EMBO Special Sessions are an opportunity for issues of social importance to be communicated and discussed among scientists and other professionals.

Upcoming Event

EMBO symposium: Molecular Biology and Global Health Challenges– Can Advanced Technology Improve Worldwide Development ?
Saturday 6 September 2008, 1300 – 1700
Tampere-Talo, Tampere, Finland

13.00   Welcome and Introduction
Howy Jacobs and Per Ashorn, University of Tampere

13.05   What are the current health challenges facing the world?
Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

13.30   How can molecular biologists bring their expertise to bear on global health inequities?
Hermann Bujard, University of Heidelberg, Executive Director of EMBO

13.55   Discovery science and technology for global health solutions
Carol Dahl, Chief of Staff, Global Health Program and Director, Global Health
Technologies, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

14.20   The vaccine example: Why and how should biotech companies be involved in global health development?
Jean Stéphenne, President and General Manager, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals

14.45   Coffee

15.15   Opportunities and limitations of molecular biology in changing the world
Jeffrey Mecaskey, Director of Health, Save the Children, UK

15.40   Who should do what for global health development?
Tikki Pang, Director, Research Policy & Cooperation Department of the World Health Organization

16.05   Panel Discussion: Can advanced technology and business be successfully merged with worldwide social development?
General discussion with all the above speakers, moderated by Per Ashorn and Howy Jacobs,
University of Tampere

17.00 Closing reception with wine

Previous Events

EMBO Members Workshop Frontiers of Molecular Biology Communication Workshop Sunday, 28 October 2007 Dealing with difficult topics in public: a communication workshop focused on controversial issues in science Presentations: Media communication analysed: facts, figures and insights Andrew Moore, workshop organiser and Programme Manager for Science & Society, EMBO Attitudes, understanding and shared values – meeting your audience on equal terms Eric May, consultant and trainer, Bammental, Germany Presentation Toolkit A case study in difficult media communication – the story of Alba, the GFP rabbit Louis-Marie Houdebine, Director of Research, Laboratory of Cellular Differentiation, INRA, Paris, France Presentation
	Communication Workshop 14th October 2006 University of Sheffield, UK
	Genes and Behaviour Warsaw, Poland, 15 October 2005 International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IIMBC) Conference Booklet
	Getting the message across: workshop in communication with the public and politicians Vienna, Austria, 16 October 2004 Conference booklet
	Communication and trust in molecular biology 19 October 2003, Killarney, Ireland Conference booklet
	From biotech to shopping basket: genetic modification and global food production 12 October 2002, Oslo, Norway Conference booklet
	The economic impact of basic research 14 October 2001, Heraklion, Crete
	Stem Cells: Future Prospects October 2002, Sophia Antipolis, France
	Biotechnology and the environment October 1999, Prague, Czech Republic