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EACME Events Programme

EACME holds an annual conference in September. The conference is held in a different European city each year, hosted by one of our member centres.
EACME also organizes quarterly webinars organized by our member centers.

EACME Conference

We are delighted to invite you to the EACME annual conference 2023:

Facing disruption. Challenges to Bioethics, Human Rights and Democracy. Warsaw 14-16 September 2023.

https://eacme2023.filozofia.uw.edu.pl

Please, submit your abstract and/or register.

 

University of Warsaw – Center for Bioethics & Biolaw

2023 EACME CONFERENCE

WARSAW (POLAND),  14-16 SEPTEMBER 2023

Facing disruption. Challenges to Bioethics, Human Rights and Democracy.

In recent years, the world has experienced profound disruptions: the climate crisis, a pandemic, wars and armed conflicts, mass migrations, disinformation and fake news, as well as subversions of democracy. These phenomena call into question our commitments to such foundations of democratic societies as autonomy and equality, transparency, solidarity, fairness, and the rule of law. They also, and most importantly, cause disruptions in our thinking.

If democratic societies, which are founded on the belief in human dignity and rights, are to survive and thrive, they need the capacity to deal not only with the emergencies and crises of the surrounding world. Democratic societies must also be able to overcome disruptions in thinking. We need to be conceptually and normatively prepared for the challenges of our times and the future, which are posed by the development of new technologies, the climate crisis, global epidemics, war and armed conflicts, and assaults on human rights and democracy. Since bioethics – both as a field of research and as a practice of democratic societies – depends on commitment to human dignity and rights, these challenges also mean disruptions to bioethics.

The 2023 annual EACME Conference in Warsaw, Poland, will be a forum for reflection on these global and intersecting challenges to bioethics, human rights, and democracy. We would like to engage the participants in a debate on the central topics of our time that demand a reasoned, rigorous and open discussion.

THEMES AND SUBTHEMES

1. Pandemics and public health emergencies

a. Ethics in emergencies

b. Research ethics in emergencies

c. Ethics of resource allocations in times of global crises

d. Ethics in disaster preparedness and management

2. Humanitarian challenges

a. Ethics and “battlefield” medicine

b. Global health ethics

c. Ethics of(humanitarian)interventions

d. Engaging and/or involving stakeholders

3. Data driven technologies

a. Ethics of AI and digital health data

b. Ethics of healthcare robotics

c. Neurotechnology and neuroethics

d. GenEthics in clinical care and research

4. The climate crisis and the future of humanity

a. Environmental justice

b. Ethics of sustainable development

c. Intergenerational justice

d. Precautionary principle

 

2022 EACME CONFERENCE

VARESE (ITALY), 15-17 SEPTEMBER 2022

 “ENHANCING DIALOGUE TOBRIDGE THE GAPS IN BIOETHICS”

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The 2022 Annual Conference of the European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME) will be held at the University of Insubria in Varese (Italy).

Fifty years after the publication of the well-known 1971 book Bioethics: Bridge to the Future by Van Rensselaer Potter, and the foundation of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, the main aim of the 38th EACME Annual Conference in Varese (Italy) is to reflect upon the theme of dialogue as a bridge to overriding gaps in bioethics. Such gaps are even more evident after the Covid-19 pandemic. The emergency has underlined the great need for bioethical reflections, yet at the same time it has highlighted how difficult it is for bioethicists to significantly affect the public debate. In other words, bioethics has not been as effective as we would have liked. These aspects prompt us to reflect on the very roots of our field, facing both old and new challenges. We have singled out four main topics:

A) The dialogue on bioethics:
on the basis of what we have just said, with this topic we would like to attract general reflections on theories and methodologies in bioethics, the role of bioethics in our pluralistic society, and the different approaches in bioethics. We also included the sub-topic “Bioethics education” to reflect not only on education for health care workers, but also on the need to raise awareness regarding bioethical issues.

B) The dialogue in clinical practice:
the host center for EACME 2020 has always been interested in addressing ethical issues in clinical practice. With this topic, we would like to attract papers which stress the importance of relationships in care practice and which address ethical issues in all the several sub-themes reported.

C) The dialogue with society and politics:
if we want bioethical reflection to influence public opinion, we also need to address the fascinating issue of the relationship with society and politics. We would therefore, like to attract papers concerning fairness and justice in health care, the role of mass media and social media

D) The dialogue towards the future:
new and emerging technologies. With this topic, we want to attract papers that investigate the ethical issues arising from the implementation of new technologies in medicine

 

Topics include the following 4 themes:

1.  The dialogue on bioethics

  • The relevance of theories and methodologies in medical ethics
  • Rethinking the role of bioethics after Covid-19
  • Religious and cultural pluralism in bioethics
  • Education and Awareness of healthcare professionals about bioethical issues
  • Beyond medical ethics: animals and environmental ethics
2.  The dialogue in clinical practice

  • Scope and limits of autonomy in clinical practice
  • Different methods in clinical ethics consultation
  • Ethics in organ transplantation
  • The influence of a clinical ethics service on moral distress
  • Ethics and the blurred line between clinical practice and research
3.  The dialogue with society and politics

  • The dialogue between ethics, deontology and law
  • The role of bioethics in national and international political decisions
  • Justice, solidarity, and equity in health care
  • Public opinion and media
  • Global bioethics and local bioethics
4.  The dialogue towards the future: new and emerging technologies

  • Gen-Ethics: Genetic tests, Gene Therapy, Biobank
  • Robo-Ethics, Nano-ethics, Public Health 4.0 and High-Tech Medicine
  • Neuro-Ethics: Neurolaw, cognitive sciences, free will and moral cognition
  • Digital medicine: big data, and privacy
  • Bio-security and biological threats

Download the book of abstracts here – Medicina Historica 2022; Vol. 6, Supplemento 2, Mattioli 1885 Editore   www.medicinahistorica.it

 

DATES AND DEADLINES

Abstract Proposals: May 2nd, 2022.
Notification of Acceptance: June 1st, 2022.

EACME invites applications of junior scholars for the EACME prize.

Conference website: https//eacme2022.it

Recent Events

2020 Annual Conference as an online webinar

11th September 2020

Ethics in Pandemic Times: EACME and COVID-19 responses

Past Conferences

Cluj-Napoca 2021 Smart Ethics – Trends for the Future
Online 2020  Ethics in Pandemic Times: EACME and COVID-19 responses
Oxford 2019 Rethinking Ethics in 21st Century Europe
Amsterdam 2018  Ethics in Action

Barcelona 2017

Justice in Health Care – Values in Conflict

Leuven 2016

30 Years of European Bioethics

Cagliari 2015

Clinical Ethics: Past, Present and Future

Lille 2014

Frailty, vulnerability and social participation

Bochum 2013

Personalised Medicine

Bristol 2012

Other voices, other rooms

Istanbul 2011

Bioethics from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Oslo 2010

Empirical Ethics

Venice 2009

Multiculturalism, Religions, and Bioethics

Prague 2008

Organizing Bioethics: Challenges for Western, Central and Eastern Europe

Zurich 2007

Bioethics in the Real World

Leuven 2006

New Pathways for European Bioethics

Barcelona 2005

Ethics and Philosophy of Emerging Medical Technologies

Lille 2004

Predictive Medicine And Role of Genetic Testing

Lisbon 2003

Ethical Issues in Chronic Care

Maastricht 2002

End of life decisions

Padua 2001

Bioethics Education

London 2000

European Perspectives on the Physician-Patient Relationship and on

Resource Allocation. The European Bioethics Convention

Marseille 1999

Génétique Humaine et Lois de Bioéthique

Rome 1998

Ethics & Mental Health

Coimbra 1997

Common Good and Individual Wellbeing

Leuven 1996

Persistent Vegetative States

Barcelona 1995

Allocation of Resources and Choices in Health

Pecs 1994

Values to promote in Western and Eastern Countries

Bad Segeberg 1993

Teaching Medical Ethics

Paris 1992

Dignité Humaine; Perte de Dignité

Stockholm 1990

Suicide

London 1990

Dignity in the care of Elderly

Genève 1989

Ethique de la Recherche sur les Etres Humains

Lyon 1989

Bioéthique et Droit de l’Homme

Athens 1988

Health Education

Bellagio 1988

Europe-America Meeting

Rome 1987

Guide to Medical Ethics

London 1987

Ethics Committees and training their members

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