Call for Abstracts: Enhancing Understanding of Enhancement

Submission deadline: June 22, 2015

Conference date(s):
October 27, 2015 - October 28, 2015

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Conference Venue:

Center for The Study of Bioethics
Belgrade, Serbia

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Due to an extraordinary high number of abstract submissions for the conference "Enhancing Understanding of Enhancement", as well as the fact that various scholars have asked for an extension of the deadlinewe have decided to specify 22 June as the new abstract submission deadline. The conference is organized by CSB in collaboration with The Hastings Center: (http://www.csb.eu.com/conference/?page_id=13).


The registration instructions for the conference have also been updated.Registration after 30 June is still going to be possible, but surcharges will be added:  http://www.csb.eu.com/conference/?page_id=19


The Center for the Study of Bioethics and The Hastings Center are organizing in collaboration with each other the international conference "Enhancing Understanding of Enhancement". The conference will be held at the Center for the Study of Bioethics in Belgrade on 27 and 28 October 2015. It will explore various issues pertaining to enhancement, including our understanding of enhancement, genetically engineered enhancement, cognitive enhancement, moral enhancement, bioenhancement in general...The keynote speakers will be John Harris and Erik Parens. 


Those who wish to contribute with a paper presentation should send us a filled out abstract submission form (http://www.csb.eu.com/conference/?page_id=13). All themes dealing with the issue of human enhancement are welcome. Those who wish to chair a session should write an email message with the subject title "Chairing a session". The message should contain a biographical note of up to 150 words, clearly specifying the field(s) of expertise of the candidate interested in chairing a session. Abstract submission forms and expressions of interest in chairing sessions should be sent no later than 22 June 2015 to [email protected].

For abstract submission forms, the conference  program, registration fees, accommodation and all other information that is relevant to the event we organize, please visit regularly our conference website

For any questions, you can send an e-mail to [email protected] .

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