Conference Presentations

New genetic technologies, changing people and luck egalitarianism, Association of Social and Legal Philosophy Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2nd - 4th July, 2009.

Not just Justice – alternative justifications for the provision of health care
Priority in Practice conference, University College, Dublin, Ireland
16th - 17th June, 2009
UK Bioethics Workshop, University College, London, United Kingdom, 29th - 30th June, 2009

Research Exceptionalism, International Association of Bioethics, Croatia, September 3-8, 2008.

What makes a good Lay? Research ethics committees, conflicts of interest and the role of lay members. International Association of Bioethics, Croatia, September 3-8, 2008.

'Tis But a Scratch: The Human Tissue Act and the Use of Tissue for Research, Issues for Research Ethics Committees' First International Conference
Ethical & Legal Aspects of Research with Human Tissue in Europe
, Göttingen, Germany, 27th - 28th June, 2008

'The ESRC Research Ethics Framework and research ethics review at UK universities: Rebuilding the Tower of Babel REC by REC'
International Network of Research Management Societies Congress, Liverpool, 17th-19th of June, 2008.

'Health Promotion, Autonomy & Domination'
Setting an Ethical Agenda for Health Promotion 18-20 September 2007, Ghent, Belgium.

'Global Justice, Luck Egalitarianism & Global Health'
Global Health, Justice and the ‘Brain Drain' 17th September 2007, Keele University, United Kingdom.

‘Luck Egalitarianism & Public Health’
Public Health Ethics Conference, Birmingham University, UK. 16th-18th May, 2007
21st European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care. 15 – 18 August, 2007 Cardiff, United Kingdom.

'The Challenge of Sperm Ships: The need for global regulation of medical technology' Association of Social and Legal Philosophy Conference: "Aliens and Nations: Citizenship, Sovereignty and Global Politics in the 21st Century”, Keele University UK. 19th-21st April 2007. Co-presented with Stuart Oultram, Keele University.

‘The Stranger at our doorstep: Social Change, Suicide and Political Theory’
Ethics at the margins of life, National University of Ireland, Galway, March, 29th-31st, 2007.

‘New genetic technologies, changing people and luck egalitarianism’ Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, New Zealand Branch, Victoria University, Wellington, December 3rd-7th, 2006.

'Teaching Skills and Bioethics, the use of the Community of Inquiry'
20th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Helsinki, Finland, August 23rd-26th, 2006.

'Proportional Ethical? Review'
8th international conference of the International Association of Bioethics, Beijing, China, August 6th-9th, 2006.

'Forward Thinking: A Teaching Project'
5th Global Conference: Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship, Mansfield College, Oxford, July 3rd-6th, 2006.
Bioethics in Ireland Workshop, National University of Ireland, Galway, April 1st, 2007.

'Am I my Brothers Gatekeeper? Professional Ethics & the Prioritisation of Health Care'
The 2006 conference of the Association of Social and Legal Philosophy "Social Justice in Practice", 28th of June - 1st July 2006, University College, Dublin.

'Grey Goo or Justice? Equality and Nanotechnology'
19th Annual European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Barcelona, 24-27th of August, 2005.

'Restorative versus Distributive Justice in Health Care'
7th World Congress of the International Association of Bioethics, Sydney, 9th-12th of November 2004.

'Contesting Claims: Freedom, Efficiency and Equality'
Contesting freedoms in healthcare: policy, practice and ethics; 10th conference of the Australasian Bioethics Association, Sydney, 12th-14th of November 2004.

'This Little Piggy Went to Market, This Little Piggy became a Live Organ Donor: The Ethics of Xeno-Transplantation'
Genetics and Health Care, 18th Annual Conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care, Reykjavik, Iceland, 25th- 28th August 2004.
5th Annual Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics, Leuven, Belgium, 2nd -4th September 2004.
New Zealand Bioethics Conference: Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Dunedin, 13th-15th February 2004.
Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, New Zealand Branch, Palmerston North, 7th-10th December 2003.

'God the Utilitarian? The Ethics of Theodicy'
Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, New Zealand Branch, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 28th November - 2nd December 2004.
Auckland Postgraduate Philosophy Conference, Auckland, 19th - 21st September 2003.

'Republicanism, Domination and Animals: A question of Scope'
Auckland Postgraduate Philosophy Conference, Auckland, 17th - 19th September 2004.

Cultural Relativism: Not Just Unpleasant but Downright Illogical!'
Auckland Postgraduate Philosophy Conference, Auckland, 19th - 21st September 2003.
Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, Christchurch, 7th-12th July 2002.

'The Conditions of Omnibenevolence'
Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, New Zealand Branch, Auckland, 7th-12th December 2001.