Plenary Presentation: To Sail beyond the Sunset: Navigating the Uncharted Waters of Bioethics from modified page

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The promise and perils of new developments in science - some happening now and some anicipated - invite questions about their ethical and legal implications. New technologies can potentially enhance performance and have vast effects on productivity, evolutions, quality of life, and the social environment. The convergence of technologies extends their reach to changing the nature of a human being.

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