| 16-09-2002 Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity: 23-24 September 2002 - The Montreux Meeting, Switzerland
| 1900 Welcome drinks for out-of-town participants |
| 09:00 |
Registration |
| 09:30-10:30 |
Session 1 - OPENING SESSION
Welcome
Dr. François Bugnion, Director for International Law and Cooperation within the
Movement, International Committee of the Red Cross
Appeal on "Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity"
Dr. Jakob Kellenberger, President, International Committee of the Red Cross
Keynote address: Genomics and the Ethics of Science
Dr. Albert Jacquard, University of Paris, France
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| 10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break
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| 11:00-13:00 |
Session 2 - ANCIENT NORMS: NEW THREATS
Germs, warfare and the human impulse to keep them apart
Dr. Julian Perry Robinson, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK,
Co-director, Harvard-Sussex Program on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation
Biotechnology and the potential for abuse
Prof. Malcolm Dando, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK
Neurosciences and future weapons
Dr. Tamas Bartfai, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Keynote address
A military perspective on biotechnology, weapons and humanity
Maj. Gen. (Ret'd) Dipankar Banerjee, Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies,
New Delhi, India
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| 15:00-16:00 |
Session 3 - REINFORCING THE LEGAL NORMS Chair: Mr. Peter Herby, ICRC
Universalising the Biological Weapons Convention
Mr. Alfredo Labbé, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Chile to the
Conference on Disarmament, Geneva
A convention on international criminalisation
Prof. Matthew Meselson, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University, USA
Co-director, Harvard-Sussex Program on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation
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| 15:30-16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:00-17:30 |
Session 3 - REINFORCING THE LEGAL NORMS (cont.)
Plenary discussion Chair: Mr. Peter Herby, ICRC
National implementing legislation for the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention
Introduction: Anna Segall, Legal Advisory Service on IHL, Legal Division, ICRC
Withdrawal of reservations to the 1925 Geneva Protocol
Introduction: Robert Young & Marie-Claude Michon, Legal Division, ICRC
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| 19:00 |
Dinner
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| Tuesday 24th September
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| 9:00-10:30 |
Session 4 - THE ROLE OF SCIENTISTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
Chair: Dr. Robin Coupland, ICRC
Disease surveillance and assistance
Dr. Ottorino Cosivi, Department of Communicable Disease, Surveillance
and Response, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva
Science compromised: Lessons learned from South Africa's chemical and biological warfare program
Mr. Mafole Mokalobe, Researcher, Centre for Conflict Resolution,
Pretoria, South Africa
Codes of conduct for biomedical researchers
Dr. Vivienne Nathanson, Director of Professional Activities,
British Medical Association, London, UK
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Session 4 - THE ROLE OF SCIENTISTS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS (cont.)
Chair: Dr. Robin Coupland, ICRC
Panel discussion: Towards national and global co-operation on scientific
responsibility
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12:00-13:00 | CLOSING SESSION Chair, Dr. François Bugnion, ICRC
A potential role for a high-level political declaration on "Biotechnology, Weapons
and Humanity" ICRC
Discussion
Concluding remarks by the Chair
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch
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