The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network has scheduled a conference on Proposition 71, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 10, at the Crowne Plaza Cabaña in Palo Alto.

Representatives from all sides of the debate will participate in the conference, including Debra Greenfield, a fellow at the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future; Dr. William Hurlbut of Stanford University, a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics; Francine Coeytaux, founder of the Pacific Institute for Women’s Health; Donna Cody, executive director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation; and Nigel M. de S. Cameron, chairman of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network and president of the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future.

On Nov. 2, 2004, state voters passed Proposition 71 authorizing $3 billion in funding plus another $3 billion in interest charges to support stem-cell research. The California program is to focus on research not funded by the federal government, including “therapeutic cloning,” the technique promoted by Ron Reagan Jr. at the Democratic National Convention.

The proposed research is a key part of a global debate about biotechnology and human nature with implications for the human future that may dominate the 21st century.

There $75 registration fee includes lunch. For more information or to register online, log on to www.thecbc.org.