
Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges
June 11, 2026 @ 8:00 am – June 12, 2026 @ 5:00 pm Paris, France
The Center for the Study of Bioethics in partnership with The Hastings Center for Bioethics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics and The Master of Bioethics Program of Columbia University, are organizing the conference “Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges.”
The conference venue will be Reid Hall at Montparnasse.
Confirmed Speakers:
Vojin Rakić, The Center for the Study of Bioethics
Vardit Ravitsky, The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Roger Y. Chung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics
Robert L. Klitzmann, The Master of Bioethics Program at Columbia University
Peter Singer, Princeton University and Associate Member of the Center for the Study of Bioethics (TBC)
Julian Savulescu, National University of Singapore
Ingmar Persson, University of Gothenburg and Associate Member of the Center for the Study of Bioethics
Nicholas Agar, University of Waikato and and Associate Member of the Center for the Study of Bioethics
Anders Sandberg, Oxford University`s Future of Humanity Institute and Associate Member of the Center for the Study of Bioethics
Josephine Johnston, University of Otago (TBC)
James Hughes, University of Massachusetts
Arthur Caplan, New York University`s Langone Medical Center and Associate Member of the Center for the Study of Bioethics (online)
Read an article on the conference here.