Programme

Friday 27 January 2012	Venue is Salmond College (Knox Street) Dunedin unless otherwise stated
9.45 am - 10.25 am	Registration / Welcome Tea & Coffee
10.25 am - 10.30 am	Noi Hudson Mihi Whakatau
10.30 am - 10.45 am	Harlene Hayne Vice-Chancellor, University of Otago Opening Address
10.45 am - 11.25 am	Plenary 1: Robin Gauld Preventive & Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine Is New Zealand's health system under pressure? Its performance, present direction and future
11.25 am - 11.40 am	Open Discussion
11.45 am - 12.15 pm	Concurrent Sessions Population Governance in Asia and the West: Toward a Comparative and Global Ethics for the 21st Century Jing-Bao Nie Do student physiotherapists think differently about professional boundaries after a targeted education session? Sue Jenkins, Ian Cooper, Clare Delany, Genevieve Dwyer, Venerina Johnston, Rosemary Godbold* Opening the batt(le)ing! Dying, dollars and downright dirty dialogue about the cost of futile treatments at the end of life Nikola Stepanov Autonomy and what has been left unthought Lynne Bowyer
12.15 pm - 1.15 pm	Lunch & Posters
1.15 pm - 2.15 pm	Plenary 2: MaryLou Harrigan Health Care Consultant and Educator, Harrigan Consulting, Vancouver, British Columbia Ethical issues and the Aged: Exploring Models of Care
2.15 pm - 3.20 pm	Concurrent Sessions (2.15pm - 2.45pm) Precision, the right and the rules of prioritisation. *John McMillan, Tony Hope, Dominic Wilkinson Killing Discarded IVF Embryos and the Nothing-is-Lost Principle Katrien Devolder No Country for Research Participants: Time for a Change in the Health and Disability Code? (Part 1) Lucy Ohagan & Lizzi Yates Concurrent Sessions (2.50 pm - 3.20 pm) Financing Healthcare: Balancing the Principles of Vertical and Horizontal Equity Rick Audas, Erin Penno, Robin Gauld* The 'informed consent process' may interfere with good clinical care Jim Ross No Country for Research Participants: Time for a Change in the Health and Disability Code? (Part 2) Lucy Ohagan & Lizzi Yates
3.20 pm - 3.50 pm	Afternoon Tea & Posters
3.50 pm - 4.55 pm	Concurrent Sessions (3.50 pm - 4.20 pm) The Comfort of Strangers Cordelia Thomas On the dangers of losing trust: A plea for the integrity of evidence based medicine Monika Clark-Grill “Live long and prosper”: Biblical ethics and issues of aging. Graham O'Brien Bioethics for secondary schools - the Bioethics Roadshow (Part 1) Grant Gillett, Deborah Stevens Concurrent Sessions (4.25 pm - 4.55 pm) When are judges using ethical reasoning in end-of-life cases? Kathryn McAuley Reducing the burden of diseases of lifestyle by a focus on equity and distributive justice Martin Laverty Bioethics for secondary schools - the Bioethics Roadshow (Part 2) Grant Gillett, Deborah Stevens
7.30 pm - 9.00 pm	Public Lecture 1: Gareth Jones Bioethics Centre, University of Otago Colin Gavagahan Faculty of Law, University of Otago Enhancement Technologies and Ageing Colquhoun Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor, Dunedin Hospital, 201 Great King Street (This public lecture is free of charge - All Welcome)
Saturday 28 January 2012
9.00 am - 10.15 am	Plenary 3: Susan Dodds Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Tasmania, Australia Will I end my days frail and alone? Responses to dependency and vulnerability
10.15 am - 10.45 am	Morning Tea
10.45 am - 11.50 pm	Concurrent Sessions (10.45 am - 11.15 am) Poor Science, Hidden Agendas and Wrong Messages: Failure of the Engineering Approaches to Procreation in Germany and China Ole Doering To lack (or not to lack) capacity: the question of capacity to make care and welfare decisions Alison Douglass The Methuselah problem, natural aging and healthcare: limitations on the urge to do good Glenys Godlovitch The enhancement equation Stacey Broom Concurrent Sessions (11.20 am - 11.50 am) Ethical problems of Posthumous Psychatric Diagnosis: the case of John Stuart Mill Neil Pickering “I wouldn’t want to become a nuisance under any circumstances”: A qualitative study of the reasons healthy older individuals support medical practices that hasten death. *Phillipa Malpas , Kay Mitchell, Malcolm Johnson A league of their own? Evaluating justifications for the division of sport into “enhanced” and “unenhanced” leagues Mike King Autonomy and care for the elderly: an African perspective Samuel Ujewe**
11.50 am - 12. 50 pm	Lunch
12.50 pm - 2.00 pm	Plenary 4 (followed by Panel): Barry Smith Population Health Analyst, Lakes District Health Board, Rotorua, New Zealand Pressures on the health system: who (or what) should give? Panel Discussion: MaryLou Harrigan, David Bromell, Robin Gauld (Chaired by Grant Gillett)
2.00 pm - 3.05 pm	Concurrent Sessions (2.00 pm - 2.30 pm) Could post-research conversations between ethics committees and applicants untangle researchers tensions with the ethics review process and enhance how NZ researchers engage with Maori? A work in progress (Part 1) Martin Tolich and Barry Poata-Smith Repairing the brain: some ethical considerations Gareth Jones Evidence-based medicine, resource allocation, and the persisting problem of ethically contested outcomes *Wendy Lipworth, Miles Little, Ian Kerridge Ten Zimmer frames or one child’s powered wheelchair – how should we choose and should consumers contribute? Alison Hendry, Jo Esplin* Concurrent Sessions (2.35 pm - 3.05 pm) Could post-research conversations between ethics committees and applicants untangle researchers tensions with the ethics review process and enhance how NZ researchers engage with Maori? A work in progress (Part 2) Martin Tolich and Barry Poata-Smith Failing to Plan, Planning to fail: A Century of Health Transition and the Ageing Resource Debate *Hamish Robertson & Tuly Rosenfeld Medical Ethics: Lessons from the Holocaust Ross Halpin Getting to ‘No’: The Clash between Economics and Ethics in the Decision to Approve Off-label use for Patients in Distress Rick Audas, Des Martin, Mike Doyle*
3.05 pm - 3.35 pm	Afternoon Tea & Posters
3.35 pm - 4.40 pm	Concurrent Sessions (3.35 pm - 4.05 pm) Clinical ethics and clinical ethics groups WORKSHOP (Part 1) Alison Douglass,Grant Gillett Contracting out: an ethical dilemma for research David Cooke The ethics of care for the elderly: a patient safety perspective Joanne Travaglia, Hamish Robertson Photos of the Ageing Body in a Nursing Journal: a profession’s response Lorraine Ritchie Concurrent Sessions (4.10 pm - 4.40 pm ) Clinical ethics and clinical ethics groups WORKSHOP (Part 2) Alison Douglass,Grant Gillett Retrospective Ethics Approval Tim Dare What about disabled people who are aging? Hilary Stace Gestational ageism Dominic Wilkinson
4.45 pm - 5.45 pm	Public Lecture 2: David Bromell Principal Advisor, Ministry of Social Development, Wellington Doing the right thing: Ethical dilemmas in public policy Sponsored by: This Public Lecture is free of charge (ALL Welcome)
6.15 pm - 6.45 pm	Sparkling Wine Reception
6.45 pm - late	Conference Dinner
Sunday 29th January 2012
9.00 am - 10.15 am	Plenary 5 (followed by Panel): Grant Gillett Bioethics Centre, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand Will you still heed me when I'm 64? - Advanced directives Panel: What is past, or passing, and ought to come David Bromell, Susan Dodds, Colin Gavaghan, Robin Gauld, MaryLou Harrigan, Barry Smith Chair: Grant Gillett
10.15 am - 10.45 am	Morning Tea
10.45 am - 12.15 pm	Plenary 6 (Panel) Proposed changes to research ethics processes: do they need fine tuning or a major rethink? Tim Dare, Donald Evans, John McCall, Charlotte Paul Chair: Gareth Jones
12.15 pm - 1.20 pm	Conference Closing Ceremony followed by a light lunch

Programme is subject to change. Please note there will be no residential dinner at Salmond College on Friday night.