Conference Program

A Conference in Celebration of IJFAB

The conference will take place on November 14, 2008 from 9:00am to 6:00pm at Stony Brook Manhattan, 401 Park Avenue South (between 27th and 28th Street) New York, New York 10016. For more information contact IJFAB at email: IJFAB@stonybrook.edu.

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A Conference in Celebration of IJFAB: Program

November 14th, 2008
Stony Brook Manhattan
401 Park Avenue South (28th and Park Ave.)
New York, New York 10016

9:00 - 10:00 Continental Breakfast

10:00 - 10:30 Welcome and Introductions

DISABILITY STUDIES and BIOETHICS

10:30 - 11:15 The Personal is Philosophical
Eva Feder Kittay, Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University

11:15 - 12:00 Hidden Labour: Disability and the Negotiation of Autonomy
Jackie Leach Scully, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Newcastle University, UK

12:00 - 12:30 Response and Discussion:
Lisa Diedrich, Associate Professor of Women's Studies, Stony Brook University

12:30 - 2:00 LUNCH BREAK (A list of suggested local restaurants will be provided.)

HEALTH AND JUSTICE IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

2:15 - 3:00 Global Gender Justice: Health Disparities in Women in Developing Countries
Ruth Macklin, Professor of Bioethics in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

3:00 - 3:45 Caregiving in the Context of Globalization: Towards Transnational Justice
Lisa Eckenwiler, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Director of Health Care Ethics, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics

3:45 - 4:15 Response and Discussion:
James F. Nelson, Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University

4:15 - 4:30 Coffee Break

4:30 - 5:30 Concluding Panel

6:00 - 7:00 Reception at The Black Duck 122 East 28th Street (next door)