6th ICCEC/7th ISCB Program
Portland Art Museum
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - Day 1
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 – Day 2
Thursday, May 13, 2010 – Day 3
Friday, May 14, 2010 – Day 4 (half day)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 – Day 1
Noon–5:30 pm Registration
5:30–7:30 pm Opening Plenary and Reception. This session is open and free to the public.
Call to Order: John Tuohey, PhD, Local ICCEC Chair; Michael Cheng-tek Tai, PhD, ISCB
Welcome: From Conference and Civic Leaders
Original Composition: Guest Cellist Sonny Thet
Sonny Thet was born in Cambodia where he studied cello at the Royal University for Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. He later studied at the Franz Liszt School of Music in Weimar, Germany. Sonny Thet joins us from Germany tonight courtesy of Prof. Norbert W. Paul, Germany.Keynote: Sherwin Nuland, MD: “The Goodness of the Healer from Hippocrates to High-Tech”
In this keynote address, Dr Nuland will explore the history and importance of the healer’s virtue as the main component of medical ethics.Author of the National Book Award winning How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter, Dr Nuland is a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, where he teaches bioethics and medical history. He has also written The Wisdom of the Body, The Origins of Anesthesia, Doctors: The Biography of Medicine, Medicine: The Art of Healing, The Mysteries Within and Leonardo da Vinci. Besides being a regular contributor to medical journals he has also written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books and Time. Sherwin Nuland also writes "The Uncertain Art," a regular column for The American Scholar. His newest book is Lost in America: a Journey with My Father.
Dr. Nuland’s keynote is made possible through the generosity of Peggy and Karl Smith, The Providence Center for Health Care Ethics Board Member
Reception: hosted by: Providence Center for Health Care Ethics, Domaine Serene Winery and Ninkasi Brewing Company