20th anniversary of the Oviedo Convention - conference speakers
Conference moderators
Petra De Sutter
(Belgium, PACE)
Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Rapporteur on the use of new genetic technologies
Jean-Yves Le Déaut
(France)
Former member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Rapporteur on technological convergence, artificial intelligence and human rights
Milan Macek
(Czech Republic)
Head of Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, Charles University, Prague
Miroslav Mikolasik
(Slovakia, European Parliament)
Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the EPP Working Group on Bioethics and Human Dignity
Ina Verzivolli
(Albania)
Chair of the Council of Europe Ad hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child (CAHENF)
Christiane Woopen
(Germany)
Chairperson of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, European Commission
Conference speakers
Ludger Honnefelder
(Germany)
Professor emeritus of Philosophy, Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Bonn; former member of the Council of Europe Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI)
Sheila Jasanoff
(USA)
Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Octavi Quintana
(Spain)
Director of the Partnership on Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA), European Commission; former Chair of the Council of Europe Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI)
Rogelio Altisent
(Spain)
Director of academic projects on the Clinical Ethics and Professionalism Chair, University of Zaragoza
Hans-Jorg Behrens
(Germany)
Vice-Chair of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)
Nikola Biller-Andorno
(Switzerland)
Director of the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and history of medicine, Center for Medical Humanities, University of Zürich
Anne Cambon-Thomsen
(France)
Emeritus Research Director, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse; member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, European Commission
Ana Sofia Carvalho
(Portugal)
Director of the Bioethics Institute, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (IB-UCP)
Marit Frogner
(Norway)
Member of the European Committee of Social Rights (Rapporteur for Article 11 of the European Social Charter)
Bartha Maria Knoppers
(Canada)
Director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal
Paula Kokkonen
(Finland)
former emeritus Chair person of the National Advisory Board on Health Care Ethics, former Chair of the Council of Europe Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI)
Brigitte Konz
(Luxembourg)
Chair of the steering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CDDH)
Ton Liefaard
(Netherlands)
Professor of Children's Rights / UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights; Leiden University, Law School
Jonathan Montgomery
(United Kindom)
Professor of Health Care Law, University College, London; member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, European Commission
Santiago Oñate Laborde
(Mexico)
Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe, Mission of Mexico to the Council of Europe
Alessandra Pierucci
(Italy)
Chair of the Council of Europe Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (T-PD)
Antoinette Rouvroy
(Belgium)
The Research Centre in Information, Law and Society (CRIDS), Namur University; member of the Ethics Advisory Group of European Data Protection Supervisor
David Winickoff
(USA, OECD)
Senior Policy Analyst, Secretary of the Working Party on Bio-, Nano- and Converging Technologies (BNCT)
Conference rapporteurs
Siobhan O'Sullivan
(Ireland)
Lecturer in Healthcare Ethics and Law, Royal College of Surgeons; Vice Chair of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, European Commission
Isabelle Erny
(France)
Head of the Bioethics and Patients 'Rights Division of the Division of Users' Rights and Legal and Ethical Affairs at the General Secretariat of the Directorate-General for Health, Ministry of Solidarities and Health; member of the DH-BIO
Anne Forus
(Norway)
Senior Adviser, Department of Biotechnology and Health Legislation, The Norwegian Directorate of Health, member of the DH-BIO
Constantinos Phellas
(Cyprus)
Vice Rector for Faculty & Research University of Nicosia, Chairman of the Cyprus National Bioethics Committee; member of the DH-BIO
Stefano Semplici
(Italy)
Professor of Social Ethics, Department of Literature, Philosophy and History of Art Studies, University of Rome Tor Vergata; former Chair of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO