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Diversity and Bioethics 24 – 27 August 2022 | Warsaw, Poland 34th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine & Health Care This conference will be organized by the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare (espmh), the Center for Bioethics & Biolaw at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw, as well as the Bioethics Committee at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The conference will focus on challenges posed by moral, religious and cultural diversity to healthcare, the life sciences and bioethics. Abstracts addressing any of the issues mentioned in the headings below from a philosophical and/or ethical perspective will be favored, although work on other topics can also be submitted. Basic concepts Conflicts between the patient’ • Diversity and pluralism rights and wishes & the health • Relativism, objectivism and universalism practitioner’s rights and duties • Moral disagreement • Wish fulfilling medicine (non-medical interventions) • Moral compromise • Right-to-try and compassionate use • Tolerance • Alternative medicine • Deliberation • Conscientious objection in medicine Bioethics in democratic and/or Facing diversity autocratic societies • Moral pluralism and the value of human life & • Bioethics and democratic values death • Deliberative processes in bioethics • Cultural diversity and concepts of health, disease, • Moral expertise and moral experts and illness • Ethics/bioethics committees • New reproductive technologies and diverse • Moral education in a democratic society accounts of parenthood • Participatory medicine • Diversity (cultural, social, ethnic, gender) and justice in healthcare • Citizen science • Methods of resolving moral disagreements Basic concepts Emerging ICT in healthcare • Challenges of multiculturalism • E-medicine / e-health • Theories of global bioethics • Wearables in healthcare • Global bioethics and human rights • Big data on health and data mining • Global health problems, research, practice, and policy • Public health surveillance technologies • International cooperation for health • Artificial intelligence and robotics espmh.org | [email protected] Diversity and Bioethics 24 – 27 August 2022 | Warsaw, Poland 34th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine & Health Care Organization The registration process, the call for abstracts, the development and the publication of the 1 March 2022 announcements of the progamme as well as Deadline for submission of abstracts the mailings to participants will be taken care of by the ESPMH Secretariat in Dublin, Ireland. 1st half of March 2022 ESPMH Secretary: Prof. Bert Gordijn Selection of abstracts Secretary of the ESPMH (www.espmh.org) Institute of Ethics, Dublin City University nd All Hallows Campus, Senior House, S212, 2 half of March 2022 Dublin 9, Ireland Draft programme E: [email protected] Local Conference Coordinators: Center for Bioethics & Biolaw, Institute of 15 April 2022 Philosophy at the University of Warsaw Deadline for early bird registration Bioethics Committee at the Presidium of the and payment Polish Academy of Sciences Contact person: Joanna Rozynska, PhD Center for Bioethics & Biolaw, Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw Chairperson of the Bioethics Committee at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences [email protected] +48 606 688 182 Administration: Center for Bioethics & Biolaw, Institute of Language Philosophy, University of Warsaw The language for the conference will be English [email protected] espmh.org | [email protected] Diversity and Bioethics 24 – 27 August 2022 | Warsaw, Poland 34th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine & Health Care University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (UW) was founded in over 3,250 research topics per year. They 1816. Today it is the best and the largest public participate in 1600 projects financed by academic institution in Poland. The UW national or international research encompasses 21 faculties and over 30 research programmes, such as EU framework units. Its academic community consists of programmes. 7,300 employees and more than 50 000 students, including 2,900 doctoral students, The high quality of the UW’s teaching and and 4,900 international students and doctoral research is reflected in various rankings. The students. The UW offers over 100 Polish- UW is among the top 3% of the world’s language Bachelor, Master, and PhD universities according to global ranking such as programmes and 27 English-language Times Higher Education World University programmes in humanities, social, exact and Ranking (THE), Quaquarelli Symmonds World natural sciences, as well as in numerous University Ranking (QS), Academic Ranking of interdisciplinary fields. It also offers 29 double World Universities (ARWU). 17 programmes degree programmes run in collaboration with provided by UW have been listed in QS World international partners. University Rankings by Subject 2018. 15 programmes offered by UW have been listed in The University of Warsaw is the best research Eduniversal Best Masters & MBA Ranking 2017. center in the country and one of the leading [Based upon: http://en.uw.edu.pl/about- ones in Europe. The UW’s scholars investigate university/facts-and-figures/] espmh.org | [email protected] Diversity and Bioethics 24 – 27 August 2022 | Warsaw, Poland 34th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine & Health Care Center for Bioethics & Biolaw Bioethics Committee at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences Center for Bioethics and Biolaw was established in 2015 at the Institute of Bioethics Committee at the Presidium of the Philosophy, University of Warsaw. It gathers Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) was both experienced and young scholars working established in 2011. Its role to identify and on ethical, as well as legal, cultural, and analyze ethical problems raised by an social aspects of progress in medical unprecedented development of medical and and biological sciences. Currently researchers life sciences, and to investigate its social, from the Center are involved in the following political, and legal implications. interdisciplinary national and international research project: “Healthcare as a public The Committee is an interdisciplinary body. It space: social integration and social diversity in includes eminent scholars representing the context of access to healthcare in Europe”, humanities as well as social, legal, medical, and Body, person, and informed consent. ethics of life sciences, and other relevant fields. The using human body in medicine and research”; Committee fosters academic and public “Ethical analysis of risks and potential benefits bioethical debate by issuing statements and in biomedical research”; “ Development of opinions on various bioethical topics. In participatory bioethics”; “ Legal responsibility collaboration with the Center for Bioethics and of cognitively enhanced persons”. Biolaw at the University of Warsaw, the Bioethics Committee organizes highly-prized Apart from research activities, the Center for biannual bioethical conferences which attract Bioethics and Biolaw undertakes various attention and attendance of numerous activities aimed at developing Polish bioethics scholars from around Poland and beyond. It is as social practice and public discourse. It also the main organizer of a popular closely collaborates with the Bioethics educational event for students and young Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences scholars - Spring School in Bioethics. For further in developing educational programs in information, please visit: bioethics (i.e. annual Spring Schools in http://www.bioetyka.pan.pl/ Bioethics) as well as organizing national and international conferences on various bioethical topics. For further information, please visit: https://cbb.uw.edu.pl/en/ espmh.org | [email protected] Diversity and Bioethics 24 – 27 August 2022 | Warsaw, Poland 34th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine & Health Care Registration Abstract booklet, programme & papers A registration form can be downloaded from the ESPMH website (www.espmh.org). This All participants will be provided with a should be completed and returned, and the programme as well as an abstract booklet at registration fee should be paid, no later than the registration desk. The programme will also 15 April 2022 in order to qualify for the early be made available online well in advance. bird registration fee (see below). Fees are higher after that date. The fee should be paid Full manuscripts of presented papers can be to the ESPMH Treasurer (details provided on submitted for publication in the ESPMH journal the registration form). "Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. A European Journal". Participants are invited to read the instructions for authors on the website of the journal and to submit an appropriately prepared article online for review (see: http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/appli ed+ethics/journal/11019). Registration fee A reduced registration fee is applicable for participants who are members of the ESPMH. The registration fee for PARTICIPANTS covers: The registration fee for ACCOMPANYING the welcome reception (Wednesday), two PERSONS covers: the welcome reception lunches, the refreshments during breaks, the (Wednesday) and the conference dinner conference dinner (Friday) and an abstract (Friday). booklet. Paid before 15 April 2022: € 100 Paid before 15 April 2022: ESPMH member: € 450 Paid after 15 April 2022: € 120 Non-member: € 500 Paid after 15 April 2022: