Opening lecture of the 2nd International Bioethics Conference

• Joseph J. Fins. Physician and medical ethicist. Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Panel discussion 1 of the 2nd International Bioethics Conference

• Miquel Domènech. Professor of social psychology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Director of the Barcelona Science and Technology Studies Group.
• Fernando Bandrés. Professor of Legal Medicine at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Director of the Gregorio Marañón Study Center.
• Salvador Macip. Doctor and researcher. Professor at the University of Leicester and the Open University of Catalonia.

Moderator: Milagros Pérez Oliva. Journalist for the El País.

Panel discussion 2 of the 2nd International Bioethics Conference

• Begoña Roman. Adjunct professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Universitat de Barcelona. President of the Social Services Ethics Committee of Catalonia. Member of the Bioethics Committee of Catalonia.
• Jordi Mir. Professor of Bioethics and Moral and Political Philosophy at the Department of Humanities at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
• Joseph J. Fins.  Physician and medical ethicist. Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York Presbyterian Hospital. 
• Andreu Segura. Member of the Public Health Advisory Council and the Bioethics Committee. Coordinator of the SESPAS (Sociedad Española de Salud Pública) Working Groups on Ethics and Iatrogenics.

Moderator: Tomás Domingo. Professor of Philosophy at the UNED. President of the Hispanic Society of Philosophical Anthropology.

Panel discussion 3. Challenges of teaching bioethics*

• Lydia Feito. Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. President of the Association for Fundamental and Clinical Bioethics.
• Javier Júdez. Family and Community Physician at CSFuente Álamo. Vice President of the Association for Fundamental and Clinical Bioethics.
• Bernardita Portales. Phonoaudiologist, Master in Bioethics. Coordinator of postgraduate programs and continuing education at the Bioethics Center of the German Faculty of Clinical Medicine Universidad del Desarrollo.
• María Muñoz Grandes. Psychologist and psychotherapist in Philadelphia, USA. Degree in Philosophy and Psychology, and Master in Psychotherapy, Education and Organizational Development.

Moderator: Juan Pablo Beca. Pediatrician-Neonatologist. Professor at the Universidad del Desarrollo. Founder of the UDD Bioethics Center.

Panel discussion 4 of the 2nd International Bioethics Conference

• Jesús Zamora. Faculty of Philosophy of the UNED.
• Bernabé Robles. Consulting Neurologist at the Sant Joan de Déu Health Park. Associate Professor of Bioethics in the UVic-Ucc. Member of the Bioethics Committee of Catalonia and the Ethics Committee of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
• Núria Terribas.  Director of the Grífols Foundation Chair of Bioethics.

Moderador: Jordi Pigem. Philosopher of science and writer.

Closing lecture of the 2nd International Bioethics Conference

• Victòria Camps. Philosopher. Professor of Grífols Foundation Chair of Bioethics. Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. President of the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation.

Lecture

Introspección y cuidado. Un campo abierto a la innovación científica (2:32)

• M. Ángeles Durán Heras, Catedrática de Sociología, profesora de Investigación, CSIC.

Panel discussuin: enfoques y aprendizajes en la ética del cuidado

Consolidar conocimientos y capacidad de influir (41:55)

• Montse Gea Sánchez, directora General de Professionals de la Salut en Departament de Salut-Generalitat de Catalunya.

Producción científica española y ética del cuidado en las bases de datos (1:10:57)

• Manuel Amezcua Martínez, catedrático de Investigación en Cuidados de Salud, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia.

Perspectiva ética y enseñanzas sobre la pandemia: Experiencia del Comité de ética asistencial de las Islas Baleares (1:39:01)

• Pilar Sánchez Cuenca, profesora titular del Departamento de Enfermería y Fisioterapia de la Universidad de las Islas Baleares.

Lectures:

1. Investigar desde la mirada del cuidado (9:05)

• Carmen Domínguez-Alcón, nurse, PhD in Sociology and member of Colectivo Minerva.

2. Caring, Knowing and Making a Difference (44:43)

• Carmen Domínguez, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Brighton.

3. Relationship, Research and Care (1:36:10)

• Ceri Davies, Director of the NatCen Centre for Deliberative Research, London.

Harry Farmer (Researcher, Ada Lovelace Institute, London) lecture.

Felip Miralles (Director of the Digital Health Unit. EURECAT), Alicia de Manuel (Researcher at OEIAC) and Juliana Ribera (Medical Consultant. Amalfi Analytics) participated in the panel discussion moderated by Núria Terribas (Director of the Victor Grifols i Lucas Foundation) on the applications of AI in health within the framework of the Josep Egozcue Lectures.

Taula rodona. Medicina personalitzada i "persona": una necessària mirada des de la bioètica.

• Joan Maria Brunet. Director Genètica Clínica del Càncer, Institut Català d'Oncologia.
• Miriam Méndez. Responsable de l'Àmbit de Protecció de Dades de la Gerència Metropolitana Nord - ICS.

Modera: Núria Terribas. Directora Fundació Grifols.

Més informació sobre la jornada aquí.

Analitzem l'oportunitat que el nou currículum de batxillerat suposa per començar a treballar temàtiques científiques des de la bioètica per tal de desenvolupar la capacitat per valorar-ne els beneficis, riscos i implicacions ètiques.

 The director of the Foundation, Núria Terribas, presents the online debate on the film "The lost sons" to schools. (video in Catalan).

As part of the seminar "A commitment to care and the ethics of caring", organized in partnership with Minerva, we offered a lecture by Marian Barnes, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Brighton, on "The Necessity of Care to Justice: reflections on the ethics of care for health professionals".

Lecture by Víctor Montori, specialist in diabetes at the Mayo Clinic, on "The Patient Revolution for careful and kind care". Víctor Montori has promoted what he terms the patient revolution, in favour of closer, more humanistic behaviour within the care relationship. 

Webinar with Jordi Sunyer and Milagros Pérez Oliva, two  of the book's authors, talking about the relationship between scientific research and public communication.

Session introduced and moderated by Núria Terribas and Juan del Llano.

Webinar with Lydia Feito, Juan Pablo Beca, Benjamín Herreros, Begoña Román and Montse Busquets, talking to students, health professionals, members of ethics committees, and representatives of wider society about the challenges posed by bioethical education.

Session chaired by Núria Terribas and Ester Busquets

Webinar organized with the Fundación Mémora to address the need to bring together the spheres of health care and social care. With the following presentations:

• Victoria Camps, President of the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation.
• Rafael Bengoa, co-director of SiHealth, international advisor on health policies.
• Ana Isabel Lima, lecturer at the Complutense University, Madrid, former Secretary of State for Social Services.
• Guillem Lopez-Casasnovas, Professor of Economics at Pompeu Fabra University.

More information about the activity here.

You can read a summary of the seminar on our blog.

The final online lecture, as part of the "Spaces for reflection" cycle, organized with Barcelona Friends of UNESCO, in which Núria Terribas will speak about taking decisions as part of the end of life process from a bioethical perspective. More information about the activity is available here.

Within the framework of the movie and discussion sessions organized annually with Americana Film Fest, this year we adapted the format to the unusual circumstances of the pandemic. Here are the reflections of the students of high school class  4 de ESO B del Instituto El Morell de Tarragona about the documentary Spaceship Earth. More information about this initiative is available here.