MONDAY 27 Feb. 2006

Opening Session

9.30 - Greeting of thePresident of the PAV, H.E. Msgr. Elio Sgreccia

9.45 - Prolusion: The Culture of Death against the Culture of Life in the Teaching of ‘Evangelium Vitae’

H. Em. Card. Javier Lozano Barragán

10.30 - Interval-Coffee

N.B. During the second part of the morning with every probability an audience will be granted to those taking part in the Congress by the Holy Father Benedict XVI.

13.00 - Break - Lunch

First Session

Moderator: Prof. P. Ventura-Juncá

15.30 - Genetics and Epigenetics in the Development of the Embryo before Implantation

Prof. M. .Zernicka-Goetz

16.00 - From Gametogenesis to Fertilisation

Prof. R. Colombo

16.30 - The Development of the Embryo before Implantation

Prof. G. Sica

17.00 - Interval - Coffee

17.30 - The Mother-Embryo Dialogue and the Preparation for the Implantation

Prof. G. Sica

18.00 - Debate and/or Possible Communications from the Academicians (10')

19.00- End of the Proceedings

TUESDAY 28 Feb. 2006

Second Session

Moderator : Prof. A. Fiori

9.30 - Pre-implantation and Prenatal Diagnosis

Prof. C. Bellieni

10.00 - Biomedical and Ethical Considerations on Pre-implantation Diagnosis

Prof. K. FitzGerald

10.30 - Interval - Coffee

11.00 - Prenatal and Pre-implantation Diagnosis: the Point of View of Parents

Prof. M.O. Rethoré

11.30 - Debate and/or Possible Communications from the Academicians (10')

13.00 - Break - Lunch

Third Session

Moderator : Prof. I. Carrasco de Paula

15.00 - The Criteria of Organic Individuality and the Bio-anthropological Status of the Embryo before Implantation

H.E. Msgr. W. J. Ejik

15.30 - Classical and Medieval Thought (St. Thomas) on the Human Embryo

Prof. M. Pangallo

16.00 - The Theories on the Human Embryo as ‘Not Yet a Man’

Prof. P. Ide

16.30 - Debate

17.00 - Interval - Coffee

Round Table: Is the Embryo a Person?

Moderator: Prof. A. Grzeskowiak

17.30 - The Pre-implantation Embryo between Biology and Philosophy: the Individual

Prof. A. Gil Lopes

17.45 -The Pre-implantation Embryo between Nature and the Person

Prof. I. Carrasco De Paula

18:00 - Can a Human Individual not be a Person?

Prof. R. Spaemann

18.15 - The Reasons for the Duty to Have a Juridical Defence of the Embryo

Dr. Jean-Marie Le Menè

18.30 - Debate and/or Possible Communications from the Academicians (10')

19.00- End of the Congress

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