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National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC)-2013 Georgetown University

  • Date: April 5-7, 2013
  • Theme: Bioethics: Intersections in Global Health and Environmental Ethics Policy
  • Hosts: Georgetown Undergraduate Bioethics Society
  • Where: Georgetown University Main Campus, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057

Interested in Global Health, the Environment, and Bioethics?  Do you work with
students interested in those topics?

The Georgetown Undergraduate Bioethics Society (UBS) is excited to be hosting the
National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC) 2013 at Georgetown
University, Friday, April 5 through Sunday, April 7.

NUBC 2013 will bring together undergraduate students from across the nation at
Georgetown for one weekend to delve into this year’s conference theme,
“Bioethics: Intersections of Global Health and Environmental Policy.” The
conference will feature world-renowned speakers in the field of bioethics, the
Bioethics Bowl competition, poster sessions, a bioethics career luncheon,
policy sessions dealing with bioethical issues, and much more. We hope you will
join us for this opportunity to learn more about bioethics and to make
connections with other students from universities across the country.

Registration is now open and will run through March 15th. You can register on the
conference website at http://nubc2013.org.

If you have additional questions or are interested in volunteering at the
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NUBC 2011

Duke University hosted the NUBC in 2011. To find out more, please visit the following site:

http://nubc2011.org/

NUBC 2012

The University of Denver hosted the 2012 NUBC meeting March 23-24, 2012. To learn more, please visit http://www.nubcdenver.com.

Georgetown University has been granted the 2013 NUBC meeting.

ASBH is accepting proposals for the 2014 NUBC meeting. Proposals are due by November 1st.

National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference

The National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference (NUBC) is an annual event bringing together students and speakers from across the country. It is a celebration of undergraduate research and an opportunity to introduce a new generation of students to the field of bioethics. Planned and organized completely by students, this two-day event covers issues of current interest within the field of bioethics with discussions led by experts invited by the hosting students. The conference is hosted in the spring.

More than 200 undergraduate students from across the country have attended each of the conferences, which have featured guest speakers, student debates, student essay contests, art exhibits, and film screenings. Topics at previous conferences have included: medical ethics, science in the media, biotechnology-derived products in agriculture, ethics in the penal system, the definition of disability, the nature of personhood, social responsibility, the ‘war’ on drugs, bioterrorism, profiting in the biotechnology and medical support industries, and genetically based mental health.

The hosting school’s student group organizes the event. The group selects the theme and sessions, selects and invites speakers, and is responsible for all event coordination details including marketing materials. An ASBH Board member should be included on the program for not less than 15 minutes to speak on the fields of bioethics and humanities. Once the dates, theme, and proposed speakers are identified, the group submits them to ASBH for review for timing and balance. A link to the host school’s NUBC Web page is included on the ASBH Web site. ASBH promotes the meeting in its communications to ASBH members via its Web site, membership newsletter, and monthly electronic e-news. ASBH supports the meeting with a small financial contribution.

Hosts have been:  Princeton (1998), University of Virginia (1999), Notre Dame (2000), Emory (2001), Boston University (2002), Texas A & M (2003), University of Michigan (2004), University of Pennsylvania (2005), Notre Dame (2006), Michigan State University (2007), Union College (2008), Harvard University (2009), University of Puget Sound (2010).

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