Saturday 29^th July

From 2pm

Welcome and Registration at Mortonhall.

Evening

Reminiscing with old friends and meeting new ones.

Sunday 30^th July

Morning

The Unofficial Opening of SymBioSE 2000

Afternoon

The Grand Pan-Edinburgh Treasure Hunt!

Evening

Dinner

Monday July 31^st

Morning

9.30 The Official Opening of SymBioSE 2000 Welcome to Edinburgh

10.30- 1pm

• Evolution
• Neuroscience

1-2pm Lunch

Afternoon

2 4.30pm

• Developmental Biology
• The Future of Medicine

Evening

Edinburghs Greatest Mysteries.

The Underground city or The Ghost Walk, not for the faint hearted!

Tuesday 1^st August

Morning

9.30 12.30 Theme morning: choose one of two concurrent themes:

• Genes and Genomes
• Ecology and Conservation

Lunch

Debate Afternoon

The chance to have your say and meet some of the key players in some of the most debated issues in Biology. Choose from three topical debates:

"The Future of Energy"

"Millennium Medicine WHO Decides?"

Evening

Acoustic and Drumming workshop: have a jam or just sit back and listen!

Wednesday 2^nd & Thursday 3^rd August

Choose from a range of excursions, or practical workshops:

(See below)

Friday 4^th August

Theme Day: Ethics and Society

9.30am Introduction: What do we mean by ethics?

10am Talk from Professor Ian Wilmut, creator of Dolly the sheep.

11.30-12.30pm Ethics workshops, choose from:

Ethics and Animal Welfare

Patenting Life

Medical Ethics

Genetic Modification and Agriculture

Lunch

1.30-2.30pm Workshops repeated

Afternoon

3pm The Grand SymBioSE 2000 Debate:

"Patenting Life"

The Official End of SymBioSE

Evening

! The Grand SymBioSE 2000 Ceilidh!

(Of course!)

Saturday 5^th August

Morning

Cleaning up, crying, saying goodbye... and leaving!