Titel: 15th World Congress of Bioethics: "Autonomy and Solidarity: Bridging the Tensions"
Termin: 19.6.2020 bis 21.6.2020
Veranstaltungsort:
Plenary Meetings: Irvine Auditorium
Breakouts, Exhibits, Poster Hall: Houston Hall
3401 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA
Weitere Informationen:
https://iab2020.org/
On behalf of the planning committee of the 15th World Congress of Bioethics, we invite you to join us in Philadelphia on June 19-21, 2020 to immerse yourself in three days of cutting-edge bioethics research, networking, and fun!
The conference theme is Autonomy and Solidarity: Bridging the Tensions. We describe here the ways in which this timely theme weaves together important strands in bioethics and offers a major unifying thread for the conference.
Reflecting on the boundaries of solidarity and deciding who is deserving of assistance, rights, or respect is critical in bioethics, and has also recently become of increasing political importance, including in the United States of America. Recognizing these developments, our planning group has a two-fold aim for this Congress. First, as all previous Congresses, we want to showcase the best in bioethics research from both established and new scholars. Second, we want to facilitate networking and the unique exchange of ideas that emerges when people from different disciplines, cultures, mindsets, and methodological approaches engage with one another to genuinely see the other. Needless to say, this second objective is also one shared by all previous Congresses aiming to foster inter- and transdisciplinary bioethics—but its urgency has perhaps never been greater.
At every step in planning the Congress, we were clear that solidarity must be reflected throughout the program design. We highlight just three core elements here. To enable the widest range of participants to join us, we have worked with Penn’s International Student and Scholar Services, which has provided helpful resources, and will assist with challenges in the visa process. Before going live with the conference website, we raised $50,000 for bursaries for participants from low- and middle-income countries and for early career researchers. Through a novel conference support fund, we hope to allow participants who are able to contribute to show solidarity with those who need assistance to attend the conference.
Please browse the other sections of the website for other ways in which we aim, before and during the Congress, to practice and encourage solidarity—the most important cosmopolitan antidote to isolation and division.
We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia in June 2020 in one of the country’s most diverse cities, home to one of the oldest and largest “Gayborhoods” in America as well as to vibrant African American, Asian, and Latino communities. The University of Pennsylvania, likewise, is considered extremely diverse in the composition of its students, faculty and staff, embraces interdisciplinary work like few other universities, offers ample green space on its campus, and provides an ideal setting for the 2020 World Congress.
On behalf of the 2020 planning group, we look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia!
Kontakt:
Meeting Management
Talley Management Group
19 Mantua Road
Mt. Royal, NJ 08061
USA
Tel.:
(856) 423-7222 ext. 430
contact@IAB2020.org
http://iab-website.iab-secretariat.org/