Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act –

a retrospective

Speakers: Baroness Ruth Deech, former Chair of the HFEAFiona MacCallum, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of WarwickNatalie Gamble, solicitor specialising in fertility law at Lester Aldridge and mother, together with her civil partner, to two donor-conceived childrenChair:The Rt Revd The Lord Harries of Pentregarth, the former Bishop of Oxford and chair of the Ethics and Law Advisory Group of the HFEA

‘Dad Not Included: Should the Need for a Father be Enshrined in Law?’

Speakers: John Burn, Professor of Clinical Genetics at Newcastle UniversityAnna Smajdor, Lecturer in Medical Ethics at the University of East Anglia – arrived too late to speak due to travel difficultiesDonald Bruce, director of the ethics consultancy EdinethicsChair: Alison Murdoch, Professor and Head of Reproductive Medicine at Newcastle University

‘Artificial Gametes: The What, Why and How of Creating Sperm and Eggs in the Laboratory’

Ban the use of artificial gametes for fertility treatment in primary legislation: for the next 10-20 years

5 votes

Ban the use of artificial gametes for fertility treatment now but allow Parliament to reconsider at any time

36 votes

Permit the use of artificial gametes for fertility treatment now with regulation by the HFEA

45 votes

Speakers: Anna Middleton, Consultant Research Genetic Counsellor at Cardiff UniversitySteve Emery, British Sign Language Research Associate at Heriot-Watt UniversityColin Gavaghan, Lecturer in Medical Law and Ethics at the University of GlasgowChair:Graham Turner, chair of Interpreting and Translation Studies at Heriot-Watt University

Debating Deafness and Embryo Selection: Are we Undermining Reproductive Confidence in

the Deaf Community?

Speakers: Brenda Almond, President of the Philosophical SocietyJohn Burn, Professor of Clinical Genetics at Newcastle UniversityJosephine Quintavalle, Director of Comment on Reproductive EthicsChair:Fiona Fox, Director of the Science Media Centre

Half-truths?: The Science, Politics and Morality of 'Hybrid' Embryos