• Redistricting Reform: Visions for the Future
  Co-sponsored with the League of Women Voters
  Tuesday, February 9
  2 p.m.-4 p.m.
  Panelists: Senator Martin Malave Dilan Sr. |
  Senator Andrew Lanza | Assemblyman Daniel J. Burling | Assemblyman William Parment | Gerald Benjamin, SUNY New Paltz | Blair Horner, NYPIRG
  Moderator: Susan Arbetter, WCNY-TV


• An Agenda for Education Reform in New York
  Wednesday, February 24
  10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon
  Speaker: David M. Steiner, Commissioner, New York State Education Department

This Public Policy Forum followed on the heels of new federal guidelines detailing the Obama administration's plans for government funding of stem cell research, coming off a period of what Institute Senior Fellow James W. Fossett called "federal gridlock" during the Bush administration. The wide-ranging discussion covered scientific, ethical, political and legal topics of concern for stem cell research across the nation, and included a report on New York's current status with regard to government-funded stem cell study.

• The Science of Human Stem Cell Research
  Sean Philpott PhD, MS (pictured, above left)
  Bioethics Science and Ethics Officer
  Global Campaign for Microbicides
  PATH
  Video
• The Ethics of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  Bonnie Steinbock, PhD
  Department of Philosophy
  University at Albany
  Video
• Emerging Legal Issues
  Amy Campbell, JD, MSE (pictured, above right)
  Center for Bioethics and Humanities
  SUNY Upstate Medical University
  Video
• The Outlook for Stem Cell Policy Under the
  Obama Administration
  James W. Fossett, PhD
  University at Albany and Rockefeller Institute of Government
  Video
• The Empire State Stem Cell Board Overview and Outlook
  Judy Doesschate, JD (pictured, above center)
  Director of Board Operations and Executive Secretary to the Empire State Stem Cell Board
  Video
  
  Video of Question-and-Answer Session