INTERNATIONAL NEUROETHICS SOCIETY
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Submit Nominations for the INS Board of Directors
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Leading up to the 2019 INS Annual Meeting, the Society is
accepting suggestions for new members of the Board of Directors. Our goal is to be able to consider a diverse and broad range of candidates from all the individual, disciplinary, and geographic backgrounds that make up the INS membership.
Send your confidential suggestions for people to fulfill the important duties of moving the Society forward to Karen Graham (
kgraham@neuroethicssociety.org).
Suggestions are due today, June 27, by 7:00pm EDT.
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September 7-10; Copenhagen, Denmark;
The future of CNS treatments
September 21-25; Daegu, Korea
September 26-27; Graz, Austria
October 17-18; Chicago, IL, USA;
Mapping Neuroethics: An Expanded Vision
October 19-23; Chicago, IL, USA
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Neuroethics abstracts due Monday
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The abstract submission deadline for the INS annual meeting is Monday, July 1. All submissions must be received by the 11:30pm EDT deadline—late entries will not be accepted.
Authors submitting an abstract are eligible for presentation opportunities and travel support. All accepted abstracts will also be considered for publishing in a future issue of
AJOB Neuroscience.
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Call for Abstracts –
The Workshop on the Philosophy of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroethics is now accepting abstracts. This workshop aims to promote an international forum to share knowledge, issues, and challenges in the fields of cognitive neuroscience and neuroethics. Although contributions from any area of the philosophy of cognitive neuroscience and neuroethics are welcome, organizers are particularly looking forward to receiving contributions addressing the following topics of inquiry: neural representation, externalism and internalism in cognitive neuroscience; neurocognitive models of concepts, perception, language, etc; explanation in brain and cognitive science; consciousness and disorders of consciousness; neuroscientific contribution to unveiling what makes us human; neuronal epigenesis and moral change; and neuroscience and free will. Submissions due September 20
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Neuroethics Research Assistant
– Neuroethics Division, University of British Columbia; Vancouver, Canada – The position will involve projects related to neurotechnology in the general context of neurologic and psychiatric disorders, and specifically with a focus on drug resistant epilepsy. The individual will work closely with investigators in Canada and the U.S., trainees and other members of the project team to explore current and future ethical implications of invasive and non-invasive neurotechnologies and their responsible integration into health care and society. Funding for this position is from a multi-year NIH/NIMH BRAIN Initiative research grant. Job ID 34143.
Applications due June 30
Senior Researcher – The Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities in Oxford, United Kingdom is seeking candidates for a senior researcher who will lead the development of a major new program of research on ethical issues arising in the collection, storage, and sharing of digitalized medical images.
The closing date for applications is July 25.
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Visiting Scholar
– John J. Lynch, MD Center for Ethics MedStar Washington Hospital Center; Washington, DC, USA
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Share your organization's open positions, calls, and other opportunities with INS members and the neuroethics community. Submit to staff for consideration (administrator@neuroethicssociety.org).
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New technologies for the brain require ethical approaches to innovation – Following up on themes discussed at the
neurotechnology conference organized by the INS and Cognixion in Toronto last month, INS Board members Judy Illes and Jennifer Chandler highlighted in this article the importance of ethics in the rapidly progressing brain–health–technology sector, concluding: "Still, given the enormous potential for enhancing human well-being, speed of innovation is essential to compressing health inequities in Canada and elsewhere. Progress, however fast or slow, must also be accompanied by humility that will preserve public trust, promote the kind of inclusion and hope the most vulnerable people in our society deserve and ensure that discoveries about the brain and the human right to access them are in balance." – Judy Illes and Jennifer Chandler (The Conversation)
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Best of the Neuroethics Blog: is Football Safe for Brains? – This article features a public discussion held at the 2015 INS Annual Meeting. The INS will again hold the annual meeting in Chicago this year and INS member Syd Johnson will be speaking as part a session on 'Disorders of Consciousness.' – L. Syd M Johnson
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Did you publish a paper or attend an event that your neuroethics colleagues should know about? Send us a link, summary, or reflection article and we'll share with your neuroethics colleagues. Submit to staff for consideration (administrator@neuroethicssociety.org).
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