BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Hastings Center for Bioethics - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Hastings Center for Bioethics X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Hastings Center for Bioethics REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260202T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260202T133000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20260113T154623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T203236Z UID:86423-1770035400-1770039000@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Institute for Health Law\, Bioethics & Policy 2nd Annual Symposium: "Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Law" Keynote DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center for Bioethics President & CEO Vardit Ravitsky will deliver insights on the ethical and policy perspectives of AI in healthcare. She will draw upon her world-renowned expertise in bioethics\, healthcare\, and the application of artificial intelligence. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/institute-for-health-law-bioethics-policy-2nd-annual-symposium-artificial-intelligence-in-healthcare-law-keynote/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Vardit-9.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T190000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20260115T193803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T193849Z UID:86481-1768935600-1768935600@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:The Unfiltered Truth: Everything You’re Afraid to Ask About Vaccines DESCRIPTION:What if you could ask the world’s leading doctors anything? Join global public health expert Dr. Ashish Jha\, social epidemiologist Dr. Cheryl Clark\, and Pediatrics Physician Dr. Ofer Levy for an evening of in-depth conversation around vaccine science and public trust. Moderated by Hastings Center Senior Researcher Insoo Hyun. \n\n\n\nThis event is an open forum for you to voice the questions you might be afraid to ask\, with the confidence that they will be thoughtfully answered. Live event at the Museum of Science Boston\, Blue Wing. 1 Science Pk\, Boston\, MA 02114. Register below. \n\n\n\nIf you cannot make the in-person event\, join the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/fVxNCWm3_cs URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/the-unfiltered-truth-everything-youre-afraid-to-ask-about-vaccines/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Hyun-pic2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T120000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20251126T154123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T154124Z UID:86112-1765540800-1765540800@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:ELSI Friday Forum: Deextinction and Deliberate Extinction  DESCRIPTION:From the dire wolf to the screwworm\, scientists are turning the tools of genetics to the elimination–and recreation–of entire nonhuman species. This webinar explores how and why genetic technologies might be used to eradicate some species and recreate others\, with a focus on recent efforts and near future possibilities. The ethics of manipulating other species in these ways will then be considered: How should risks and benefits be understood and weighed? How might both deextinction and deliberate extinction challenge and alter understandings of the human relationship to nature? And how should such existential decisions be made?Panelists: \n\n\n\n\nGreg Kaebnick\, PhD Hastings Center\n\n\n\nBeth Shapiro\, PhD Colossal Biosciences\n\n\n\n\nModerated by:  \n\n\n\nAlta Charo\, JD University of Wisconsin\, Madison URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/elsi-friday-forum-deextinction-and-deliberate-extinction/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024_30_HastingsCenter-Greg_0868-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T180000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250930T154519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T154521Z UID:85629-1764955800-1764957600@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Whose Child Is She/He? The Genetic Gestation Divide DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky will give a talk entitled “Whose Child Is She/He? The Genetic Gestation Divide\,” at the the Foundation for Reproductive Medicine Conference 2025. \n\n\n\nThe FRM Conference is an annual 3 day CE & CME accredited event covering groundbreaking fertility & reproductive research.  \n\n\n\nThis event will take place at the Metropolitan Club\, 1 E. 60th St.\, NY. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/whose-child-is-she-he-the-genetic-gestation-divide/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Vardit-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T193000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20251030T151439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T151039Z UID:85903-1764784800-1764790200@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Testing Embryos: How Far Should We Go? DESCRIPTION:Join us for “Testing Embryos: How Far Should We Go?”\, the first webinar in our new series\, “Frontiers in the Ethics of Human Reproduction.” \n\n\n\nEmbryo testing is advancing fast—but how far is too far? How and where do we draw the line between preventing disease and selecting for “desirable” traits? What are the ethical implications for parents\, children\, clinicians\, and society at large? \n\n\n\nConnect with our distinguished panelists for a thought-provoking discussion exploring the science\, ethics\, and future of reproductive genetic screening\, unpacking the promise and the pitfalls of this powerful technology. \n\n\n\nOur series kicks off with a panel discussion that includes a renowned bioethicist\, a leading fertility expert\, and an IVF user\, moderated by Hastings’ President Vardit Ravitsky. \n\n\n\nPanelists: • Nat De Luca\, MA\, MDiv – is an ICU chaplain\, a student in the Masters of Bioethics program at Harvard\, and the father of two darling ‘designer babies.’ He wants to make bioethics theory accessible to intended parents and bring family stories into academic discussions. \n\n\n\n• Avner Hershlag\, MD – is a fertility doctor with decades of clinical expertise in the field. He is dual board certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI). \n\n\n\n• Louise Perkins King\, MD\, JD – is a national leader in reproductive bioethics. She is the director of reproductive bioethics at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics. She is also an assistant professor of obstetrics gynecology and reproductive medicine\, and has a gynecology practice at Mass General Brigham. She is former chair of the ethics committee of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. \n\n\n\nModerator: • Vardit Ravitsky\, PhD – is President and CEO of The Hastings Center for Bioethics and a researcher in the field of reproductive ethics. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/testing-embryos-how-far-should-we-go/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Embryo-testing-webinar-rev-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20251120T202342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T202344Z UID:86040-1764680400-1764680400@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Rethinking Our Cultural Narratives about Aging and Caregiving: Insights from Humanities Research DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center senior research scholar Nancy Berlinger will present “Rethinking Our Cultural Narratives about Aging and Caregiving: Insights from Humanities Research” at Northwestern Medicine Medical Ethics Grand Rounds \n\n\n\nNo registration required. \n\n\n\nMicrosoft TeamsJoin the meeting nowMeeting ID: 283 856 955 454 44Passcode: Qa6rq62o URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/rethinking-our-cultural-narratives-about-aging-and-caregiving-insights-from-humanities-research/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Nancy-Berlinger.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T151000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250723T195218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T151701Z UID:85066-1762960200-1762963200@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Healthcare Leadership Symposium\, Fireside Chat DESCRIPTION:During the Healthcare Leadership Symposium\, Hastings Center for Bioethics President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky will participate in a Fireside Chat with Dr. Wayne J. Riley\, President of SUNY Downstate. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/healthcare-leadership-symposium-fireside-chat/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Vardit-10.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T100000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250723T154744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250724T182140Z UID:85034-1762505100-1762509600@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:PRIM&R Annual Conference Keynote: Hastings President Vardit Ravitsky DESCRIPTION:This year’s PRIM&R25 conference keynote will challenge and inspire the way you think about the future of research\, ethics\, and policy. Dr. Vardit Ravitsky\, president and CEO of The Hastings Center for Bioethics\, is one of the world’s leading voices in bioethics. Her work focuses on: \n\n\n\n·     The ethical and legal implications of artificial intelligence\, genomics\, and reproductive technologies \n\n\n\n·     Advocacy for women’s autonomy and disability rights \n\n\n\n·     A global perspective shaped by teaching roles at the University of Montreal and Harvard Medical School \n\n\n\n·     Advancing ethical dialogue worldwide\, with more than 200 publications and over 300 presentations globally. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/primr-annual-conference-keynote-hastings-president-vardit-ravitsky/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Vardit-17.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T124500 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20251022T195104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T195105Z UID:85839-1761737400-1761741900@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:How Can Collaboration with People with Dementia Improve Communities?  DESCRIPTION:This webinar features European and North American contributors to Living with Dementia: Learning from Cultural Narratives of Aging Societies\, a new open-access collection from the Bioethics for Aging Societies research program of The Hastings Center for Bioethics.Participants will explore connections between ideas and values about dementia that are conveyed via cultural narratives – the common knowledge of a society or group — and the experiences of living with dementia or providing dementia care. They will consider how attention to a society’s shared stories\, and to the voices and perspectives of people living with dementia\, can be part of efforts to strengthen communities.Participants will include Richard Ward and Andrew Clark of EnACT-DEM\, a collaboration among researchers in the UK\, Germany\, and Canada to connect research and collaboration with people with dementia to community development\, and Living with Dementia co-editors Kate de Medeiros and Nancy Berlinger\, senior research scholar at The Hastings Center for Bioethics. \n\n\n\nThere is no registration for this event. Join via Zoom at the time of the event: https://uni-graz.zoom.us/j/62416594632?pwd=tKeaHeaVZMMylZfNaFj7JOZR1Bj869.1#success URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/how-can-collaboration-with-people-with-dementia-improve-communities/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2025-10-08-141944.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T154500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T163500 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250918T191906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T191907Z UID:85468-1761320700-1761323700@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Breaking Down the Blind: Balanced Placebo Designs and Expectancy Effects in Psychedelic Research: ASBH Conference DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center Research Associate Julia Kolak will give a paper presentation titled Breaking Down the Blind: Balanced Placebo Designs and Expectancy Effects in Psychedelic Research. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/breaking-down-the-blind-balanced-placebo-designs-and-expectancy-effects-in-psychedelic-research-asbh-conference/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2025-08-26-123917.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T131500 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250918T183342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T183636Z UID:85463-1761308100-1761311700@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Reproduction Networking Session: ASBH Conference DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center Research Associate Julia Kolak is the Co-Chair of the Reproductive Ethics Affinity Group hosting a panel presentation on the intersection of disability and reproductive justice in the post-Dobbs Era with Laura Guidry-Grimes. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/reproduction-networking-session-asbh-conference/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2025-08-26-123917.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T091500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T101500 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250826T164525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T164652Z UID:85307-1761297300-1761300900@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Ethical Considerations for Using AI to Predict Suicide Risk: ASBH Conference DESCRIPTION:This flash presentation by Hastings Center PMRA Faith Wershba at the annual ASBH Conference will consider using AI to predict a patient’s suicide risk. \n\n\n\nAbstract for the presentation: Predicting a patient’s suicide risk is a complex and high-stakes task. While there are a number of known risk factors that correlate with suicide attempts at the population level\, the presence or absence of a given risk factor may not reliably predict an individual’s risk of attempting suicide. In an attempt to improve suicide risk prediction at the individual level\, a number of researchers have developed machine learning algorithms which can be applied to patient medical records to evaluate suicide risk. Currently\, such algorithms are not used as part of clinical practice. However\, if they prove successful\, many experts think that these AI systems could—and should—be integrated into clinical care to aid suicide prevention efforts. Indeed\, if these algorithms are found to increase predictive accuracy compared to clinician judgement\, it seems ethically desirable to promote their use in clinical settings. However\, this possibility raises ethical considerations regarding disclosure\, consent\, and data use. If it becomes standard practice to screen patients’ electronic health records using an automated suicide risk prediction algorithm\, does a healthcare institution have a duty to disclose this fact to their patients? Moreover\, should applying these algorithms to patient medical records require patient consent? If so\, should such consent be opt-in or opt-out? Lastly\, if suicide risk predictions generated in the clinical setting are used to further train or refine the algorithm\, should patients be consulted about the use of their personal data in this way? URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/ethical-considerations-for-using-ai-to-predict-suicide-risk-asbh-conference/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2025-08-26-123917.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T100000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250917T184714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T183444Z UID:85456-1761210000-1761213600@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:A Dialogue on the Work of Nancy Neveloff Dubler (1941-2024): ASBH Conference DESCRIPTION:Panel Presentation: A Dialogue on the Works of Nancy Dubler\, with Hastings Center Research Associate Julia Kolak. \n\n\n\nPanel:Autumn Fiester\, PhDJoseph Fins\, MDJulia Kolak\, PhD\, HEC-CJu Zhang\, PhD \n\n\n\nAbstract: Bioethicist scholar Nancy Neveloff Dubler was a force of nature. As a lawyer turned bioethicist\, she was a highly impactful scholar of clinical ethics\, who pursued justice as an advocate for the marginalized and vulnerable. In 2004\, she co-authored the landmark work Bioethics Mediation\, pioneering a novel approach for bedside conflicts. In this panel\, three presenters explore her scholarly legacy to the field of bioethics. The first presenter explores Dubler’s transformative contributions to ethics consultation. The presenter argues that Dubler’s Distinctive methodology resists the epistemic harms of “speaking for” patients by fostering an inclusive process of dialogic engagement. Contrasting this approach with traditional consultation models\, this talk examines how the tools of bioethics mediation create space for “speaking with” stakeholders\, embodying a deliberative\, participatory\, and context-sensitive process of HCEC. The second presenter explores Dubler’s opposition to “benevolent deception\,” arguing that it compromises the integrity of ethics consultants\, erodes trust\, and distorts ethical mediation. This talk reaffirms her vision by proposing a trust-oriented approach that fosters shared deliberation and cultural respect when caring for patients from cultures that endorse benevolent deception. In the third presentation\, the speaker will argue that the best way to protect Dubler’s legacy of “bioethics mediation” is to relocate the function of mediation from ethics consultation services to the offices of patient & guest relations. Given the recent shift in ethics consultation practice away from interpersonal facilitation to physician-focused recommendation\, the widespread need for clinical conflict management is unlikely to be met by a hospital’s ethics service. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/a-dialogue-on-the-work-of-nancy-neveloff-dubler-1941-2024-asbh-conference/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2025-08-26-123917.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T154000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T165500 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250904T193600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T174741Z UID:85365-1760974800-1760979300@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Building Trust: AI Governance and Ethics in Medicine and Health\, NAM Annual Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join Hastings Center for Bioethics’ President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky and colleagues at the National Academy of Medicine’s Annual Meeting 2025. \n\n\n\nPanel: Building Trust: AI Governance and Ethics in Medicine and HealthModerator: Kevin B. Johnson\, MD\, MS\, FAAP\, FACMI\, FIAHSI\, FAMIA\,David L. Cohen\, University Professor of Pediatrics\, Informatics\,Engineering and Communication\, Perelman School of Medicine\, School ofEngineering and Applied Science\, Annenberg School of Communication\,University of Pennsylvania; and Vice President\, Applied Informatics\,University of Pennsylvania Health SystemPanelists: Robert Califf\, MD\, MACC\, former United States Commissioner of Food andDrugs\, U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationJohn D. Halamka\, MD\, MS\, Dwight and Dian Diercks President\, Mayo ClinicPlatform\, and Michael D. Brennan\, M.D.\, President’s Strategic InitiativeProfessorEric Horvitz\, MD\, PhD\, Chief Scientific Officer\, MicrosoftVardit Ravitsky\, PhD\, President and CEO\, The Hastings Center for Bioethics URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/building-trust-ai-governance-and-ethics-in-medicine-and-health-nam-annual-conference/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2025-10-08-134552.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T173000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250923T181437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T181551Z UID:85512-1760460300-1760463000@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:The Ethics of AI in Science and Healthcare DESCRIPTION:Join Hastings Center for Bioethics’ President and CEO Vardit Ravitsky at the Endpoints AI day\, AI in Biopharma: Where Promise Meets Pressure. \n\n\n\nPanel discussion: The Ethics of AI in Science and Healthcare \n\n\n\nSilicon Valley is about moving fast\, while the world of medicine starts with first\, doing no harm. How does that tension play out with AI’s growing role in everything from lab research to clinical trials to medical care? We’ll talk through the biggest ethical questions for the field\, strategies to build responsible AI\, and whether the societal challenges will ultimately be bigger than the technological.   \n\n\n\nPanelists: \n\n\n\nInmaculada de Melo-MartínProfessor of Medical EthicsWeill Cornell Medicine \n\n\n\nElliott GreenCEODandelion Health \n\n\n\nChris FussellCo-founder & President\, OperationsLila Sciences \n\n\n\nVardit RavitskyPresident & CEOThe Hastings Center for Bioethics \n\n\n\nAndrew Dunn\, ModeratorSenior Biopharma CorrespondentEndpoints News URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/the-ethics-of-ai-in-science-and-healthcare/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Vardit-27.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T170000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250807T175257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250814T181705Z UID:85200-1757577600-1757782800@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Memory\, Medicine\, and Law: Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina DESCRIPTION:Join the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law in Washington\, DC from September 11–13\, 2025\, for a powerful three-day symposium (co-sponsored by The Hastings Center for Bioethics) that brings together leading voices from law\, public health\, policy\, and community advocacy. Hosted at Georgetown University’s Capitol Campus\, this convening will explore the enduring legacy of Hurricane Katrina through the lenses of justice\, healing\, and collective memory.  \n\n\n\n2025 marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina’s landfall and five years since the devastating outbreak of COVID in the United States. What lessons in public health\, law\, and society can be learned from critical moments in recent U.S. history? This convening situates Hurricane Katrina serving as a metaphor and moment to understand not only disaster\, but also how societies and governments respond to tragedy.   \n\n\n\nWe are honored to welcome an extraordinary group of speakers—scholars\, legal practitioners\, medical professionals\, artists\, and activists—who will lead bold conversations about systemic inequities\, trauma\, resilience\, and the power of remembrance. \n\n\n\nThis program is eligible for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit. Attendees seeking credit will have the opportunity to sign in at applicable sessions and complete all required documentation. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re working in health\, law\, social justice\, or simply passionate about these intersections\, this symposium offers a unique opportunity to engage\, learn\, and build meaningful connections. \n\n\n\nWe invite you to be part of this important gathering. Explore the full speaker lineup\, discover the themes that will shape each day\, and register now to secure your spot. \n\n\n\nThe symposium will be held September 11–13\, 2025 at 125 E Street NW\, Georgetown University’s Capitol Campus and adjoining Law Center in Washington\, DC. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/memory-medicine-and-law-reflecting-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-hurricane-katrina/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/pexels-pixabay-71116.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250722T110000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250624T185527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250624T185529Z UID:84782-1753182000-1753182000@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:GSA Arts and Humanities Forum. Humanistic AI and Humanistic Gerontology: Issues for Researchers DESCRIPTION:This interactive webinar is for two groups of gerontology researchers: those who study lived experiences and depictions of aging and want to learn more about humanistic AI models\, such as chatbots\, designed for older adults\, and those who are involved in developing\, piloting\, and evaluating innovations in aging and care that may include humanistic AI models and partnership with data scientists. It is led by bioethics and health humanities scholar\, Nancy Berlinger\, PhD\, Senior Research Scholar\, The Hastings Center for Bioethics\, whose research collaborations with gerontologists explore ethical challenges of aging societies. This event aims to initiate ongoing forums for GSA members to explore their questions about the overlapping social experiences of AI and population aging. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/gsa-arts-and-humanities-forum-humanistic-ai-and-humanistic-gerontology-issues-for-researchers/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Nancy_Berlinger-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T145000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250508T183202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T183248Z UID:84433-1750165200-1750171800@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:From Coma to Consciousness: Are We Worried? DESCRIPTION:Recent neuroimaging research reveals that many patients formerly thought to be unresponsive in coma and vegetative states are in fact conscious\, raising many ethical and clinical questions. Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Fins about these fascinating and important challenges. \n\n\n\nJoin Hastings Center for Bioethics Board Chair Joseph J. Fins for this talk (register below). Dr. Fins is the E. William Davis\, Jr. M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and Chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medicine where he is a Tenured Professor of Medicine\, Professor of Medicine in Psychiatry\, Professor of Medical Ethics in Neurology\, Professor of Medical Ethics in Rehabilitation Medicine\, and Professor of Health Care Policy and Research. He is the founding Chair of the Ethics Committee of New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center where he is an Attending Physician and Director of Medical Ethics. A member of the Adjunct Faculty of Rockefeller University and Senior Attending Physician at The Rockefeller University Hospital\, he co-directs the Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury (CASBI) at Weill Cornell Medicine and Rockefeller. He is currently a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School in addition to his appointment at Weill Cornell Medicine. \n\n\n\nDr. Fins is an elected Member of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) of the National Academies of Sciences\, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, and by Royal Appointment an Academico de Honor (Honored Academic) of the Real Academia Nacional de Medicina de España (the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain). In 2022\, he was elected to the Association of American Physicians. \n\n\n\nDr. Fins graduated from Wesleyan University (B.A. with Honors\, The College of Letters\, 1982) and Cornell University Medical College (M.D.\, 1986). He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in General Internal Medicine at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and has served as Associate for Medicine at The Hastings Center. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is author of over 500 papers\, chapters\, essays\, and books\, his most recent volume is Rights Come to Mind: Brain Injury\, Ethics and The Struggle for Consciousness (Cambridge University Press\, 2015). \n\n\n\nModerated by: Robert Klitzman\, M.D.\, Professor of Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health and the Program Director of the Master of Science in Bioethics at Columbia University. \n\n\n\nIn Person Location: \n\n\n\nVagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsRoom: Amphitheater 1630 W 168 Street\, New York\, NY 10032(Between Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue) \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event and will be hosted both in person at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and via Zoom. Registered guests will receive a Zoom link prior to the event. Lunch will be provided for those choosing to attend in person. \n\n\n\nFor further information\, please contact Marie Gugnishev\, mg4441@columbia.edu. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/from-coma-to-consciousness-are-we-worried/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Joseph-J-Fins.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T150000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250529T142632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250604T180104Z UID:84601-1749733200-1749740400@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine Publication Release Webinar DESCRIPTION:This release webinar will discuss key findings from a new NAM special publication\, An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine: Essential Guidance for Aligned Action\, drawing attention to the Code of Conduct Framework\, translating and applying the Code\, and an overview of key priorities. \n\n\n\nAn Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine: Essential Guidance for Aligned Action presents an AI Code of Conduct (AICC) framework developed to align the field and catalyze collective action to ensure that the transformative potential of AI in health\, health care\, and biomedical science is realized. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky is on the steering committee that produced the publication and is a panelist. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/artificial-intelligence-code-of-conduct-for-health-and-medicine-publication-release-webinar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Vardit-10.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T110000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250521T191900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T192109Z UID:84502-1749115800-1749121200@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Using AI for Research\, Treatment and Prevention for HIV and Other Conditions: Ethical and Policy Challenges DESCRIPTION:AI is revolutionizing epidemiological tracking\, prevention\, treatment\, and research of HIV and many other diseases\, but also raises profound ethical\, legal and policy questions. Join the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University for a panel of experts\, including Hastings Center for Bioethics president Vardit Ravitsky\, examining these emerging challenges\, and how we might best address them. \n\n\n\nPanel speakers: \n\n\n\nLaura Balzer\, PhD\, MPhil Associate Professor\, BiostatisticsUniversity of California\, Berkeley \n\n\n\nCharles E. Binkley\, MD\, Director of AI Ethics and Quality\, Hackensack Meridian Health Associate Professor of Surgery\, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine \n\n\n\nJuila Marcus\, PhD\, MPH\, Associate Professor\, Population Medicine Harvard Medical School \n\n\n\nVardit Ravitsky\, PhD\, President & CEO The Hastings Center for Bioethics \n\n\n\nModerator: Robert Klitzman\, MD\, Professor of Psychiatry\, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons\, Columbia University Associate Director\, Development CoreHIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/using-ai-for-research-treatment-and-prevention-for-hiv-and-other-conditions-ethical-and-policy-challenges/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Vardit-20.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250523T193000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250429T193600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T193603Z UID:84317-1747843200-1748028600@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Global Observatory for Genome Editing International Summit—Keynote Panel: Cosmopolitan Bioethics DESCRIPTION:Join the Global Observatory for Genome Editing’s International Summit\, a 3-day live and virtual event. On Thursday\, May 22 at 3:30pm\, Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will present with colleagues on a keynote panel. \n\n\n\nKeynote Panel: Cosmopolitan Bioethics \n\n\n\nModern biotechnologies are poised to alter what it means to be human. In deliberating on how to govern these technologies\, how can we foster a “cosmopolitan ethics”: one that affirms diversity\, aspires to mutual understanding\, is committed to deep\, sustained\, inclusive engagement with matters of collective moral concern\, and favors a posture of humility? What are the impediments and frictions? \n\n\n\nModerator: Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard Kennedy School) \n\n\n\nConfirmed Speakers: George Daley (Harvard Medical School)\, Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study)\, Vardit Ravitsky (Hastings Center) URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/global-observatory-for-genome-editing-international-summit-keynote-panel-cosmopolitan-bioethics/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Vardit-27.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250516T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250516T163000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250320T210022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T201756Z UID:84053-1747380600-1747413000@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:AI in Healthcare: Trust and Accountability DESCRIPTION:Cedars-Sinai and The Hastings Center are proud to jointly present this timely conference on AI in healthcare. Through discussions with leading experts in the field\, the event will address evolving ethical\, societal\, and legal issues raised by artificial intelligence in medicine and biomedical research. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, see the Agenda page. \n\n\n\nThis is an in-person only event. \n\n\n\nVenue Directions \n\n\n\nCedars- Sinai Medical Center \n\n\n\n8700 Beverly Blvd.\, Los Angeles\, CA 90048  \n\n\n\nThe conference will be held at Cedars- Sinai Medical Center in the Harvey Morse Auditorium\, located in the South Tower. \n\n\n\nValet Parking is available curbside at the South Tower. \n\n\n\nSelf Parking is available in the Pavilion (P4) lot located on Sherbourne Drive. \n\n\n\nAfter checking in with security at the South Tower entrance\, take the elevator to the Plaza Level\, where you will find the Harvey Morse Auditorium. \n\n\n\nRegistration is required.  URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/ai-in-healthcare-trust-and-accountability/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Copy-of-Pink-Black-Elegant-Signature-Personal-Brand-Logo-760-×-220-px-866-×-573-px-300-x-200-px-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T200000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250506T190045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T190118Z UID:84398-1747072800-1747080000@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Restoring Trust in Science\, Medicine\, and Public Health DESCRIPTION:A constructive\, healing dialogue about building and enhancing public confidence in modern medicine and science. What role can such approaches play in restoring public trust and healing societal discord?This event features introductory remarks by Dr. Avinoam Patt (NYU)\, a fireside chat with Dr. Vivek Murthy (19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States) and Dr. Marc Siegel (NYU Langone)\, as well as a keynote presentation by Dr. Peter Hotez (Baylor College of Medicine) on “Anti-Science\, Antisemitism\, and Public Health.”A panel discussion with Dr. Art Caplan (NYU Langone)\, Dr. Judson Brewer (Brown University)\, Dr. Vardit Ravitsky (Hastings Center for Bioethics)\, and Dr. Rachel Yehuda (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)\, moderated by Dr. Marc Siegel\, will conclude the program.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLOCATION: 19 University Place\, New York\, NY 10003 URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/restoring-trust-in-science-medicine-and-public-health/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Vardit-18.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250417T194956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T194957Z UID:84242-1746014400-1746028800@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:What Do We Know About How to Build Clinician Trust in Organizations?     DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center scholar Carolyn Neuhaus will moderate a panel for the Mullan Institute’s Health Workforce Equity Summit: Rebuilding Health Workers’ Trust in Healthcare Organizations. \n\n\n\nStudies show a steady decline in health workers’ trust in organizations\, and this decline is significantly associated with a reduction in patient trust in clinicians. To date\, most approaches to rebuilding health worker trust have emphasized individual-level interventions and support for leaders. Emerging approaches\, however\, point to the importance of creating structures and processes that heighten health workers’ voices in the decision-making around clinical care.​This Summit will examine the evidence on the problem and present a series of case studies that may hold promise for rebuilding health workers’ trust and\, by extension\, patient trust.  \n\n\n\nLocation: Jack Morton Auditorium\, 805 21st Street Northwest\, Washington\, DC\, 20052 Time: 12:00 pm – 4 pm ETReception: 4 pm – 5 pm ET \n\n\n\nPanel at 12:45-1:30pm: What Do We Know About How to Build Clinician Trust in Organizations?   \n\n\n\nModerator: Carolyn Neuhaus\, PhD\, The Hastings CenterPanelists:             \n\n\n\nHannah Fairley\, MD\, GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences  \n\n\n\nJodyn Platt\, PhD\, MPH\, University of Michigan \n\n\n\nAlden Lai\, PhD\, MPH\, NYU School of Global Public Health \n\n\n\nLindsay Martin\, MSPH\, Innovation Capital URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/what-do-we-know-about-how-to-build-clinician-trust-in-organizations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Carolyn-Neuhaus24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T190000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250319T190838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T140906Z UID:84045-1745512200-1745521200@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:The Hastings Center Vision: A Path Forward for Bioethics DESCRIPTION:Please join us as we launch our new Strategic Plan 2025-2029. \n\n\n\nJoin us for our Daniel Callahan Annual Lecture entitled “The Hastings Center Vision: A Path Forward for Bioethics\,” with Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky; Joshua Boger\, founder and CEO (former) of Vertex Pharmaceuticals; and Gina Kolata\, New York Times health and science reporter. \n\n\n\nReception: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.Program: 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.The Rockefeller University1230 York Avenue\, New York\, NYReception and lecture are free\, but registration is required\, as space is limited. PleaseRSVP to vizzis@thehastingscenter.orgSupported by generous gifts from The John and Patricia Klingenstein Fund and The Andrew and Julie Klingenstein Family Foundation\, the Daniel Callahan Annual Lecture commemorates Hastings co-founder Daniel Callahan’s commitment to public engagement on thorny issues of public policy.Artwork: Convergence by Hilber Nelson URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/the-hastings-center-vision-a-path-forward-for-bioethics/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/callahan-lecture-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250320T182736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T154220Z UID:84050-1744376400-1744376400@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Tom Beauchamp Celebration of Life DESCRIPTION:Tom Beauchamp III\, a towering figure in the field of bioethics\, passed away on February 19th. Tom\, a Hastings Center Fellow\, was professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and a senior research scholar (retired) at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. \n\n\n\nThe Celebration of Tom’s Life will take place at Washington Hebrew Congregation (3935 Macomb St. NW\, Washington\, DC)\, and will be live streamed (see URL below\, password: Tom2025). Please log in 5 minutes (or less) before the celebration begins. https://venue.streamspot.com/event/NTUyNTQyOA== URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/tom-beauchamp-celebration-of-life/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/beauchamp.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T200000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250325T192416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T192418Z UID:84061-1744308000-1744315200@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Filling Out Forms for Life-Sustaining Treatment: Aids and Aggravations DESCRIPTION:This panel discussion will explore the purpose(s) of Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST); how to utilize this tool to facilitate optimal end-of-life care; and considerations specific to end-of-life decision-making in emergency situations. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nPatricia Bomba\, M.D.\, MACP\, MOLST Statewide Implementation Program Chair\, MOLST/eMOLST Program Director \n\n\n\nVirginia Brown\, M.A.\, Ph.D.\, Research Scholar\, The Hastings Center \n\n\n\nMaia Dorsett\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Assistant Professor\, Emergency Medicine\, University of Rochester Medical Center \n\n\n\nBradford D. Winters\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Critical Care Medicine\, Anesthesiology and Surgery\, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine \n\n\n\nModerated By: \n\n\n\nDavid Hoffman\, J.D.\, Assistant Professor of Bioethics\, Columbia University Registered guests will receive a Zoom link prior to the event.For further information\, please contact Marie Gugnishev\, mg4441@columbia.edu.To obtain additional information about program offerings at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies\, please contact an Admissions Counselor at inquire@sps.columbia.edu.If you require closed captioning\, sign-language interpretation\, or any other disability accommodations\, please contact Disability Services\, disability@columbia.edu\, at least 10 days in advance.This event is open to individuals irrespective of identity and sex. \n\n\n\nOrganized by Columbia University\, Bioethics Program URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/filling-out-forms-for-life-sustaining-treatment-aids-and-aggravations/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Virginia-news.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250122T193023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T193024Z UID:83568-1742239800-1742245200@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:An Israeli Perspective on Bioethical Dilemmas DESCRIPTION:How do cultural values shape bioethical dilemmas?This talk will explore how Israel\, as a Jewish-democratic state\, has addressed several bioethical challenges through its policy-making\, taking into account historical\, cultural\, and religious perspectives. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will examine three key examples: fertility care\, end-of-life decision-making\, and posthumous reproduction\, including the impact of the events of October 7th. \n\n\n\nHaving been directly involved in policy-making on these issues\, Dr. Ravitsky will offer an insider’s look into the dynamic relationship between cultural values and democratic discourse in the realm of bioethics. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place at the \n\n\n\nMiami Beach JCC\n\n\n\n4221 Pine Tree DrMiami Beach\, FL 33140 URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/an-israeli-perspective-on-bioethical-dilemmas/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/vardit-recent-red-jacket-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250311T130000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250213T212443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T212512Z UID:83779-1741698000-1741698000@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Polygenic Embryo Screening: Ethical Challenges DESCRIPTION:Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will give an Ethics Grand Rounds lecture\, “Polygenic Embryo Screening: Ethical Challenges\,” via Zoom for the The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Open to the public. URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/polygenic-embryo-screening-ethical-challenges-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Vardit-27.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T120000 DTSTAMP:20260426T125640 CREATED:20250219T160148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T160148Z UID:83807-1741262400-1741262400@www.thehastingscenter.org SUMMARY:Five to Be Inspired By: Women in Regenerative Medicine DESCRIPTION:In celebration of International Women’s Day\, join Stem Cell Network for an inspiring virtual panel discussion featuring five trailblazing women (including Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky) who are shaping the future of regenerative medicine. This event will spotlight their groundbreaking contributions\, unique journeys\, and innovative visions for the field. Attendees will also have the opportunity to explore challenges and pose questions to these remarkable leaders. \n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers: Natasha Chang\, Ph.D. – McGill University\, Priye Iworima\, MSc.\, Ph.D. – PBS Biotech\, Lauralyn McIntyre\, MD\, MHSc.\, FRCPC – The Ottawa Hospital\, Vardit Ravitsky\, Ph.D. – Harvard Medical School and President of The Hastings Center\, Anastassia Voronova\, Ph.D. – University of Alberta Moderator: Cate Murray\, President & CEO – Stem Cell Network URL:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/hastings-center-event/five-to-be-inspired-by-women-in-regenerative-medicine/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.thehastingscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2025-02-19-105459.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR