23 Oct 2025 (Thu) - Conference
Day 1 Schedule
23 Oct 2025 - Conference - Day 1 Schedule | ||
Time | Programme | |
0815 - 0900 | Registration | |
Conference Opening | ||
0900 - 0910 | Welcome Address: Emeritus Prof Lee Eng Hin, Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) Chair, Singapore; Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore | |
0910 - 0925 | Opening Address: Prof Kenneth Mak, Director-General of Health, MOH, Singapore | |
0925 - 0930 | Welcome Address 2: To be confirmed | |
0930 - 1010 | Keynote: Prof Julian Savulescu, Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics and Director, Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBmE), NUS, Singapore Title: How to Form Ethical Policy: Collective Reflective Equilibrium – Three Examples Chair: Emeritus Prof Lee Eng Hin | |
1010 - 1030 | Tea Break | |
| Plenary Session 1: Ethics in Healthcare Digitalisation and Other Emerging Technologies | |
Chair: Prof Chin Jing Jih, Deputy Group CEO (Clinical and Academic Development), National Healthcare Group, Singapore; Senior Consultant Geriatrician, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore | ||
1030 - 1105 | Keynote: Prof Glenn Cohen, James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, Deputy Dean, Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Harvard Law School, United States Title: Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues in Healthcare AI | |
1105 - 1140 | Talk 2: A/Prof Brian Earp, Director of the Oxford-NUS Centre for Neuroethics and Society (OCNS) and the EARP Lab (Experimental Bioethics, Artificial Intelligence, and Relational Moral Psychology Lab), CBmE, NUS, Singapore Title: Digital "Psychological Twins" In Medicine - Building AI Simulations of Patients' Minds? | |
1140 - 1215 | Panel Discussion Panellists: 1. Prof Glenn Cohen 2. A/Prof Brian Earp 3. Prof IIhak Lee, Professor in Medical Ethics, Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, Yonsei University, South Korea 4. Prof Jingbao Nie, Professor, Bioethics Centre, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand | |
1215 - 1330 | Networking Lunch | |
| Parallel Session 1 | |
| Emerging Technologies in Genomics (ethical considerations in research and clinical applications) | Large Language Models (LLMs) or Digitalisation (ethical considerations in research and clinical applications) |
Chair: A/Prof Lai Poh San, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, Singapore | Chair: Prof Patrick Tan, Senior Vice-Dean for Research, Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS), Singapore | |
1330 - 1355 | Talk 1: Dr Hilary Bowman Smart, Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia, Australia Title: Ethical Considerations in Precision Medicine Implementation in Healthcare Settings | Talk 1: Prof Ngiam Kee Yuan, Head, Artificial Intelligence Office, National University Health System; Head, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, Singapore Title:TBC |
1355 - 1420 | Talk 2: Prof Aye Aye Khin, Director-General, Department of Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Myanmar Title: Ethical Frameworks in Genomic Research - A Perspective from Myanmar | Talk 2: A/Prof Hannah Yee- Fen Lim, Associate Professor, College of Business (Nanyang Business School), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore Title: Regulating Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare |
1420 - 1445 | Talk 3: Prof Prasit Palittapongarnpim, Executive Vice President for Research and International Relations, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand; Professor, Center for Microbial Genomics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand Title: Ethical Challenges in Microbial Genomics: A Thai Perspective | Talk 3: A/Prof Li Du, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Macau, China Title: Ethical Challenges in Developing AI for Biological Research: Risks, Governance, and Responsible Innovation |
1445 - 1500 | Q & A | Q & A |
1500 - 1520 | Tea Break | |
| Plenary Session 2: Ethics of Longevity | |
Chair: Asst Prof Owen Schaefer, Assistant Professor, CBmE, NUS, Singapore | ||
1520 - 1555 | Talk 1: A/Prof Sonny Rosenthal, Associate Professor, Sustainability Communication, Singapore Management University, Singapore Title: Would You Take the Pill? Public Attitudes Toward Longevity Interventions | |
1555 - 1630 | Talk 2: To be confirmed | |
1630 - 1710 | Panel Discussion Panellists: 1. Prof Julian Savulescu 2. A/Prof Michael Dunn 3. A/Prof Sonny Rosenthal 4. To be confirmed | |
End of Day 1 | ||
24 Oct 2025 (Fri) - Conference
Day 2 Schedule
Time | Programme | |
|---|---|---|
0830 – 0915 | Registration | |
Chair: Mr Gregory Vijayendran SC, BAC Deputy Chair; Senior Counsel and Partner, Rajah and Tann Singapore LLP | ||
0915 - 1000 | Keynote: Adj Prof (Dr) Raymond Chua, Chief Executive Officer, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore; Deputy Director-General of Health, Health Regulation, Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore Title: Is Ethics an Important Component of Regulations in Tomorrow’s Healthcare? | |
1000 - 1040 | Riverside Dialogue : Guiding Policy Decisions with Moral Clarity Chair: Mr Gregory Vijayendran Panellists: Ethics 1. Prof Zhai Xiaomei, Professor and Director, Center for Bioethics Research, School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, China 2. Prof Kazuto Kato, Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan 3. Prof Angus Dawson, Professor of Bioethics, CBmE, NUS, Singapore Policy 1. Prof Kenneth Mak, Director-General of Health, MOH, Singapore 2. Prof Roli Mathur, Head, Indian Council of Medical Research Bioethics Unit, India | |
1040 - 1110 | Tea Break | |
Plenary Session 3: Ethics in Mainstream Medical Practice and Other Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (TCIM) | ||
Chair: Emeritus Prof Roy Joseph, National Medical Ethics Committee (NMEC) Chair, Singapore; Emeritus Consultant, Department of Neonatology, Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore; and Director of the Paediatric Ethics Program, CBmE, NUS, Singapore | ||
1110 - 1145 | Talk 1: A/Prof Michael Dunn, Associate Professor and Co-Director of Education, CBmE, NUS, Singapore Title: TBC | |
1145 - 1220 | Talk 2: Asst Prof Faizah Zakaria, Assistant Professor, Department of Southeast Asian Studies and Department of Malay Studies, NUS, Singapore Title: Traditional Malay Medicine as Modern: Heritage and Science in Pursuit of Health in Singapore | |
1220 - 1305 | Panel Discussion Panellists: 1. A/Prof Michael Dunn 2. Dr Kathryn Muyskens, Research Fellow, CBmE, NUS, Singapore 3. Dr Siwi Padmawati, Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia 4. Asst Prof Faizah Zakaria | |
1305 - 1435 | Networking Lunch | |
Parallel Session 3 | ||
Integrating TCIM with Mainstream Medical Practices | Research Ethics and/or Policy in TCIM | |
Chair: A/Prof Chan Mei Yoke, Senior Consultant, Haematology/Oncology Service, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore | Chair: Dr Voo Teck Chuan, Head, Office of Ethics in Healthcare, Innovation and Research Advisor, SingHealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute, Singapore | |
1435 - 1500 | Talk 1: A/Prof Chan Mei Yoke Title: Clash of the Titans: Ethical Conflicts when Families Reject Potentially Life-Saving Modern Medicine in Favour of Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Talk 1: Dr Siwi Padmawati Title: Shaping Policy around TCIM |
1500 - 1525 | Talk 2: A/Prof Michael Stanley-Baker, Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU, Singapore Title: TBC | Talk 2: Asst Prof Leander P Marquez, Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Diliman, The Philippines Title: Ethics in Mainstream and Alternative Medical Practices: The Role of Values Education in Shaping Ethical Practitioners |
1525 - 1540 | Q & A | Q & A |
1540 - 1555 | Closing Address: A/Prof Anantham Devanand, NMEC Deputy Chair, Singapore; Head, SingHealth Duke-NUS Lung Centre, Singapore; Senior Consultant, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore | |
1555 - 1625 | Tea Break and Networking | |
End of Day 2 | ||