International Conference – Existential Threats and Other Disasters: How Should We Address Them
Join Global Experts to Address Existential Threats and Ethical Solutions at the Paris Bioethics Conference!
We are excited to announce the upcoming international conference: “Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges”, hosted by The Center for the Study of Bioethics in partnership with The Hastings Center for Bioethics, CUHK Centre for Bioethics, and Columbia University’s Master of Bioethics Program.
As science and technology continue to advance, they present both familiar and new ethical challenges. In today’s evolving geopolitical landscape – including the spread of armed conflict and environmental destruction – the need for renewed ethical scrutiny is more urgent than ever.
Join us for this interdisciplinary event, “Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges” to be held in Paris on 11-12 June 2026, which will feature keynote lectures, paper presentations, and panel discussions on existential risks and ethical strategies for mitigation, as well as on the potential for scientific and technological innovations for human flourishing.
🗓️ 11 and 12 June 2026 | 📍 Reid Hall, Paris, France |
📃 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS (Click here) | 🎤 Keynote Speakers (Click here) |
Conference Themes and Key Questions
- Artificial intelligence: transformative opportunity vs. existential danger
- Social media: polarization and education
- Cognitive and moral bioenhancement
- Germline genome editing and genetic interventions
- Food security, agricultural sustainability, and demographic pressures
- Climate change and ecological degradation
- Pandemics and global health
- Bioterrorism
- Nuclear threats
- Armed conflict and war
For more information, please visit The conference website:
International Conference – Existential Threats and Other Disasters: How Should We Address Them
