Program: From the repaired human to the enhanced human
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From the repaired human to the enhanced human: what kind of impacts on individual and society?
November 26, 2014 - SwissTech Convention Center - EPFL
Interdisciplinary conference programme
Chairman:
DANIEL LAUFER, pediatrician, associate Physician at the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), former Cantonal Doctor, member of the Pro Infirmis Vaud's committee
- 9:00 Welcome – Registration
- 9:30
- Welcome message
- NICOLE GRIN, President of Pro Infirmis Vaud
- NICOLE GRIN, President of Pro Infirmis Vaud
- Welcome message
- 9:35
- Introduction
- PATRICK AEBISCHER, Head of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL)
- PATRICK AEBISCHER, Head of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL)
- Introduction
- 9:45
- Updated on technological innovation
- GRÉGOIRE COURTINE, Professor, International Paraplegic Foundation Chair in Spinal Cord Repair, Neuroprosthesis Center, Brain Mind Institute, Faculty of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, associate Physician at the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV)
- Updated on technological innovation
- 10:15
- Therapeutic technology through a Disability studies and ability studies lens
- GREGOR WOLBRING, PhD associate Professor in community rehabilitation and disability studies at the University of Calgary, Canada
- GREGOR WOLBRING, PhD associate Professor in community rehabilitation and disability studies at the University of Calgary, Canada
- Therapeutic technology through a Disability studies and ability studies lens
- 10:45 Break
- 11:00
- Ethical questions
- ALEXANDRE MAURON, Professor, bioethicist, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
- ALEXANDRE MAURON, Professor, bioethicist, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
- Ethical questions
- 11:30
- Legal questions
- CHARLES JOYE, Doctor in law, lawyer, substitute professor at the University of Lausanne / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, member of the Pro Infirmis Vaud's committee
- CHARLES JOYE, Doctor in law, lawyer, substitute professor at the University of Lausanne / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, member of the Pro Infirmis Vaud's committee
- Legal questions
- 12:15 Lunch – buffet
- 13:15
- Democratizing sciences and techniques: what is the role of the patients and related groups ?
- ALAIN KAUFMANN, Sociologist and biologist, Head of the Sciences-society interface of the University of Lausanne
- ALAIN KAUFMANN, Sociologist and biologist, Head of the Sciences-society interface of the University of Lausanne
- Democratizing sciences and techniques: what is the role of the patients and related groups ?
- 13:30
- Technologies and disability: from promises to reality
- DANIELA CERQUI DUCRET, Responsible for education and research, anthropologist, University of Lausanne
- DANIELA CERQUI DUCRET, Responsible for education and research, anthropologist, University of Lausanne
- Technologies and disability: from promises to reality
- 13:45
- Paradigm of an augmented human : impact for amputees ?
- VALENTINE GOURINAT, PhD student in ethics and life sciences, University of Strasbourg-CNRS, University Hospital of Lausanne, University of Lausanne
- VALENTINE GOURINAT, PhD student in ethics and life sciences, University of Strasbourg-CNRS, University Hospital of Lausanne, University of Lausanne
- Paradigm of an augmented human : impact for amputees ?
- 14:00
- From the perspective of the disabled
- Introduction of the themes from the point of view of the disability field
- BENOÎT REY, Head of the Department of Services French and Italian parts of Switzerland of Pro Infirmis, member of the Fribourg's Grand Council
- BENOÎT REY, Head of the Department of Services French and Italian parts of Switzerland of Pro Infirmis, member of the Fribourg's Grand Council
- View from disabled experts
- BENOÎT THÉVENAZ, Elite sport performer
- GÉRALD VOUILLOZ, Engineer in robotics
- BENOÎT THÉVENAZ, Elite sport performer
- Progress in the disability field ?
- PHILIPPE WEBER, Head of department, Pro Infirmis Vaud
- PHILIPPE WEBER, Head of department, Pro Infirmis Vaud
- From the perspective of the disabled
- 15:00
- Funding of auxiliary means – a clarification
- JEAN-PHILIPPE RUEGGER, President of the Healthcare and disability insurance offices conference, Head of healthcare and disability insurance office for the Vaud region
- JEAN-PHILIPPE RUEGGER, President of the Healthcare and disability insurance offices conference, Head of healthcare and disability insurance office for the Vaud region
- Funding of auxiliary means – a clarification
- 15:15 Break
- 15:30
- Round-table
Moderator:
- BERTRAND KIEFER, MD, Editor-in-chief of the Swiss Medical Review
- BERTRAND KIEFER, MD, Editor-in-chief of the Swiss Medical Review
- Round-table
- 16:45
- Meeting conclusion
- ADRIANO PREVITALI, President of the Pro Infirmis Suisse office, associate Professor in constitutional law and in social insurance law at the University of Fribourg
- ADRIANO PREVITALI, President of the Pro Infirmis Suisse office, associate Professor in constitutional law and in social insurance law at the University of Fribourg
- Meeting conclusion
- 17:00 Closing of the interdisciplinary conference
- 17:15
- Documentary « FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement » from Regan Brashear, 2013 – With the participation of Pr Gregor Wolbring
- Time for questions/answers relating to the documentary, moderated by Pr Gregor Wolbring
- 18:30 End of the conference