27-29 April 2004 - At a session of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee entitled, "Towards a Declaration on Universal Norms on Bioethics" in Paris, Prof. John Williams presented the comments of the WMA Ethics Unit on the IBC's proposed declaration.

23-24 April 2004 - Prof. John Williams is giving a presentation on "The Ethics Activities of the World Medical Association" at a conference on The Ethics of Intellectual Property Rights and Patents in Warsaw, Poland.

31 March 2004 - Dr. James Appleyard, WMA President, is co-chair of a session on "International Approaches to Research Subjects Protections: Promoting Public Health through Responsible Clinical Research" at a conference on European Clinical Research Oversight Situated in a Global Context: Inspections, Ethical Review, & Research Participants Protections, co-sponsored by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products and the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice in Brussels, Belgium.

21-25 March 2004 - Prof. John R. Williams is giving three presentations at the 3rd International Conference on Ethics Education in Medical Schools and the 21st International Conference on Death and Bereavement in Eilat, Israel. The titles of the presentations are "An International Ethics Manual for Medical Students," "The Current State of the Debate About Paragraph 30 of the Declaration of Helsinki," and "Ethics and Bereavement" (with Rosemary Williams, M.S.W.).

15 March 2004 - Dr. Delon Human gave a lecture entitled "Access to Medicines in Research: The Billion Dollar Question" to the Vienna School of Clinical Research in Vienna, Austria.

2-7 March 2004 - Prof. John R. Williams is giving workshops on research ethics, teaching medical ethics, and WMA's human rights activities at the 53rd March Meeting of the International Federation of Medical Student Associations on Isla de Margarita, Venezuela.

11 December 2003 - Prof. John Williams gave the opening address at a conference on Ethics in Clinical Development: From Legislation to Implementation, in London, UK, sponsored by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products and the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice. The title of his presentation was "The World Medical Association and the Declaration of Helsinki: An Evolving Global Perspective on Ethical Review."

3 December 2003 - Prof. John Williams chaired a session on "Ethics and Health Research" at the 7th Global Forum for Health Research conference in Geneva.

24-25 November 2003 - Prof. John Williams attended a meeting of the UN Inter-Agency Committee on Bioethics at the World Health Organization, Geneva.

19 November 2003 - Dr. James Appleyard participated in a panel discussion on "What is needed to achieve convergence in regulatory approaches to research in children" at the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice/European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products conference on "International Collaboration in Paediatric Medicine" in London.

7 November 2003 - Dr. James Appleyard, WMA President, was the keynote speaker at the American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians annual meeting in Miami, Florida. The title of his presentation was "How Should We Treat Our Children?" .

6-7 October 2003 - Prof. John Williams participated in panel discussions at the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice conferences on The Role of the Sponsor in European Clinical Research and The Implementation of the Clinical Trials Directive and the Evolving Role of European Ethics Committees in Brussels.

1 October 2003 - Dr. Alan Rowe, incoming Editor of the World Medical Journal, and Prof. John Williams attended the WHO Ethics Council meeting in Geneva.

18 September 2003 - Prof. John Williams participated in a workshop on Workplace Violence - A Threat to Quality Health Services at the International Labour Office, Geneva.

3 September 2003 - Prof. John Williams, Director of Ethics, attended the WHO Ethics Council meeting in Geneva.

21-23 August 2003 - Dr. Kati Myllymäki, WMA President, participated in a panel discussion at a conference on Ethics in Biomedical Research in Helsinki.