Meeting of the Ethics Councils of Germany, France and the UK
Die Vorsitzenden der Ethikräte Deutschlands, Frankreichs und Großbritanniens am 13. November 2019 in Berlin, Deutscher Ethikrat, Fotograf: Reiner Zensen
When
Wed, 13. November 2019, 09:00 - 17:00
Where
Venue
Introduction
The German Ethics Council has invited the councils of France (Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique) and the UK (Nuffield Council on Bioethics) to a trilateral meeting taking place on 13 November 2019 in Berlin.
During the meeting, the Councils present their current work programmes and discuss new developments in the field of bioethics as well as possibilities of cooperation on a European level.
Main focus of the meeting are the topics “Robotics and Nursing”, “Animal Ethics”, “Access to Innovative Therapies” and “Germline Interventions”.
Programme
Welcome
Peter Dabrock · Chair of the German Ethics Council
Jean-François Delfraissy · President of the Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
David Archard · Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Robotics and nursing
Andreas Kruse · German Ethics Council
Claude Kirchner · Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
David Archard · Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Discussion
Animal ethics
Reinhard Merkel · German Ethics Council
Hugh Whittall · Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Discussion
Access to innovative therapies
Sophie Cozier · Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
Catherine Joynson · Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen · German Ethics Council
Discussion
Germline intervention
Alena Buyx · German Ethics Council
Michel Van Praët · Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
David Archard · Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Discussion
Closing remarks
Peter Dabrock · Chair of the German Ethics Council
View of Leibniz Hall at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Peter Dabrock, Chair of the German Ethics Council
Jean-François Delfraissy, President of the French Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
David Archard, Chair of the British Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Andreas Kruse, Member of the German Ethics Council
Claude Kirchner, Member of the French Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
David Archard, Chair of the British Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Reinhard Merkel, Member of the German Ethics Council
Hugh Whittall, Director of the British Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Sophie Crozier, Member of the French Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
Catherine Joynson, Assistant Director of the British Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Member of the German Ethics Council
Alena Buyx, Member of the German Ethics Council
Michel Van Praët, Member of the French Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
Discussion
The Chairs of the Ethics Councils of France, Germany and the UK: Jean-François Delfraissy, Peter Dabrock and David Archard (from left to right).