[Harvard-CUHK Online Seminar] Mapping the Horizons of Global Bioethics for Education, Research, and Practice: Reflections for the Future
Event description
The online symposium “Mapping the Horizons of Global Bioethics for Education, Research, and Practice: Reflections for the Future” brings the June 2025 Harvard–CUHK Joint International Symposium back into focus—this time to turn horizons into routes. Three June speakers return as moderators, cueing curated highlight snippets from the June symposium to spark fresh dialogue with new discussants and real-time input from participants across the Americas and Asia–Pacific. The goal is practical: to translate June insights into actionable priorities that shape what we teach, what we study, and how we practice in global bioethics.
The symposium is organized around three guiding questions:
Education: As bioethics goes global, what should we teach and how do we engage learners?
Research: If we take “global” seriously, what should the research agenda look like?
Practice: How do global perspectives and engagement shape relevance, impact, and learning in clinical bioethics
Date & Time: (Eastern Time) Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 8:00 – 10:00 pm ; (Hong Kong Time) Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 9:00 – 11:00 am
Mode: Zoom Webinar
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Programme & Speakers
9:00 – 9:05 am
(5 minutes)
Welcome Address by Dr. Ann Sin Nga LAU
Co-Director, CUHK Centre for Bioethics, Hong Kong SAR, China
9:05 – 9:10 am
(5 minutes)
Opening Remarks and June Symposium Highlights
- Professor Roger Yat-nork CHUNG
Co-Director, CUHK Centre for Bioethics, Hong Kong SAR, China - Dr. Rebecca Weintraub Brendel
Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, USA
- Professor Roger Yat-nork CHUNG
9:10 – 9:45 am
(35 minutes)
Global Bioethics Education:
As bioethics goes global, what should we teach and how should we engage learners?
Moderator:
- Dr. Rebecca Weintraub BRENDEL
Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, USA
Discussants:
- Dr. Michael DUNN
Associate Professor and Co-Director of Education, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore - Dr. Mildred SOLOMON
Director of the Fellowship in Bioethics and Co-Director of the Online Fellowship Certificate Program, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, USA
9:45 – 10:20 am
(35 minutes)
Global Bioethics Research:
If we take the notion of global bioethics seriously, what should the research agenda look like?
Moderator:
- Professor Roger Yat-nork CHUNG
Co-Director, CUHK Centre for Bioethics, Hong Kong SAR, China
Discussants:
- Professor Dong DONG
Research Fellow (by courtesy), CUHK Centre for Bioethics, Hong Kong SAR, China - Dr. Unini ODAMA
Vice President of Medical Affairs, Davita Kidney Care, USA
10:20 – 10:55 am
(35 minutes)
Global Bioethics in Practice:
How do global perspectives and engagement shape relevance, impact, and learning in clinical bioethics?
Moderator:
- Dr. Hui Siu TAN
Bioethicist and Clinical Ethicist, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Discussants:
- Professor Emmanuel Hei Lok CHEUNG
Clinical Assistant Professor of Practice, Critical Care Medicine Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China - Ms. Hillary CHUA
Sheridan Fellow, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore
10:55 – 11:00 am
(5 minutes)
Closing Segment
- Symposium Wrap-up
- Dr. Rebecca Weintraub BRENDEL
Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, USA - Professor Roger Yat-nork CHUNG
Co-Director, CUHK Centre for Bioethics, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Dr. Rebecca Weintraub BRENDEL
- Final Closing Remarks
Dr. Ann Sin Nga LAU
Co-Director, CUHK Centre for Bioethics, Hong Kong SAR, China
11:00 am
End of Symposium
Symposium Co-organizers
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The Center for Bioethics brings together the rich intellectual resources across Harvard Medical School and Harvard University, along with colleagues and institutions worldwide, to help ensure that scientific progress, medical therapeutics, and health care practices are developed hand-in-hand with reflection upon the profound moral questions raised by advances in the life sciences and biotechnology. Our mission is executed through education, research, and service, with programs that prepare the next generation of practitioners and leaders in bioethics, conduct normative and empirical research to address bioethical questions in clinical care, research, and public policy, and engage the public in understanding and addressing ethical aspects of health care and biotechnology.
CUHK Centre for Bioethics at the Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) is dedicated to advancing education, research, and engagement in bioethics. Located in Hong Kong, where Eastern and Western traditions converge, the Centre fosters cross-cultural dialogue and interdisciplinary collaboration to address the ethical challenges posed by modern science and technology.
Committed to shaping future health practitioners and biomedical scientists with a strong foundation in biomedical ethics, the Centre promotes broader bioethical awareness across professions and communities. It endeavours to contribute meaningfully to the global discourse on bioethics and navigate the ethical challenges arising from the evolving landscape of science and biomedicine, ensuring that progress is guided by values central to humanity, such as compassion, justice, and respect for life.