Bioethics in European Context
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest
Amphitheatre Mircea Florian

19 May

9.30 – 10.00 – Conference opens with coffee and Welcome Address by Romulus Brâncoveanu (Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest)

10.00 – 10.45 – Reinhard Merkel (University of Hamburg), Neuroimaging and Criminal Law – Invited speaker

10.45 – 11.15 – Victoria Federiuc (State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemițanu”), Influence of pharmaceutical innovation on healthcare system: bioethical aspects

11.15 – 11.45 – Tenzin Wangmo (University of Basel), Thinking about familial intergenerational justice in an ageing society

11.45 – 12.00 – Coffee break

12.00 – 12.45 – Blanca Rodriguez (Complutense University of Madrid), Procreative Beneficence: Why selection? – Invited speaker

12.45 – 13.15 – Cristian Iftode (University of Bucharest), Bioethics as Biopolitics: A Foucauldian Perspective

13.15 – 15.00 – Lunch Break

15.00 – 15.45 – Mihaela Frunză (“Babeș-Bolyai” University Cluj-Napoca), Who wants to be a donor? Ethical aspects of donation campaigns – Invited speaker

15.45 – 16.15 – Adriana Paladi (State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemițanu”), Ethical issues in end of life care

16.15 – 16.45 – Emilian Mihailov (University of Bucharest), Nudging organ donation

20 May

10.00 – 10.45 – Emma Bullock (Central European University), Valid consent and moral transformation – Invited speaker

10.45 – 11.15 – Laurențiu Staicu (University of Bucharest), Metaphysical presuppositions in the doctrine of informed consent

11.15 – 11.30 – Coffee break

11.30 – 12.15 – Chris Gyngell (University of Oxford), Editing, selecting, and creating embryos: Does the legal status of different reproductive technologies track ethical differences? – Invited speaker

12.15 – 12.45 – Daniela Rusnac (State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemițanu”), The problem of genetic engineering in bioethical discourse

12.45 – 15.00 – Lunch Break

15.00 – 15.30 – Eva De Clercq (University of Basel), Disability in film: a matter of de-realization?

15.30 – 16.00 – Constantin Vică (University of Bucharest), The info-computational turn in bioethics. From logic to life malleability

16.00 – 16.15 – Closing Address by Tenzin Wangmo (Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel)