PUBLIC LECTURE: SCIENCE: HAS IT GONE TOO FAR?

SCIENCENETWORK WA (www.sciencewa.net.au) with support from the Institute of Advanced Studies, UWA

Presents a FREE public event:

SCIENCE: HAS IT GONE TOO FAR?

Embryo stem cells, mice that glow in the dark, frankenfood, cloned pets, superdrugs no-one can afford, nanobots that spy on you, global warming, foetal screening, military swarms … has science completely lost the plot?

Is today’s science out of step with society’s values – and out of control? Who is really calling the shots? Has the public any say – or are they just the suckers who’ll pay for the next bizarre technology … in more ways than one?

Award winning journalist Julian Cribb will join top WA researchers in controversial fields and leading ethics and human rights experts to debate the future of science in Australia. Featuring:

Professor Alan Harvey, Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee for the WA Reproductive Technology Council & Chair, UWA Neuroscience Discipline Group

Professor Stuart Bunt, Scientific Director, SymbioticA & Professorial Fellow, School of Anatomy and Human Biology, UWA

Mr Richard Egan, President, National Civic Council (WA Branch)

Dr Stephan Millett, Executive Officer, Human Research Ethics Committee & Director, Centre for Applied Ethics and Philosophy (Curtin)

Dr Bruce Bellinge, Director and Reproductive Biologist, Concept Fertility Centre

Associate Professor Tim St Pierre, Head, Biomagnetics Research Group & Associate Professor, School of Physics, UWA

COST:FREE.

Please RSVP to [email protected] or (08) 9481 6295 by Tuesday June 21

Parking will be available from Hackett Drive entrance 1 in Car Park 3. (Map at http://maps.uwa.edu.au/crawley/display/11)