Date

21 February 2025 (Friday)

Time

09:00 – 16:30 :

· 09:00-12:00 – Ceremonial Session

· 14:00 – 16:30 – The 7^th Lanson Lecture in Bioethics

Venue

Cho Yiu Conference Hall, G/F, University Administration Building, CUHK

(and hybrid on ZOOM)

Key Events

· The ceremony

· Leadership and Keynote Addresses

· The 7^th Lanson Lecture in Bioethics

Speakers

· 9:40-10:15: “AI and Better Health: Challenges to Trust and Governance”

Mr. David Roscoe, Chair of Advisory Council & Board Chair Emeritus, The Hastings Center, USA

· 10:15-11:00: “Lessons from Li: A Confucian Inspired Approach to Global Bioethics”

Professor Nancy Jecker, Visiting Professor, CUHK Centre for Bioethics; Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine

· 11:15-12:00: “Current and Emerging prenatal testing technologies: bioethical implications”

Professor Vardit Ravitsky, President & CEO, The Hastings Center, USA

 · 14:05 – 15:00: “Physician-Assisted Dying: A Slippery Slope?”

Professor Bonnie Steinbock, Professor Emerita of Philosophy, University at Albany, The State University of New York, USA

Registration

https://www.med.cuhk.edu.hk/registration/view.php?id=957848

Registration deadline: 17 Feburary 2025(Friday), 10:00am, HKT

[Note: A system-generated email will be sent to Zoom participants before the event.]

Date

24 February 2025 (Monday)

Time

10:00am – 11:00am

Venue

Rooms 204 & 206, Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building, CUHK / ZOOM

Speaker

Professor Paul Menzel

Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Pacific Lutheran University, USA

Discussant

Professor Timothy Kwok

S.H. Ho Professor of Geriatric Medicine

Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, CUHK

Registration

https://www.med.cuhk.edu.hk/registration/view.php?id=958192

Registration deadline: 19 February 2025 (Wednesday)

[Note: A system-generated email will be sent to Zoom participants before the event.]

Date

3 March 2025 (Monday)

Time

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Venue

Rooms 204 & 206, Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building, CUHK / ZOOM

Speaker

Dr. Nancy Berlinger

Senior Research Scholar

Director, Visiting Scholar Program

The Hastings Center, USA

Registration

https://www.med.cuhk.edu.hk/registration/view.php?id=958544

Registration deadline: 26 February 2025 (Wednesday)

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Date

31 October 2025 – 1 November 2025

Theme

Reimagining the bioethics for tomorrow’s health care: From practizing to teaching ethics, form medical to public education

Mode of conference

• Hybrid mode which allows face-to-face and online participation
• 2-3 half-day or whole-day pre-conference workshops

Target audience from Asia-Pacific Regions

• Practizing healthcare workers, including doctors,  nurses and allied health professionals
• Educators in the fields of healthcare, bioethics, law and philosophy
• Senior medical students and interns

Submission Portal

https://forms.gle/GmKVpCnrnzdQ2FRV9

Submission Details

• All abstracts must be submitted and presented in English.
• Abstracts should not exceed 300 words, excluding the title and author(s) details.
• Abstracts should not include tables, charts, or other graphics.
• Up to 5 co-authors may be added. Name(s) of co-author(s), institution(s), and country of author(s) should be stated clearly.
• All abstracts accepted for presentation will be published on the Conference website prior to the Conference.
• Certificates will only be issued to the registered presenting author after the presentation at the conference. No changing of the presenting author is allowed after the abstract is accepted.