Glenn McGee, Ph.D. holds The John A. Balint Endowed Chair in Medical Ethics and is Director of Alden March Bioethics Institute (NYBI), established at Albany Medical Center in April 2004. He is the Editor of the American Journal of Bioethics, and the author of The Perfect Baby: A Pragmatic Approach to Genetics, Pragmatic Bioethics, The Human Cloning Debate, among others. He is a member of several prominent associations and committees, including the American Bar Association and the National Advisory Board on Ethical Issues in Reproduction. He has published numerous articles in professional journals within the field of philosophy, medicine, health policy, and biological sciences. http://www.bioethics.net

Presentation: The importance of being regional: in defense of the American federalist system of state experimentation as a model for bioethics.

Dr. McGee will review the developing area of investment and regulation by the U.S. states in biotechnology and medicine, arguing that ultimately, while certain matters such as abortion rights are better served by debates at the national level, there is room for regionalism both political and moral in the world of bioethics in the U.S. and the world.