International Conference on Bioethics Education: “Contents, Methods, Trends”, Zefat, Israel (May 2-5, 2010)

The Conference is designed to offer a PLATFORM for the exchange of information and knowledge and to hold discussions, lectures, workshops and an exhibition of program and databases.]

The Main Conference Topics:

• Bioethics Education: General, Objectives, Teaching Methodology
• Levels of Teaching, Status of the Programs, Evaluation of Students
• Study Resources, References & Material

The Conference is organized by the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics [Haifa], The Zefat Academic College, The International Center for Health, Law and Ethics, and is supported by the Israel National Commission for UNESCO

Abstracts of approximately 250 words are invited for oral and poster presentations. The deadline for abstract submission: January 15, 2010.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE SECRETARIAT:

Tel. +972-2-6520574

Fax +972-2-6520558

seminars@isas.co.il

www.isas.co.il/bioethics2010

This announcement is transmitted through the UNESCO Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs). The GEObs is a system of databases with worldwide coverage in bioethics and other areas of applied ethics in science and technology such as environmental ethics, science ethics and technology ethics. The system currently comprises six databases on ethics experts, ethics institutions, ethics teaching programmes, ethics related legislation and guidelines, codes of conduct and resources in ethics. For more information, please visit the observatory’s website at: www.unesco.org/shs/ethics/geobs