Unraveling the Fertility Industry:
Challenges and Strategies for MovementBuilding
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Friday, 22nd January, 2010
9.00 am-6.30 pm
Registration
Sama- Welcome and Introductions: The Consultation in Perspective
Pramada Menon- Framework of the Consultation
Betsy Hartmann- The Gene Express: Speeding Toward What Future?
10.30 am-11.00 am: Tea Break
SESSION 1
BIOGENETIC TRANSACTIONS: POLITICS AND ECONOMICS
Coordinators:Manisha Gupte and Judy Norsigian
Speakers:
Amit Sengupta- Targeting Women through Markets and Technologies: The Global Context
Sarah Sexton- Biogenetic Futures: Patents and Property, Speculation and Services
Discussion
1.00 pm-1.45 pm: Lunch Break
SESSION 2
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES: ASIA PACIFIC
Coordinators: Mohan Rao and Shree Mulay
Speakers:
Renate Klein- From ‘Cutting Edge’ to ‘Business as Usual’: What Does the Future Hold for Women in Australia’s Mainstreaming of ARTs?
Young-Gyung Paik- Assisted Reproductive Technologies at the Crossroads: Neoliberal Economy, National Depopulation Crisis and the Politics of Reproduction in South Korea
Discussion
3.30 pm-3.50 pm: Tea Break
SESSION 3
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES: SOUTH ASIA
Coordinators: Imrana Qadeer and Farida Akhter
Speakers:
Nighat Khan- Medicine Sans Frontiers: This Day and This Way
Pinky Singh Rana- Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Nepal: A Brief Picture
Discussion
SESSION 4
EMERGING PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES: TOWARDS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT
Coordinators: Sandhya Srinivasan and Jyotsna Agnihotri Gupta
Saturday, 23rd January, 2010
9.00 am-5.00 pm
SESSION 5
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES: SOUTH ASIA
Coordinators: Padmini Swaminathan and Betsy Hartmann
Speakers:
Farida Akhter- Unregulated Trade over Women's Infertility: The Scenario of ART in
Bangladesh
Sama- Unraveling the Fertility Industry: Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) in the Indian Context
Aditya Bharadwaj- Experimental State, State of Experiments: State, Science, Citizens and Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India
Discussion
11.10 am-11.30 am: Tea Break
SESSION 6
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES: LATIN AMERICA
Coordinators: Malini Bhattacharya and Marcia Inhorn
Speakers:
Elizabeth Roberts- Ova Extraction in Ecuador
Marilena Correa- Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Brazil: An Overview of the Scenario and its Ethical, Legal and Social Challenges
Discussion
1.00 pm-1.45 pm: Lunch Break
SESSION 7
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES: US, CANADA AND NETHERLANDS
Coordinators: Amar Jesani and Sarah Hodges
Speakers:
Marcy Darnovsky- Commercialisation of Reproductive and Genetic Technologies: What Lessons for Biotech Developments Around the Globe?
Shree Mulay- A Case of Closing the Barn Door After the Horse Has Bolted: Canadian Experience of Regulating Assisted Human Reproduction
Jyotsna Agnihotri Gupta- Biocrossings and the Global Fertility Market; Reproductive Bodies/Body Parts and Gender
Discussion
4.00 pm-4.20 pm: Tea Break
SESSION 8
EMERGING PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES: TOWARDS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT
Coordinators: Renu Khanna and Young-Gyung Paik
Evening: 10 years of Sama- An Evening of Music and Poetry at the India Habitat Centre
Sunday, 24th January, 2010
9.30 am- 3.30 pm
SESSION 9
GLOBAL EXPERIENCES: MIDDLE EAST
Coordinators: Renate Klein and Aditya Bharadwaj
Speakers:
Hedva Eyal- Ova Donation and Legislation: Israel as a Case Study
Marcia Inhorn- Globalization and Gametes: Reproductive Tourism, Islam in Bioethics and Middle Eastern Modernity
Discussion
11.15 am-11.45 am: Tea Break
SESSION 10
IN PURSUIT OF TISSUES: GLOBAL MOVEMENT AND THE BIOGENETIC FORM
Coordinators: Chayanika Shah and Sarah Sexton
Speakers:
Judy Norsigian- Threats to Women’s Health Posed by the Increasing Globalization of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Can Developing Cross-border Strategies Help Protect the Most Vulnerable Women?
Sama- Changing Landscapes of Reproductive Politics: Responses from Progressive Movements from India
Discussion
1.30 pm-2.00 pm: Lunch Break
SESSION 11
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Coordinators: Lakshmi Lingam, Marcy Darnovsky andAmit Sengupta
CONCLUDING REMARKS: Sama
FILM @ 4.30 pm: Made In India(by Vaishali Sinha and Rebecca Haimowitz)
Supported by IDRC, HIVOS, GFWand other individuals