Programme: The Rediscovery of Bioethics
Die Wiederentdeckung der Bioethik
Scientific symposium to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the DRZE
16 - 17 September 2024
University of Bonn · Main Building · Festsaal
Am Hof 1 · 53113 Bonn
Monday, 16 September 2024
14:00
Introduction and Welcome by the Head of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE)
Prof. Dr. Dirk Lanzerath
14:15
Welcome by the Rector of the University
Magnificus Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Hoch
14:30
Welcome by the President of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Julia B. Bolles-Wilson
14:40
Welcome by the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Education and Research
Mario Brandenburg
14:45
Welcome by the Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Ina Brandes
14:50
Welcome by the former Head of the Research Ethics and Integrity Sector of the European Commission, DG Research & Innovation
Dr. Isidoros Karatzas
15:00
Welcome by the Chair of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) at the Council of Europe
Prof. Dr. Siobhán O’Sullivan
15:10
Welcome by the Chair of the Central Ethics Committee (ZEKO) at the German Medical Association
Prof. Dr. Dr. Eva Winkler
15:20
On the foundation and development of the DRZE
Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ludger Honnefelder
Founding Director of the DRZE, University of Bonn
15:40
Keynote Lecture
The Rediscovery of Bioethics
Prof. Dr. Vardit Ravitsky
President of The Hastings Center
16:30
Coffee Break
17:00
Panel Discussion: The Interdisciplinary Challenge of Bioethics
German, with interpretation into English
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Holzgreve
Medical Director of the University Hospital Bonn
Prof. Dr. Dieter Sturma
Former Director of the DRZE and the Institute for Science and Ethics, University of Bonn
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Weigend
Head of the Department of Biodiversity of Plants, Bonn Institute for Organismic Biology and Director of the Botanic Gardens, University of Bonn
Prof. Dr. Dr. Eva Winkler
Chair of the Central Ethics Committee (ZEKO) at the German Medical Association; Heidelberg University Hospital
Prof. Dr. Christiane Woopen
Director of the Center for Life Ethics, University of Bonn
Chaired by Volker Stollorz
Science Media Center Germany, Cologne
19:00
Reception at the Senate Hall
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
European and International Challenges of Bioethics
Welcome by the Head of the Scientific Department of the DRZE
Dr. Aurélie Halsband
9:00
Bioethics, Ethics, and Policy
Prof. em. Dr. David Archard
The School of History, Anthropology,
Philosophy and Politics, Queen‘s University Belfast
Introduction by Prof. Dr. Bert Heinrichs
Institute for Science and Ethics, University of Bonn; former Head of the Scientific Department of the DRZE
9:30
Bioethics: Developments in China
Prof. Dr. Wei Zhu
Center for Applied Ethics, Fudan University, Shanghai
Introduction by Fabian Fischbach, M.A.
Research Associate, DRZE
10:00
Connecting Principles to Cases: Reflections on Specification and Balancing
Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. James Childress
Center for Health Humanities and Ethics, University of Virginia
Introduction by Dr. Roman Wagner
Research Associate, DRZE
10:30
Pluralism as a Moral Challenge
Prof. Dr. Laura Palazzani
European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE); LUMSA University, Rome
Introduction by Sandra Scholl, M.A.
Research Associate, DRZE
11:00
Coffee Break
11:30
Participation and Bioethics
Prof. Dr. Hervé Chneiweiss
Chair of the Inserm Ethics Committee; Sorbonne University
Introduction by Dr. Marius Bartmann
Research Associate, DRZE
12:00
A Sociological View of Biopolitics and Bioethics
Prof. Dr. Sarah Cunningham-Burley
Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics; Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh
Introducion by Elena Krämer-Nagelschmidt, M.A.
Research Associate, DRZE
12:30
Lunch Break
14:00
Handover of the German edition of the “Principles of Biomedical Ethics” to original author James Childress
14:30
Panel Discussion: Bioethical Principles for the 21st Century
Dr. Isidoros Karatzas
Former Head of the Research Ethics and Integrity Sector, European Commission
Prof. Dr. Ana Marušić
Chair of the Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split
Prof. Dr. Siobhán O’Sullivan
Chair of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO), Council of Europe
Prof. Dr. Judit Sándor
Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine, Central European University, Budapest/Vienna; Hungarian National Research Ethics Council
Prof. Dr. Mariëtte van den Hoven
Professor at the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Prof. Dr. Aimee van Wynsberghe
Director of the Institute for Science and Ethics, University of Bonn
Chaired by Dr. Rudolf Teuwsen
Former Managing Director of the DRZE
16:00
Open Discussion
16:30
Closing Remarks
Prof. Dr. Dirk Lanzerath
DRZE, University of Bonn
17:00
End of the Event