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Monday,  March 3 - 6,  2008

9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Institutes (Thursday March 6 until Noon)

Intensive 

Advanced 

Wrap-around (meets Thursday evening only)

Yuma/Prescott

Casa Grande

Saguaro Rm

Thursday,  March 6,  2008

7:30 - TBD

Debate: Would You Like to Live Forever?
S. Jay Olshansky, PhD & Aubrey de Grey, PhD
Moderator: Anne McNamara, RN, PhD, Grand Canyon University

IMAX at the Arizona Science Center

Friday,  March 7,  2008

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Plenary 1
The Science of Aging and Life Extension
S. Jay Olshansky, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Ballroom

10:00 – 10:30

Break

Veranda

10:30 – 11:30

Plenary 2
The Ethics of Aging
John F. Kilner, PhD
Trinity International University

Ballroom

11:45 am - 1:45pm

Noon – 12:45

12:45 – 1:30

Lunch & Breakout Sessions
Lunch will be provided during both session times.

Physician Assisted Suicide—The Vermont Experience
Robert Orr, MD
University of Vermont

Aging: Legal Issues
Nikolas T. Nikas, Esq., JD
Bioethics Defense Fund

Neo-natal Life Extension
Nick Yates, MD
Consultant for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Neonatal Issues
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity

Quality of Life at the End of Life
Maria Quimba, RN, MA
College of Nursing and Health Sciencs
Grand Canyon University

Aging: Legal Issues
Nikolas T. Nikas, Esq., JD
Bioethics Defense Fund

Neo-natal Life Extension
Nick Yates, MD
Consultant for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Neonatal Issues
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity

Canopy

Ballroom

Casa Grande

Yuma

Ballroom

Casa Grande

Yuma

1:45 – 2:45

Plenary 3
Human Embodiment and Dignified Death: A Critique of Transhumanism
Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, PhD
Arizona State University

Ballroom

2:45 – 3:15

Break

Veranda

3:15 – 4:15

Plenary 4
Dignity and Dying
John Keown, DPhil
Georgetown University

Ballroom

6:00 – 8:30

Dinner and Keynote Speaker*
Stephen P. Kiernan
Author
Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical system

*Denotes separate event

Ballroom

Saturday,  March 8,  2008

9:00 – 10:00 am

Plenary 5
The American Way of Death
Gina J. Mohr, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center

Ballroom

10:00 – 10:30 am

Break

Veranda

10:30 – 11:30 am

Case Study and Panel Discussion
Moderator: Robert Orr, MD, University of Vermont

Ballroom

11:45 am - 1:45pm

Noon – 12:45

12:45 – 1:30

Lunch & Breakout Sessions
Lunch will be provided during both session times.

Physician Assisted Suicide—The Vermont Experience
Robert Orr, MD
University of Vermont

Valuing Personhood in Dementia: Consideration for Humane and Dignified Care
Maribeth Gallagher, RN, MS
Hospice of the Valley

Extending Life Through Genetic Testing and Prophylactic Intervention
Christine F. Stephenson, PhD., FACMG
Cancer Genetics

Extending the Brain: A Neuroethical Inquiry
William P. Cheshire, MD
Mayo Clinic

Valuing Personhood in Dementia: Consideration for Humane and Dignified Care
Maribeth Gallagher, RN, MS
Hospice of the Valley

Quality of Life at the End of Life
Maria Quimba, RN, MA
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Grand Canyon University

Canopy

Ballroom

Yuma

Casa Grande

Ballroom

Yuma

Casa Grande

1:45 – 2:45 pm

Plenary 6
The Challenge of Disposable Elders: A Thought Experiment
C. Christopher Hook, MD
Mayo Clinic

Ballroom

2:45 – 3:15 pm

Conference Wrap-Up

Ballroom