EUREC-ANCEI 2017 EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES


The Conference will take place next 17 th to 19 th of May 2017 in the auditorium of SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital, and the Borja Institute of Bioethics of the Ramon Llull University will also collaborate in the organisation of the event.
EUREC‐ANCEI (European Network of Research Ethics Committees–Asociación Nacional de Comités de Ética de la Investigación) Conference, has been organised with lectures, round tables and presentations.They will tackle the following topics:
1. The proposal of a new joint platform for research ethics evaluation, either biomedical or not, by means of European projects.
2. The “Recommendation CM/Rec (2016) of the Committee of Ministers to member States on research on biological materials of human origin”
    and the personal data handling in this context   and Biobanks.
3. The features of generational relationships by means of European Projects which treat the psychological stress on adolescents.
4. The meaningfulness and implications of the Research Ethics Committees’ independence.
5. The impact of the new EU Regulation 536/2014 on the Research Ethics Committees of different European countriesDescription, pros, cons,
     surfeits and deficits.
6. Ethics of research on sequencing and prediction in patients with high risks of psychiatric disorders including children and adolescents
    (the IMAGEMEND project).
7. The research in vulnerable populations. The participation of children in the Research Ethics Committees. The Kids Barcelona Project.
8. The question of what kind of Research Ethics Committee can fit in Europe. A proxy committee or an administrative regulator one.
9. Medical devices: the new regulatory project. Ethical problems in the clinical trials and use of medical devices. The example of fetal surgery.
10. To get European opinions and feed back about the proposed topics a free communications session on the different topics of the conference have     
     been programmed.
11. The future of Research Ethics Committees, perspectives and hopes.
The languages of the Conference will be English and Spanish. However, the texts of the lectures and communications to be published in the Conference Book, will be in English.
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