the Public Interest, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, June 5, 2003.

“Politics and Prohibitions: Stem Cells, Cloning and the Law in Canada” 14^th Annual Clara Christie Research Day, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, May 9, 2003.

“Genetic Testing: Promise or Peril?” Panel Discussion, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, ON, May 5, 2003.

“Headlines and Hype: Media Portrayals of Genetics Discoveries,” (co-authored with T. Bubela) Crossing Over: Genomic Research in the Public Arena, Kananaskis, AB, April 27-28, 2003.

“Balancing the Health Care and Innovation Agenda: Patent Policy in Canada” (co-authored with L. Sheremeta) Crossing Over: Genomic Research in the Public Arena, Kananaskis, AB, April 27-28, 2003.

“Stem Cells, Ethics and the Law” Society for Gynecologic Investigation, 50^th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, March 29, 2003.

“Statutory Prohibitions vs. Flexible Regulation” Human Genome Bridge Week, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, February 13, 2003.

“The Canadian Cohort Study: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in the Canadian Context” Canadian National Birth Cohort Design Meeting, CIHR, Toronto, ON, February 3-5, 2003.

“The Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An International Perspective” International Congress on Ethics in Organ Transplantation, Munich, Germany, December 10-13, 2002.

“Genetics and the Law” National Judicial Institute, Nova Scotia Education Seminar, Halifax, NS, November 21, 2002.

“DNA Databanks, Public Opinion and the Law” Privacy in Health Research: Sharing Perspectives and Paving the Way Forward, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, ON, November 15, 2002.

“Stem Cells, Cloning and the Law” Frontiers of Research Lectures, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, November 14, 2002.

“DNA Databanks, Consent and Public Opinion” Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, November 13, 2002.

“The Commercialization of Human Genetics: Future Policy Concerns” Genetics and Biotechnology in Medicine, University of Rome, Rome, Italy, October 25-26, 2002.

“Politics and Prohibitions: Stem Cells, Cloning and the Law in Canada” Canadian Psychiatric Association 52^nd Annual Meeting, Banff, AB, October 31-November 3, 2002.

“Media Portrayal of Genetic Discoveries: A Comparison of Newspaper Stories and Peer Reviewed Publications” (with T. Bubela) (abstract #1266), The American Society of Human Genetics, Baltimore, MD, October 15-19, 2002.

“Emerging Ethical, Legal and Health Policy Issues Surrounding the Patentability and Commercialization of Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Related Biomedical Technologies” (co-authored and presented by L. Sheremeta), 14^th Annual Canadian Bioethics Society Conference, Victoria, BC, October 17-20, 2002.

“DNA Data Banks, Privacy, Public Perceptions and the Law” (co-authored and presented by T. Outerbridge), 14^th Annual Canadian Bioethics Society Conference, Victoria, BC, October 17-20, 2002.

“Human Clones and Legal Controversies” Medical Grand Rounds, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, October 11, 2002.

“The Future of Pharmacotherapy” Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, Symposium 2002, Ottawa, ON, October 7-8, 2002.

“The Physicians’ Role in Patient Access to Treatment: Legal and Ethical Issues” 2^nd Annual Evolving Issues in Oncology: Taking Aim at the Future, Vancouver, BC, October 5-6, 2002.

“Statutory Prohibitions vs. Flexible Regulation: How Should the Law Respond to Reproductive Genetics?” Precedent and Innovation: Health Law in the 21^st Century, Edmonton, AB, September 27-28, 2002.

“Harmonizing Commercialization and Gene Patent Policy with other Social Goals” (presented by L. Sheremeta), 3^rd International DNA Sampling Conference, Montreal, QC, September 5-8, 2002.

“Current Law as a Barrier to Health Care Reform and Quality Control” Federal/Provincial/ Territorial Ministers of Health Symposium on Quality Health, Banff, AB, September 2, 2002.

“Storage and Use of Human Tissue,” 14^th World Congress on Medical Law, Maastricht, The Netherlands, August 12, 2002.

Moderator: “Consumer Choice: A Dialogue on Issues” Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (“Romanow Commission), Edmonton, AB, June 10, 2002.

“Stem Cells, Clones and Controversy: What Laws are Needed?” Keynote Speaker, Science Policy Forum, 85^th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference, Vancouver, BC, June 4, 2002.

“Parkinson’s, Stem Cells and Social Controversy” Annie Wylie Memorial Lecture, Parkinson’s Society of Alberta, Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, AB, April 27, 2002.

“Biotech and Law” The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, Annual Professional Development Conference, Edmonton, AB, April 25, 2002.

“The Conflicting Social Agenda: The Commercialization of Human Genetics” Public Lecture, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, March 26, 2002.

“Human Gene Patents: the good, the bad, and what can we really do, anyway?” The Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics and University College, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, March 22, 2002.

Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, “Making Laws in the Biotech Century” Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, March 21, 2002.

“Medical Malpractice in the Age of Health Care Reform” Legal Studies Dinner Seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, March 21, 2002.

“Individual Patient Rights and Privacy” CIHE/CGDN Workshops on the Translation of Genetic/Genomic Technologies: Barriers and Opportunities, Edmonton, AB, March 14, and Toronto, ON, March 16, 2002.

Panel Presentation, “Experimenting with the Constitution: Science, Research and Canadian Constitutional Principles”, The Centre for Constitutional Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, March 11, 2002.

“Conflicts of Interest, Research and the ‘New Economy’” Ethical Issues in the Recruitment and Protection of Human Research Subjects, NCEHR, National Workshop, Ottawa, ON, March 2-3, 2002.

“The Legal Significance of the Genetics Revolution” Genetics, Ethics and the Law Working Conversation, National Judicial Institute, Victoria, BC, February 3-5, 2002.

Panel Discussion, “Stem Cells, Human Therapeutic Cloning, and Regenerative Medicine” University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto, ON, January 30, 2002.

“Assessing the New Science: Legal, Ethical and Policy Issues” Directions IV National Conference: Advancing Health, Science and the Economy, Toronto, ON, October 26, 2001.

“Stem Cell Research: Ethical, Legal and Religious Perspectives” Health Research Awareness Lectures, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Edmonton, AB, October 20, 2001.

“The ‘Genetic Family’?: The Impact and Implications of the ‘Genetic Revolution’ on the Definition of Family” (abstract #1473), The American Society of Human Genetics, San Diego, CA, October 12-16, 2001.

“‘Genetic Determinism’ and the ‘Genetic Family’” Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, 47^th Annual Meeting, Whistler, BC, October 3-6, 2001.

“Stem Cells, Clones and Controversy” Medical Genetics Rounds, Edmonton, AB, September 26, 2001.

Panel Presentation, “Implications of Genetic Research” Think/Again, Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation, Toronto, ON, September 22, 2001.

“Patents, Plants and Clones: The Challenge of Regulating the Genetic Revolution” Genome and Health Research, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, June 9, 2001.

“Collecting, Storing and Using Human Genetic Material: A Discussion of the Emerging Legal and Ethical Issues” Ethical Challenges for Research in the New Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, June 8, 2001.

“Confidentiality and the Research Agenda: Conflicts in Law and Policy” North American Association of Central Cancer Registries 2001 Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, June 6, 2001.

“The Human Genome Project: Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going” Program on Genetics, Ethics and the Law, National Judicial Institute, Montreal, QC, June 3, 2001.

“All Changes Great and Small: The Broad Impact of Alberta’s Health Information Act” IPAC National Conference, Edmonton, AB, May 8, 2001.

“Medicine and Medical Education in the Post-Genomic Era: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues” The Association of Canadian Medical Colleges Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, April 30, 2001.

“Genetics, Ethics and the Law” Genetics Now and in the Future, Alberta Distance Learning Centre, Edmonton, AB, April 24, 2001.

“Worth The Price of Travel: Patent Law As Moral Tollbooth” (presented by R. Gold) Human Genome Meeting 2000: Meeting of the Human Genome Organization, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, April 2001 (accepted abstract).

“Globalization, Commercialization, Conflicts of Interest and Clinical Research” Health Law Symposium: Conflicts in Clinical Research, Widener School of Law, Wilmington, DE, March 15-16, 2001.

“Regulating the Genetic Revolution: The Canadian Situation” International Conference of Experts on Genomic Regulation, Mexico City, Mexico, March 8-9, 2001.

“Genetic Engineering: Can the Law Meet the Challenge?” Genes Made to Order: A Symposium on Genetically Modified Organisms and Biotechnology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, March 3, 2001.

“Health Policy, Privatization and Bill 11” Catholic Health Care Association, Edmonton, AB, November 25, 2000.

“Ethics, Law and the Genetic Revolution” ATA Science Council, Conference 2000, Edmonton, AB, November 18, 2000.

“GMOs: Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues” Horticultural Congress 2000, Edmonton, AB, November 11, 2000.

“Ethical and Legal Issues in Cancer Genetics: Privacy and Property” BC Cancer Agency and Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, October 28, 2000.

Panel Member, “‘McBanking:’ Tissuing Banking Policy” University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, October 27, 2000.

“Xenotransplantation and Consent: Conflicts in Law and Policy” Canadian Bioethics Society, 12^th Annual Conference, Quebec City, QC, October 19-22, 2000.

“Providing Genetic Testing Through the Private Sector: A View From Canada” (presented by B. Williams Jones, with M. Burgess) Canadian Bioethics Society, 12^th Annual Conference, Quebec City, QC, October 19-22, 2000.

“Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee: Integrating Ethics into National Policy” International Association of Bioethics: Fifth World Congress of Bioethics, Imperial College, London, England, United Kingdom, September 21-24, 2000. Also presented at the Canadian Bioethics Society 12^th Annual Conference.

“Genetics in the Popular Press” Genetics, Ethics and Property, Kananaskis, AB, June 23, 2000.

Session Chair, “Health Reform and the Law” Canadian Association of Law Teachers, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, May 30, 2000.

“Flogging a Dead Horse?: Refocusing the Debate on the Patenting of Human Genetic Material” HUGO, Human Genome Meeting 2000, Vancouver, BC, April 9-12, 2000.

“Genetic Testing, Liability and Regulatory Policy: The Canadian Situation” Legal Liabilities at the Frontiers of Predictive Genetic Testing, Second Annual Arizona State Conference on Law, Science and Technology, Phoenix, AZ, April 7-8, 2000.

“Ethical and Legal Duties in the Provision of Complementary and Alternative Medicine” The Fabric of Goodness: Weaving Ethical Practices into Decision Making at the End of Life” Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB, March 24, 2000.

“Regulating Alternative Medicines” Health Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association, Edmonton, AB, February 1, 2000.

“Meeting the Challenge of the Genetic Revolution” The Calgary Medical Legal Society, Calgary, AB, November 30, 1999.

“Commerce, Costs and Concerns” Challenging the Privatization of Knowledge, Third Annual Conference, Parkland Institute, Edmonton, AB, November 27, 1999.

“Ethics, Regulation and the Genetic Testing Market” 11^th Annual Canadian Bioethics Society Conference, Edmonton, AB, October 28-31, 1999.

“Targets for 2050: Looking Back From the Future” Health for All: Directions for Canadian Health Care, Calgary, AB, October 7-8, 1999.

“Genome Mapping and Related Issues” Fall Conference of the Alberta Government Civil Lawyers Association, Banff, AB, September 29, 1999.

“Confidentiality of Medical Records: An Overview” Confidentiality of Medical Records in Alberta, Education Seminar, Edmonton, AB, September 8, 1999.

“Give the People What They Want?: Commerce, Autonomy and the Regulation of Genetic Testing” The Genetic Revolution and the Future for Health and Social Care, University of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, June 23-24, 1999.

“The Legal Challenges and Legal Pitfalls of Clinical Practice Guidelines” An Invitational Summit, Scripting a Future for Clinical Practice Guidelines, Health Policy Forum, Toronto, ON, June 5, 1999.

“Lookback Notification of Recipients: What are the Issues?” The National Blood Safety Council Open Forum on Variants of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease and Issues for the Blood System, Vancouver, BC, May 6-7, 1999.

Panel Discussion, “Huntington Disease and Predictive Testing in the New Millennium” Huntington Society of Canada, Edmonton, AB, February 1, 1999.

“Regulating the Genetic Revolution” Health Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association, Edmonton, AB, December 10, 1998.

“The Legal Repercussions of Genetic Testing” Canadian College of Medical Geneticists Annual Meeting, Banff, AB, November 28, 1998.

Session Chair, “Bioethics and Biotechnology: Building a Human Rights Framework” International Conference: Universal Rights and Human Values - A Blueprint for Peace, Justice and Freedom, Edmonton, AB, November 27, 1998.

“Commercializing the Genetic Revolution: The Ethical and Legal Challenges” 5^th Annual Ottawa Life Science Conference and Exhibition, Ottawa, ON, November 18, 1998.

“How Do We Create an Ethical Basis for Health Policy” Directions for Canadian Health Care: A Framework for Sound Decisions, Toronto, ON, October 2, 1998.

“Panel Commentary: Science Policy Controversy” Conference on Science, Government and Global Markets, Ottawa, ON, October 1, 1998.

“Emerging Issues: The Genetic Revolution” Canadian Healthcare Ethics Forum, Vancouver, BC, August 20, 1998.

“Health Law Issues in Canada Today: Genetics, Technology and Change” The 5^th International Symposium, Aichi Gakuin University Centre for International Studies, Nagoya, Japan, June 26, 1998 and Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, June 29, 1998.

“Commercialization and Prenatal Diagnosis: Hopes and Fears” International Conference on Genetic Diagnosis, Renne, France, May 6, 1998.

“Defining Medically Necessary” The Canadian Advantage: Public Health Care, Public Forum, Edmonton, AB, April 4, 1998.

“Regulating Genomics: Developing Socially Meaningful and Scientifically Appropriate Regulatory Policies” HUGO, Human Genome Meeting ‘98, Turin, Italy, March 28, 1998.

“Fiduciary Law and the Provision of Health Care: A Primer on Who is Liable, For What and Why” (with M. Litman) Health Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association, Edmonton, AB, February 3, 1998.

“APOE: To Test or Not to Test?” Grand Rounds, Clinical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, January 28, 1998.

“Regulating the Commercialization of Human Genetics: Turning the Titanic?” Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, January 27, 1998.

“The Regulation of Genetics: Why It’s Needed and Why It’s Tough” B.C. Cancer Registry, Vancouver, BC, January 23, 1998.

“The New Genetics” Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, January 15, 1998.

“Regulating the Commercialization of Human Genetics: Can We Address the Big Concerns?” Genetic Information: An International Conference, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England, United Kingdom, December 5-6, 1997.

“Bad Blood, Unknown Risks: Notifying Transfusion Recipients of CJD Exposure” Stanford University’s Program in Genomics, Ethics, and Society Works-in-Progress Seminars, Palo Alto, CA, October 27, 1997.

“APOE Testing of Children in Contact Sports” The Stanford Program in Genomics, Ethics and Society: Genetic Testing and Alzheimer Disease: Has the Time Come?, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, October 25, 1997.

“An Interdisciplinary Approach to Public Health Policy: The CJD Example” 9^th Annual Canadian Bioethics Society Conference, Halifax, NS, October 17, 1997.

“Ethics Committees and the Law” A Workshop for Ethics Committees, Capital Health Ethics Coordinating Council, Devon, AB, October 1, 1997.

“Introduction to the Consumer, Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Raised by Biotechnology” Biotechnology and the Consumer, Office of Consumer Affairs, Industry Canada Symposium, Ottawa, ON, September 24, 1997.

“Aboriginal Health Systems” Catch the Dream IV, 4th Annual National Conference on Addiction and Health Promotions, Calgary, AB, September 22, 1997.

“Canada’s Human Reproductive and Genetic Technology Act: The Rise and Fall of Bill C-47” Stanford University’s PGES Work-in-Progress Series, Palo Alto, CA, August 19, 1997.

“Resource Allocation at the Caregiver Level: Emerging Legal Issues” Provincial Health Ethics Network Annual General Meeting and Workshop, Red Deer, AB, May 28, 1997.

“Genetic Engineering: Benefits, Dangers and Potentials: A Panel Discussion on Cloning Technology” Sponsored by Chadad Lubavitch, Vancouver, BC, April 2, 1997.

“Crossfire: Should Client Lists be Used for Fund Raising” National Society of Fund Raising Executives, Edmonton, AB, March 13, 1997.

“Commercialization of Human Genetics in Canada: Regulating a Necessary Evil?” (Poster presentation, Abstract 32) HUGO, Human Genome Meeting `97, Toronto, ON, March 6-8, 1997.

“Ethical Issues of Patients Demanding Medical Treatment” (with J. Dossetor, et al.) Grand Rounds, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, January 28, 1997.

“Bill C-45: Criminalizing Reproductive Technologies in Canada” Health Law Subsection of the Canadian Bar Association, Edmonton, AB, January 7, 1997.

“Eugenic Policies in Alberta” (Poster presentation with G. Robertson) III World Congress of Bioethics, San Francisco, CA, November 21-24, 1996.

“The Privatization of Health Care” Cardiac Athletic Society of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, October 29, 1996.

“Working with HD Families: Legal Issues” Huntington Society of Canada, HD Resource Centre, St. Joseph’s Auxiliary Hospital, Edmonton, AB, October 24, 1996.

“Confidentiality and Informed Consent in the Use of Information Technology” Ethical/Moral Decision Making Series, Sturgeon Community Health Centre, St. Albert, AB, October 15, 1996.

“The New Genetics: Legal and Ethical Issues” Super Saturday, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, October 5, 1996.

“Legal and Ethical Implications in Genetics” Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors Conference and Annual Meeting, Calgary, AB, September 25, 1996.

“The Future of Private Health Care in Alberta” Northern Alberta Chapter of the Canadian College of Health Executives, Edmonton, AB, September 17, 1996.

“Current Practices in Human Banking in Canada” (Poster presentation by R.M. Lewkonia, M.J. Verhoef, T.D. Kinsella, B.M. Knoppers, and T. Caulfield), Genome Canada ‘96, Ottawa, ON, June 13-16, 1996.

“Genetics and Reproductive Technology” Sexuality in an Information Age, 2^nd Western Canadian Sexual Health Conference, Edmonton, AB, May 10, 1996.

“A Clash of Titans: Conflicting Ethical and Legal Norms in the Practice of Human Genetics” Bioethics Interest Group Series, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, March 20, 1996.

“The Genetic ‘Standard of Care’: Mixing Law, Ethics and Resource Allocation Policy” American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, September 29-30, 1995.

“Genetics and the Law: Protecting Property Rights and Vulnerable Peoples” (presented by M. Litman), Faculty of Law, Nigata University, Nigata, Japan, July 1995.

“The Dependant Adults Act and Advanced Directives” AIDS Network of Edmonton Society, Legal Issues Seminar, Edmonton, AB, March, 1995.

“Private Law Issues in the Allocation of Genetic Resources” Canadian Bioethics Society 6^th Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON, November 26, 1994.

“Health Care Directives and the Current Law in Alberta” 6^th Annual Palliative Care Conference, Edmonton, AB, October 25, 1994.

“Genetics, Ethics and the Law: New Legal and Ethical Challenges” Alberta Provincial Judges’ Association Thirty Eighth Annual Meeting, Kananaskis, AB, September 15, 1994.

“Law Reform: Advance Directives and Substitute Decision Making” Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, June 14, 1994.

“Living Wills, Advance Directives and Substitute Decision Making” Values, Ethics and Vision in Health Care Conference, Edmonton, AB, March 25-27, 1994.

“Cost Containment in Health Care - What Will it Mean?” the Health Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, Edmonton, AB, November 2, 1993.