With the patronage of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care, Istituto Acton gathered distinguished leaders in the medical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnological, and IT sectors as well as health and public policy experts for an international conference on health and technology in Rome. The panel of experts debated the practical and moral concerns for providing better health services, pharmaceutical products, sustainable agriculture, and technological services. The audience asked many challenging questions on issues such as the roles and responsibilities of scientists, investment in research and development, and the wide spectrum of influence that missionary orders, industry advocacy groups, and NGOs have with their own private initiatives in healthcare services and agricultural development.

Speakers

• H. Em. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragàn (President, Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care)
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• Rev. Msgr. Jean Laffitte (Vice President, Pontifical Academy for Life)
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• Mr. Thompson Ayodele (Director, Initiative for Public Policy Analysis)

• Dr. Francesco Chiappetta (President,  Istituto Europeo Servizi)

• Dr. David H. Carey  (Professor of philosophy,  Whitman College)
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• Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt (Fellow, American Enterprise Institute)
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• Dr. Richard Sternberg (Fellow, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
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• Mr. Peter Thiele (Founder, PayPal;  President, Clarium Capital Management)
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• Dr. Grace Marie Turner (President, Galen Institute)

In the Press

• Vatican Radio Article about the Conference
• Vatican Radio Report about the Conference
• Vatican Radio Interview with H. Em. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragàn
• ZENIT Interview with H. Em. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragàn
• Vatican Radio Interview with Mons. Jean Laffitte
• "Vatican criticizes UN 'health for all' ideology that downplays suffering, pain", Taiwan News
• "La Chiesa, il bene comune e le sfide della biotecnologia" by Giuseppe Brienza and Omar Ebrahime

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