First International Conference of the Tiss.EU project "Ethical & Legal Aspects of Research with Human Tissue in Europe"

Date: 06/26/2008 to 06/28/2008

Location:
University Medical Center Göttingen

Further information: http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~clenk/index-Dateien/TissEU.htm

Description: The acronym Tiss.EU stands for “Evaluation of Legislation and Related Guidelines on the Procurement, Storage and Transfer of Human Tissues and Cells in the European Union — an Evidence-Based Impact Analysis”. The project’s aim is to assess the impact made by European Union’s regulatory activities to date on research in the member states (plus Switzerland). To this end, the project will gather and compare national legislative instruments and guidelines with the help of external experts and make these data available to the public. As a culmination of the project, recommendations are to be drafted for possible ethical and legal guidelines in the interests of European-wide convergence and harmonisation. For the First International Conference of the Tiss.EU project in Göttingen, Germany, from 26th to 28th June 2008, we are inviting contributions to the following thematic areas:

• Ethical & legal regulations regarding the procurement, storage and transfer of tissue and cells for research;

• Rights and entitlements to tissue and cells;

• Anonymisation and pseudonymisation to protect privacy rights;

• Ethical & legal aspects of research with biobanks;

• National regulations in the field of research with human tissue in individual EU member states.

The conference language will be English. Each presentation should have a duration of approximately 20 minutes. The contributors are asked to submit their manuscript of 12 to 15 pages to the organising committee at the time of the conference. Selected papers will be published in a scientific reader on research with human tissue in Europe. The costs for travel and accommodation for the invited speakers will be covered by the organisers. The conference is open to the public and can be visited by interested scientists and academics. The conference fee for visitors is 30,00 € (or, including conference dinner, 70,00 €).

Please send an abstract for your presentation by the 1st April 2008.

Contact:
Dr. Christian Lenk
Tiss.EU project management
Abteilung für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin
Universität Göttingen
Humboldtallee 36
37073 Göttingen
Phone: +49 - (0)551 - 39 41 86
Fax: +49 - (0)551 - 39 95 54
clenk@gwdg.de
http://www.gwdg.de/~clenk

Organizer: Universitätsmedizin Göttingen - Abt. für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin

Program coordination: Dr. Christian Lenk; Prof. Dr. Claudia Wiesemann

Keywords: research ethics; research law; organ/tissue transplantation