A Neurotech Future: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues

A Neurotech Future is a collaborative project between the Queen's University Centre for Neuroscience Studies, the Surveillance Studies Centre, and the Faculty of Law. This meeting brings together a diverse group of perspectives to discuss the technological, ethical, legal and policy issues surrounding emerging neurotechnologies.

Contact: susan.boehnke@queensu.ca

Agenda

Speakers (Click for Full Bios and Talk Abstracts)

• Susan Boehnke (Queen's Centre for Neuroscience Studies)
  • Lead Organizer, A Neurotech Future: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues.
• Shideh Ameri (Queen's Engineering)
• Martha Bailey (Queen's, Faculty of Law)
• Jennifer Chandler (Ottawa Law)
• Samuel Dahan (Queen's Law)
• Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (MP, Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics) 
• Ali Etemad (Queen's, Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• Ariel Garten (InteraXon)
• Judy Illes (UBC, Neuroethics Canada)
• Ron Levy (Queen's Neurosurgery)
• David Lyon (Queen's Surveillance Studies Centre)
• Brenda McPhail (Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
• Graeme Moffat (Neurotech Entrepreneur)
• David Murakami Wood (Queen's Surveillance Studies Centre)
• Teresa Scassa (Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa)
• Stephen Scott (Queen's Neuroscience)
• Catherine Stinson (Queen's School of Computing)
• John Weigelt (CTO, Microsoft Canada)

• Susan Boehnke (Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's)  
• David Lyon (Survellance Studies Centre, Queen's)  
• Martha Bailey (Faculty of Law, Queen's)  
• Jonathan Coutinho (Graduate Research Assistant)   
• Pauline Gaprielian (Graduate Research Assistant)
• Rohit Revi (Graduate Research Assistant)