Collaboration

Over years BioCentre has collaborated with the following:

• The Biochemical Society

• Centre for Applied Global Citizenship and the Science, Medicine and Society Network,  University College London

• Institute for Gerenontology, King’s College London

• London Science Museum’s Dana Centre

• Royal Society of Chemistry

• Saving Faces: The Facial Surgery Research Foundation

• European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME)

Network

Participating organisations at BioCentre events have included the following:

• Arts Catalyst

• Bloor Research for RFID

• Centre for Applied Global Citizenship, University College London

• Centre for Bioethics and Emerging Technologies, St Mary’s University College

• Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) at Cardiff University

• Centre for Ethics in Medicine, Bristol University

• Chair of the House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee

• Cognitive Science at Middlesex University

• ePlanet Ventures

• European Union FP7 projects (various).

• Faculty of Social Science, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Austria

• Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University

• Gúna Nua Theatre Company, Dublin

• Institute for Science, Ethics, and Innovation, University of Manchester

• Institute of Gerontology, King’s College London,

• International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)/TC229, Nanotechnologies

• Lloyd's of London

• Medical Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, USA

• NanoManufacturing Institute, University of Leeds

• Nanotechnologies Industries Association

• Nuffield Council on Bioethics

• Research Councils UK

• Royal College of Art, Design Interactions

• Royal Academy of Engineering

• Saving Faces: The Facial Surgery Research Foundation

• School of Computer Science at University of Hertfordshire

• School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh

• Science Council

• Scottish Council on Human Bioethics

• Sheffield Law School

• SPRU (science and technology policy research unit), University of Sussex

• Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) Foundation

• Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics

• TELOS (Centre for the study of Technology, Ethics and Law in Society), King's College London

• United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

• University of Cambridge

• University of Surrey

• University of West of Scotland

• 2020health.org

Government agencies and departments

Department of Health; Defense, Science and Technology Laboratories (Dstl), Ministry of Defense, Portdown; Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority; Human Tissue Authority

Embassies and diplomatic missions

Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Equatorial New Guinea, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela.

Guests

BioCentre symposia have attracted a diverse range of people including the following:

• Academics from UK universities (professors, doctors).

• Postgraduate research students.

• Healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses).

• Members of the public.

• Public policy representatives.

• Think tank specialists.

• Artists, designers and public engagement specialists.

• Civil society leaders.

• Members of learned societies.

• Freelance writers & media representatives

• Lawyers.

• Business and industry representatives.

• Parliamentarians and representatives from their offices.

• Government department representatives.

• Representatives from the European Commission

Nigel Cameron

Nigel Cameron has written about history, bioethics, theology, the values of the medical profession, and corporate social responsibility. He has served as a hospital consulting ethicist, was founding editor of the journal Ethics and Medicine, and a board member of 2020health.org and BioCentre. He has testified before committees of the US Congress and the European Union, served as a member of US diplomatic delegations to United Nations agencies on health-related issues, and was a US Government candidate to be UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Health. He was appointed by Secretaries of State of both parties to serve four terms as a Commissioner of the US National Commission for UNESCO, and chaired its Committee on Social and Human Sciences.

Nigel was among Nobel Laureates and other internationally acclaimed figures from a variety of areas who came together to participate in "The unknown, 100 years from now" conference to think through the world our children and grandchildren will inhabit 100 years from now. Watch ‘Nigel Cameron on ‘the human question’ in 2115′.

Matt James

Matt James is Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Law at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. With over two decades of experience in Westminster and Whitehall, he has led strategic, evidence-based research influencing national policy, particularly on health and emerging technologies. Formerly a parliamentary researcher and senior think tank analyst, Matt currently serves on the Biometrics and Forensic Ethics Group, an advisory non-departmental public body advising the UK Home Office on ethical issues surrounding biometric data, forensic materials, and AI systems. His expertise bridges academic insight and public policy, shaping ethical governance in complex, technology-driven domains.

Julia Manning

Julia Manning is a pioneer in healthcare, a Hon. Professor of Practice in Computer Science and an expert in critiquing technology solutions to make life easier for clinicians and improve patient safety and self-care. She is committed to humane technology, embedding responsibility, trust, dignity and personal control throughout design, and to wider health ecosystem governance. Her current research interest is on the 'external' AI responsibility issues - the potential impact on society and community, in particular Sustainability (environment), Trust (relationships), Education (expertise and liability) and Materialism (reductionism).

John Wyatt

John’s background is as a consultant neonatologist and academic researcher focussing on the mechanisms, treatment and prevention of brain damage in newborn infants. He is now engaged in addressing new ethical, philosophical and theological challenges caused by advances in medical science and technology. He is also fascinated by the issues raised by rapid advances in AI and robotics, and the interface between cutting-edge science and Christian faith. John’s academic title is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, Ethics & Perinatology at University College London. He is also senior researcher at the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge.