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Event - Artificial Intelligence and Bioethics

Event - Artificial Intelligence and Bioethics

How can the European Union ensure that the rapid development of artificial intelligence in healthcare and biotechnology remains consistent with the fundamental principle of human dignity and does not lead to the commodification of the human body?

Medical diagnosis, the use of our health data, neurotechnologies, assisted reproduction… Advances in AI are opening up extraordinary possibilities, whilst raising unprecedented ethical questions.

How can we ensure that these innovations remain at the service of humankind?

Just another conference on AI, or an unmissable event?

A conference which, with leading international experts, addresses issues that are no longer the stuff of science fiction, but part of our reality and today’s political choices.

A conference that brings together complementary perspectives from the fields of law, medicine, bioethics and politics.

And above all, a conference that places a fundamental question at the heart of the debate: how can we preserve human dignity, freedom and integrity in the face of rapid technological advancement?

A unique opportunity to take a step back, gain a better understanding of the challenges and contribute to a debate that our society cannot afford to ignore.

When?17 November 2026, 6–8 pm

Where?European Parliament - Brussels - SPINELLI 5E2

Price?Free - Registration required before 10 November

Registration

The European Parliament requires this information to grant access to the building. It is used for this accreditation only.

Programme

Introductory address
MEP Matej Tonin - MEP Stefano Cavedagna
Challenges posed by AI and Neurotechnologies to Human Rights: How Does European Law Addresses Them? 
Prof. Roberto Andorno, University of Zurich
AI, Algorithms and Health Data: What Freedom for the Patient? 
Prof. Yves Poullet, UNamur
AI, New Technologies and the Commodification of the Human Body 
Prof. João Santos Pereira, University of Lisbon
Assisted Reproduction in the Age of AI: The Paradoxes of Selection and the Health of Future Generations 
Dr Francisco Guell, University of Navarre
AI, Neurotechnologies and the Protection of Human Identity Integrity: Do We Need a Specific Regulatory Framework? 
Mrs. Laetitia Pouliquen, NBIC Ethics
Conclusions 
MEPs and Dr. Stefano Mastrobuoni, European Institute of Bioethics

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