UNESCO Bioethics Ireland, COBRA: Roundtable workshop on exchanging information on participants’ bioethical-related work & on the needs of the bioethics community in Ireland.

Room AM205, Arts Millennium Building, NUI Galway 

• 14.00-15.30: Outline of roundtable workshop

• • Maureen O’Sullivan (School of Law) ‘Patents, morality, biotech inventions and a role for participatory democracy’ – short presentation followed by discussion
  • Su-Ming Khoo (School of Political Science and Sociology) ‘Bioethics, public ethics and collective capabilities’
  • Oliver Feeney (UNESCO Bioethics Ireland, COBRA) ‘Electronic health records and vulnerable migrants in Europe: the need for developing an ELSI guided response’ – short presentation followed by discussion
  • General discussion on other topics raised and projects highlighted from participants, discussion of the needs of the bioethical community in Ireland (education, research, public engagement) and future plans of UNESCO Bioethics Ireland.
• 15.30-16.00: Tea/Coffee/biscuits brought to room while discussion continues.
• 16.00-16.50: Unesco Bioethics Ireland Steering Committee meeting (SC members plus participants from roundtable workshop welcome)

If you wish to attend, please let me know [contact feeney.oli@gmail.com]

About UNESCO Bioethics Ireland

In 2016, the International Network of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics approved the establishment of its Irish Unit (‘UNESCO Bioethics Ireland’). The core aim of UNESCO Bioethics Ireland is to promote bioethics education, research and public engagement on key bioethical issues in the Irish context. For further information, please visit: unescobioethicsireland.eu