Winter School 2025 Lectures
Monday, December 15th, 2025
10:00 AM–11:00 AM Ethical Issues in Reprogenetic Technologies, Keynote Speaker: Inmaculada de Melo-Martin, Professor of Medical Ethics, Weill Cornell Medicine
1:00 PM–2:00 PM Absolutely Essential: Bioethics and the Rules-Based International Order, Keynote Speaker: Jonathan D. Moreno PhD, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor, University of Pennsylvania
2:00 PM–3:00 PM Recruitment by Algorithm: Bioethical Challenges of Generative AI in Clinical Trials, Keynote Speaker: Kalina Kamenova, PhD, Founder and Research Director, Canadian Institute for Genomics and Society
Tuesday, December 16th, 2025
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Military Enhancement, Just War and Transnational Governance, James J. Hughes PhD, Executive Director – Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
10:00 AM–12:00 PM Digital Health: Bioethical and Legal Challenges, Keynote Speaker: Judit Sandor PhD, Professor of Political Science, Legal Studies and Gender Studies – Central European University (CEU), Budapest
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Artificial Conscience: On AI, Accountability and Resolving Disagreement, Bryan Pilkington PhD, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM When We Cannot Cure: Thoughts on Ultimate Challenge to the Bond of Patient with Doctor, Michael R. Berman MD, MBI, FACOG,Clinical Professor Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Founder and President,Hygeia Health Systems , LLC
Thursday, December 18th, 2025
10:00 AM–12:00 PM AI and Bias: Politics, Power and the Ethics of Research Governance, Keynote Speaker: Adarsh Srivastava, MBA, PGDISAD, Roche Diagnostics
1:00 PM–3:00 PM The Political and Ethical Dilemmas of Weaponizable Biotechnology, Yelena Biberman-Ocakli PhD, Skidmore College
Friday, December 19th, 2025
10:00 AM–12:00 PM Pandemic, Free Speech, and Social Media, Jan Piasecki PhD, Jagiellonian University Medical College
1:00 PM–3:00 PM Three Identical Strangers, Q&A Session, Ilene Wilets PhD, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
Saturday, December 20th, 2025
10:00 AM–12:00 PM Guest Speaker: Ethics of Communal Responsibility and Generative AI in Global Health, Samuel J. Ujewe PhD, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
1:00 PM–5:00 PM Participants’ Forum and Graduation