13th International Conference on
Ethics Education

Venue:St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India
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13th International Conference on Ethics Education

St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India
Date: 12-14 June 2025
Theme : Ethics Education - An Imperative for Future Generations

12-14 June 2025

Schedule

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Posters -from Moral Empowerment to Tribal Healers and Indigenous Knowledge

  1. Ms. Sneh Lata Sandil , Ms. Shilpa Ghosh, 4th Year B.sc Nursing, St. John’s College of Nursing. Assistant Professor, Department of Mental Health Nursing, St. John’s College of Nursing. “Effectiveness of moral empowerment program on moral resilience among oncology nurses in a selected tertiary care hospital: an experimental study.”
  2. Akuma Ifeanyichukwu, Research Scholar, Yenepoya (deemed to be University). “Human and Artificial Intelligence: A Review of Competencies, Collaboration, and Ethical Implications – Narrative Review”.
  3. Ria Popli, PhD Student, St John's Research Institute. “Ethical Concerns in Addressing Iron Deficiency Among Women: A Scoping Review”
  4. Anuradha S, Susan T George and Vaishnavi Nambiar, Faculty, Interns, SJNAHS. “Transgender health: an ethical and educational imperative for healthcare professionals”
  5. Megha Louis H Third Year MBBS :Part 1 Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Varadharajapuram, Poonamallee, Chennai-600123. “The impact of religious beliefs on medical decision making.”
  6. T I Ilyas Ahmad, MBBS, Dr. MGR Medical University Tamil Nadu. “The Ethics of Public Health Communication: Balancing Awareness and Panic in Crisis Reporting”.
  7. Joysha Mohan, Third MBBS Professional Part- II Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute. “How do medical students’ personal religious beliefs influence their ethical decision-making in pediatric end-of-life care?”
  8. Uma Kulkarni, Faculty member, Yenepoya (deemed to be University). “Content analysis of the titles of the research projects chosen by students of the Postgraduate diploma in Bioethics and Medical Ethics course: A fifteen-year data analysis”
  9. Ms. Nisba Tasmin, social worker, St. Johns Research Institute. Navigating Burnout, Burden, and Ethical Dilemmas: A Multi-Setting Mixed-Methods Study Among Professionals Supporting Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Autism.
  10. Josna John B R, Trivandrum, India. Perspectives of Indigenous tribal healers regarding their sharing of Indigenous knowledge with researchers- A qualitative study from tribal communities in southern part of Kerala.
  11. Mayukha Dyta, Fulbright Research Fellow, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus. Diagnosing Diversity: Differences in Managing and Treating in Diagnosis.

VENUE: Pope Paul Auditorium Lobby.

June 11, 2025

08:30 am - 05:00 pm

Pre-conference workshops on various aspects of Ethics Education:

  1. Teaching and Practicing Catholic Bioethics in Healthcare Institutions in India
    -Venue : Cardinal Gracias Hall, Ground Floor, Main College Building.
  2. Responsible Researchers – Ethics education through Good Clinical Practice
    -Venue : Annexe 3 conference hall (1st Floor)
  3. Ethical and legal processes in India, to withholding / withdrawing Life Support Treatment
    -Venue : SJRI Admin Block Conference Room, Ground Floor (next to SJRI café)
  4. Implementing Communication module of AETCOM Effectively: Practical Approaches for Medical Educators
    -Venue : 2nd floor Conference Hall, Biorepository Building SJRI

1. TITLE: “RELIGION, MORALITY AND ETHICS - TEACHING AND PRACTICING CATHOLIC BIOETHICS IN HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA”

Workshop objectives: Participants will learn

  • The orientation on the principles of Catholic Bioethics in healthcare
  • The areas of conflict between secular and Catholic Bioethics and the problem of moral relativism
  • To help participants set up Catholic Hospital Ethics Committees in their own hospitals

2. TITLE: “RESPONSIBLE RESEARCHERS AND REVIEWERS: ETHICS OF GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE”

Workshop objectives: Participants will learn

  • The principles guiding ethics education in Good Clinical Practice
  • The accreditation process for Ethics Committees
  • The ethical considerations for vulnerable participants and researchers
  • The challenges faced in the IEC review process regarding the protection of participants and researchers

IEC Secretariate: Mrs. Mary / Mrs. Sharmila

Contact 1 : +91 8105036287

Contact 2:080- 49466346/48

Email:events.iec@stjohns.in

3. TITLE: “BEST PRACTICES FOR ETHICAL AND LEGAL DECISION MAKING WHEN CARING FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL”

Workshop objectives: Participants will learn

  • To use the ethical framework for supporting shared-decision-making when faced with therapies / intervention with ambiguous benefit and high burden and suffering to the person.
  • To apply the procedures laid down by the judgement of the Supreme Court of India
  • To activate the ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)’, withholding or withdrawal of life-support treatments as per the norms of the land
  • To practice essentials of communication skills relevant to such situations
  • To facilitate the culture of Advance Medical Directives

Name : Dr. Nandini Vallath

Email : hod.ppalliative@stjohns.in

4. TITLE: “TEACHING AETCOM COMMUNICATION SKILLS” - PRACTICAL APPROACHES FOR MEDICAL EDUCATORS

Workshop objectives: Participants will learn

  • Teaching Learning Methods - Explore effective methods for developing communication skills in students.
  • Assessment Methods - Practical strategies for evaluating communication skills
  • Challenges and Solutions - Address common challenges in implementing communication skills and provide actionable solutions

Name : Dr. Vijaya Raman

Email : hod.psych@stjohns.in

Day 1

June 12, 2025

08:30 am - 10:00 am

Registration, kit & name-tag distribution

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Venue:-Lecture Hall 1, Golden Jubilee Block, Ground Floor, College Building

Inaugural session

  • Invocation prayer
  • Welcome Address : Rev Fr Jesudoss Rajamanickam Director of St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences
  • Lighting of Lamp
  • Opening remarks : Rev Dr Charles Davis, Conference Organizing Chairperson
  • Inaugural address : Why Ethics Education is imperative - President of IAEE - Prof Henk ten Have
  • Vice Chancellor’s Address : Dr. Bhagavan B.C, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor – Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka
  • Keynote address : Medical Students Education and Ethics – Chair of the National Medical Council, India – Dr. B N Gangadhar, Chairman, NMC.

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

TEA BREAK + GROUP PHOTO

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

Venue:- Lecture Hall 1

Plenary session: Human Rights, Law & Ethics –

  1. Prof. Nigam Nuggehalli, (Registrar National Law School of India) - Ethics and Values in Indian Legal Education: A Second Take
  2. Prof. Laura Palazzani(Professor of Philosophy of Law and Bio-law at Lumsa University, Rome)- Philosophy of law and ethics education in a changing world.

Chairs : Dr Olinda Timms, Adjunct Faculty Health and Humanities, SJRI, Communications Secretary CCBI Bioethics Forum & Dr Prem Pais Former Dean, SJMC, Professor Emeritus, Division of Clinical Research and Training, St. John's Research Institute

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

LUNCH

02:00 pm - 04:00 pm

Parallel Session 1

Simultaneous 4 parallel technical sessions

  1. People centric approaches in Medical Research – Led by ICMR Bioethics Unit* (1.30 to 4.30pm) -
  2. Health Professional Education and Bioethics
  3. Children, Schools and Ethics
  4. Technology Advancement and Ethics
  5. 1 : 5- Posters -from Moral Empowerment to Tribal Healers and Indigenous Knowledge (Anchored by Dr Gayathri, SJCON & Dr Farah Naaz Fathima, Community Health & Med Education Dept)

1 : 1 - People centric approaches in Medical Research – Led by ICMR Bioethics Unit*

1.30 – 4.30pm (3.0 hours)

The session intends to address three key questions:

  • What do people want from research?
  • What Researchers must do?
  • How Ethics Committees Can Foster People-Centric Approaches?

Speakers/ Panelists - Gautam Dongre Ritu Bhalla, Naro Chandola, Sandip Mukhopadhyay Ananya Samajdar, Abhijit Kadam, Shifalika Goenka, Keshar Kunja Mohanty, Ruchi Sogarwal, B. Santosh Kumar

CHAIRS : Amar Jesani & Durga Gadgil, Shalini Bharat & Aparna Mittal, Sudha Ramalingam & Sarojini Nadampilli

VENUE: Lecture Hall 1, Golden Jubilee Block, Ground Floor, College Building.

1 : 2 – Health Professional Education and Bioethics

  • Luciana Caenazzo, Padova, Italy. The role of ethics education of professionals involved in the identification of unknown corpses
  • Ercan Avci, Pittsburgh, United States -Ethics Education as a Component of Ethics Consultation (zoom)
  • Systla Rukmini, Bangalore, India - Ethics education in clinical psychology: Towards a positive ethics framework
  • Sarikasri Surendrakumar, Chennai, India. - Assessing final year medical students’ preparedness for Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) - a Qualitative study

CHAIRS : Dr Sunita Simon Kurpad, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Head, Department of Medical Ethics, St John's Medical College

CO-CHAIR : Dr Joris Gielen, Dr Joris Gielen, Director and Associate Professor, Center for Global Health Ethics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (USA)

VENUE : Cardinal Gracias Hall, Ground Floor, College Building

1 : 3 - Children, Schools and Ethics [CSE]

  • Priya Muthukumar, Bangalore, India. Storytelling in Ethics Education: Transforming Teaching & Learning Processes through Storytelling
  • Meghna Achar, Bangalore, India. Feeling Heard: Field Notes and Reflections from Navigating the Ethics of Violence Exposure Research with Adolescents in India
  • Elizabeth K Sanson, Bangalore, India. The hidden voices of children with renal failure – an education in ethics

CHAIRS : Dr Priya Pais, Head, Pediatric Nephrology, Member Secretary Hospital Ethics Committee, St John’s.

CO CHAIR : Dr Adithya Pradyumna, Azim Premji University

VENUE : Conference Hall, Admin Block, Ground Floor, SJRI

1 : 4 – Technology Advancement and Ethics [ETA]

  • Walter Fontanini, Budapest, Hungary. The Ethics of Creativity: balancing innovation and responsibility
  • Dr Arnald Mahesh, Bengaluru, India. Ethics of human enhancement.
  • John Witt, Norfolk, United States. Christian Metaphysics of Personhood and their Relation to Augmentation Ethics
  • Francis P. Crawley, Leuven, Belgium - Ethics education in the age of neural organoids and sentient AI

CHAIRS: Prof Bert Gordijn, Director, Institute of Ethics Dublin

CO-CHAIR : Dr Tony Raj, Dean, Head of Division of Medical Informatics, SJRI

VENUE : Council Room, Ground floor, Main College Building.

04:00 pm - 04:30 pm

TEA

06:00 pm - 07:00 pm

Cultural program [Main Auditorium]
Conference Dinner [Adjoining Annexe 3]

Day 2

June 13, 2025

09:00 am - 10:00 am

Venue:- Lecture Hall 1

Plenary session: Philosophy, Ethics and Morality: Human Dignity and Inclusiveness from human health to planetary health

  • Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro (Chancellor Pontifical Academy for Life, Rome), Fr Charles Davis (Organizing Chairperson IAEE 2025),
  • Prof ten Have (Professor Emeritus, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University, USA)

CHAIRS: Rev Dr Christopher Vimalraj (Former Director, CCBI Bioethics Forum of India, Adj Faculty Health and Humanities St John’s Research Institute), Dr Bindu(Principal, St John’s College of Nursing)

10:00 am - 10:30 am

TEA BREAK

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Parallel Session 2

Simultaneous 4 parallel technical sessions

  1. Clinical Challenges and Ethics Education
  2. Religion, Morality and Ethics
  3. Planetary Health and Ethics Education
  4. Ethical Considerations in Community Engagement for Health: from practice to education and application-led by SOCHARA*

2 : 1 – Clinical Challenges and Ethics Education

  • Pegoraro R, Vatican City. An Ethics Education Programme at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital
  • Prasanna V Krishnasamy, Portland, United States. Engaging, educating and supporting multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals in a clinical ethics program
  • Mario Vaz, Bengaluru, India. Story-telling as a first step in recognizing epistemic injustice and ‘other gazes’ in a clinical setting.
  • Telma Rejane dos Santos Façanha, Brasilia, Brazil. Bioethical principles in risk management in healthcare - patient safety with evidence regarding the education of risk managers

CHAIRS : Dr G.D Ravindran, Professor, Dept of Medical Ethics

CO CHAIR : Dr Jyothi Idiculla, Professor, Dept of Medical Ethics

VENUE: Cardinal Gracias Hall, Ground Floor, College Building

2 : 2 – Religion, Morality and Ethics

  • Joris Gielen, Pittsburgh, United States (& Komal Kashyap). Dignity in Health Care Ethics Education in India
  • Francis Jude Selvaraj, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Should AI algorithms be shaped by religious or ethical standards: The Malaysian Catholic Youth experience
  • Paulachan Kochappilly Bangalore, India. As the celebration, so is ethics education Celebrations Channels of Ethical Education
  • Walter Fontanini, Budapest, Hungary. The Fear of Oblivion: Ethical Perspective on Digital Immortality and Cyberthanatology

CHAIRS : Prof Henk ten Have Professor Emeritus, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University, USA

CO-CHAIR : Rev Dr Stanislaus Alla, Professor of Moral Theology, Vidyajyoti College of Theology, Delhi.

VENUE : Lecture Hall 1, Golden Jubilee Block, Ground Floor, College Building.

2 : 3 - Planetary Health and Ethics Education

  • Madhumitha Venkatesh, Bangalore, India. Practitioner Perspectives on Climate-Aware Counselling Practices in India.
  • Pia Wimmer, Augsburg, Germany. Practicing the Great Transformation: Insights from a Living Lab with Teenagers on Fast Fashion and Sustainable Consumption.
  • Siddhartha Krishnan, Bangalore, India. Ethical imagination- The case for environmental ethics in the climate era
  • Sonali Sathaye, Bangalore, India. TEACHING TO DO THE RIGHT THING: Climate Education in Bangalore Schools in the 21st Century

CHAIRS : Dr Naveen, HOD Community Health SJMC

CO CHAIR : Dr Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics & Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine Yenepoya University

VENUE : COUNCIL ROOM, Ground floor, Main College Building.

2 : 4 – Ethical Considerations in Community Engagement for Health: from practice to education and translation - facilitated by SOCHARA*

This session will explore the ethical dilemmas that arise in multi-stakeholder community health engagement. The panelists will examine power dynamics, competing priorities, and how ethics can be meaningfully integrated into health professional education and practice

  • Jacob Dahlke, Nebraska, USA. Measuring the intersection of structural discrimination, non-compliance, and implicit attitudes in health care
  • Ameer Khan, Bangalore, SOCHARA
  • Supriya Subramani, Sydney, Australia
  • Prahlad IM, Bangalore, India
  • G. Nancy Angeline, St John’s, Bangalore

CHAIR/ MODERATOR : Mr. Alfred S Raju, SOCHARA, Bangalore

CO CHAIR: Edward Premdas Pinto, Faculty Azim Premji University, Bangalore

VENUE : CONFERENCE HALL, ADMIN BLOCK, GROUND FLOOR, SJRI

12:30 pm - 01:30 pm

LUNCH

01:30 pm - 02:30 pm

Venue:- Lecture Hall 1

Plenary session: Business Ethics & Ethics in Public Life

  1. Dr T.R. Raghunandan (Former Indian Administrative Service Bureaucrat) Topic- Anti-corruption stance & moral backbone in public life
  2. Dr. Martha J. Wilcoxson (Professor, Hasan School of Business, Colorado State University Pueblo USA) Topic - Business Ethics and the imperative of business ethics skills education.

CHAIRS: Dr Maya Mascarenhas (Public Health Specialist, Conference Organizing Secretary- Partnerships and Finance) & Dr George D’Souza (Professor of Pulmonology Medicine, Dean SJMCH)

02:30 pm - 02:45 pm

TEA BREAK

02:45 pm - 04:45 pm

Parallel Session 3

Simultaneous 4 parallel technical sessions

  1. Research Oversight – from ethics committees to redefining research ethics
  2. Embedding ethics in higher education programmes-led by Azim Premji University*
  3. Ethics education and the future of research assessment in the digital age– led by Yenepoya Centre for Ethics*
  4. Interdisciplinary Ethics Education

3 : 1 – Research Oversight – from ethics committees to redefining research ethics

  • Savitha D et al. Karnataka, India. Experiences of faculty and postgraduates on informed consent process from two tertiary-care medical teaching Institutions in South India.
  • Pooja Harish, Ravi Vaswani, Mangaluru, India. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Therapeutic Misconception in Biomedical Research among Dental Postgraduate Students
  • Deborah Zion, Melbourne, Australia. Can A Human Research Ethics Committee be a focus of relationality? Human research ethics education at Victoria University, Australia.
  • Ritash, Deeksha Pandey, Bangalore, India. Redefining Research Ethics: Inclusion and Intersectionality in LGBTQIAP+ Studies

CHAIRS : Dr Mary Joseph, Ethics Committee member, St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences

CO CHAIR : Dr Amar Jesani, Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

VENUE : Cardinal Gracias Hall, Ground Floor, College Building.

3 : 2 - Embedding ethics in higher education programmes-led by Azim Premji University*

  • Edward Premdas Pinto, Bangalore, India. Facilitating Ethical Sensitivity as part of field learning for students of Development
  • Akash Srinivas, New Delhi, India. Ethics and Archaeology Education in South Asia: A need of the hour
  • Asim Siddiqui, Bangalore, India. From Normativity to Praxis: Introducing ethical theories and sensibilities to students of Development
  • Mukta Gundi, Bangalore, India. Tensions, discomforts and joys: Incorporating ethics in a mental health course for students of development

CHAIR : Prof. Amalendu Jyotishi, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru

CO-CHAIR : Shifalika Goenka Director, Centre for Public Health Ethics, New Delhi

VENUE : CONFERENCE HALL, ADMIN BLOCK, GROUND FLOOR, SJRI

3 : 3 - Ethics education and the future of research assessment in the digital age”, led by Yenepoya Centre for Ethics and CoARA-ERIP [Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment on ‘Ethics and Research Integrity Policy for Responsible Research Assessment in Data and Artificial Intelligence (ERIP)’*

CHAIRS : Professor Vina Vaswani, Akuma Ifeanyichukwu, Professor Bert Gordijn, and Francis P. Crawley

VENUE : COUNCIL ROOM, Ground floor, Main College Building

3 : 4 – Interdisciplinary Ethics Education

  • Manjulika Vaz, Bangalore, India. What is the place of the Humanities in Medical Education?
  • Dr. Martha J. Wilcoxson, Colorado, USA. Building Effective Global Business Ethics Education through Experiential Learning.
  • Alberto García Gomez, Roma, Italy. Educating Through Beauty: Bioaesthetics and Global Bioethics in Teaching
  • Olinda Timms, Bangalore, India. Role of Virtue Ethics in Teaching Ethics

CHAIR : Rev Dr Pablo Requena, Assoc Professor of Bioethics and Secretary of the Moral Theology Department, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome

CO CHAIR : Prof Telma Rejane dos Santos Façanha, Professor, College of Health Sciences Graduate Program in Bioethics, University of Brasília.

VENUE : Lecture Hall 1, Golden Jubilee Block, Ground Floor, College Building.

05:00 pm - 06:00 pm

Venue:- College Council Room (zoom)

IAEE General Assembly Meeting…. hybrid mode followed by high tea

Day 3

June 14, 2025

09:00 am - 10:00 am

Venue:- : Paul VI Auditorium, SJRI

Plenary session: Technology Advancement and Ethics -

  1. Prof Bert Gordijn (Director, Dublin City University, Institute of Ethics Dublin), The ethics of AI in education: benefits and challenges
  2. Pallavi Varma-Patil (Lead: Environment Education, ATREE Academy, Co-founder, Living Utopias.) Technology, Advancement, and Ethics Education from a Gandhian vision of a good society.

CHAIR : Dr Francis Crawley, Executive Director, Good Clinical Practice Alliance – Europe (GCPA), Chair, CODATA International Data Policy Committee (IDPC) & Dr Olinda Timms Adjunct Faculty Health and Humanities, SJRI, Communications Secretary CCBI Bioethics Forum

10:00 am - 10:30 am

TEA

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Venue: Paul VI Auditorium

The Ethics of Ethics Education – its imperative for future generations

Panel Discussion:

  1. Cross cultural Perspective on Ethics education from Latin America to Asia - David Cerdio (Univ- Mexico City)
  2. Ethics education in Latin America, Ethics Education in USA Ercan Avci (USA), (zoom)
  3. Ethics Education in India/ S Asia - Sanjiv Lewin (St John's Medical College) & Amar Jesani (Indian Journal of Medical Ethics)

CHAIR : Dr Manjulika Vaz

11:45 am - 01:00 pm

Valedictory Program

  1. Summing up of Conference -Rapporteur presentation Dr Jyothi Idiculla
  2. Valedictory Address “Preparing future generations to navigate increasingly complex moral landscapes with integrity and insight.” Smt Uma Mahadevan- Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner, Govt of Karnataka.
  3. Moving forward to the 14th IAEE Conference – Dr ten Have (President IAEE), Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro, New President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican City

CHAIR : Rev Dr Charles Davis & Dr Nandini Vallath

Posters -from Moral Empowerment to Tribal Healers and Indigenous Knowledge

  1. Ms. Sneh Lata Sandil , Ms. Shilpa Ghosh, 4th Year B.sc Nursing, St. John’s College of Nursing. Assistant Professor, Department of Mental Health Nursing, St. John’s College of Nursing. “Effectiveness of moral empowerment program on moral resilience among oncology nurses in a selected tertiary care hospital: an experimental study.”
  2. Akuma Ifeanyichukwu, Research Scholar, Yenepoya (deemed to be University). “Human and Artificial Intelligence: A Review of Competencies, Collaboration, and Ethical Implications – Narrative Review”.
  3. Ria Popli, PhD Student, St John's Research Institute. “Ethical Concerns in Addressing Iron Deficiency Among Women: A Scoping Review”
  4. Anuradha S, Susan T George and Vaishnavi Nambiar, Faculty, Interns, SJNAHS. “Transgender health: an ethical and educational imperative for healthcare professionals”
  5. Megha Louis H Third Year MBBS :Part 1 Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Varadharajapuram, Poonamallee, Chennai-600123. “The impact of religious beliefs on medical decision making.”
  6. T I Ilyas Ahmad, MBBS, Dr. MGR Medical University Tamil Nadu. “The Ethics of Public Health Communication: Balancing Awareness and Panic in Crisis Reporting”.
  7. Joysha Mohan, Third MBBS Professional Part- II Panimalar Medical College Hospital and Research Institute. “How do medical students’ personal religious beliefs influence their ethical decision-making in pediatric end-of-life care?”
  8. Uma Kulkarni, Faculty member, Yenepoya (deemed to be University). “Content analysis of the titles of the research projects chosen by students of the Postgraduate diploma in Bioethics and Medical Ethics course: A fifteen-year data analysis”
  9. Ms. Nisba Tasmin, social worker, St. Johns Research Institute. Navigating Burnout, Burden, and Ethical Dilemmas: A Multi-Setting Mixed-Methods Study Among Professionals Supporting Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Autism.
  10. Josna John B R, Trivandrum, India. Perspectives of Indigenous tribal healers regarding their sharing of Indigenous knowledge with researchers- A qualitative study from tribal communities in southern part of Kerala.
  11. Mayukha Dyta, Fulbright Research Fellow, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus. Diagnosing Diversity: Differences in Managing and Treating in Diagnosis.

VENUE: Pope Paul Auditorium Lobby.

June 11, 2025

08:30 am - 05:00 pm

Pre-conference workshops on various aspects of Ethics Education:

  1. Teaching and Practicing Catholic Bioethics in Healthcare Institutions in India
    -Venue : Cardinal Gracias Hall, Ground Floor, Main College Building.
  2. Responsible Researchers – Ethics education through Good Clinical Practice
    -Venue : Annexe 3 conference hall (1st Floor)
  3. Ethical and legal processes in India, to withholding / withdrawing Life Support Treatment
    -Venue : SJRI Admin Block Conference Room, Ground Floor (next to SJRI café)
  4. Implementing Communication module of AETCOM Effectively: Practical Approaches for Medical Educators
    -Venue : 2nd floor Conference Hall, Biorepository Building SJRI

1. TITLE: “RELIGION, MORALITY AND ETHICS - TEACHING AND PRACTICING CATHOLIC BIOETHICS IN HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA”

Workshop objectives: Participants will learn

  • The orientation on the principles of Catholic Bioethics in healthcare
  • The areas of conflict between secular and Catholic Bioethics and the problem of moral relativism
  • To help participants set up Catholic Hospital Ethics Committees in their own hospitals

2. TITLE: “RESPONSIBLE RESEARCHERS AND REVIEWERS: ETHICS OF GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE”

Workshop objectives: Participants will learn

  • The principles guiding ethics education in Good Clinical Practice
  • The accreditation process for Ethics Committees
  • The ethical considerations for vulnerable participants and researchers
  • The challenges faced in the IEC review process regarding the protection of participants and researchers

IEC Secretariate: Mrs. Mary / Mrs. Sharmila

Contact 1 : +91 8105036287

Contact 2:080- 49466346/48

Email:events.iec@stjohns.in

3. TITLE: “BEST PRACTICES FOR ETHICAL AND LEGAL DECISION MAKING WHEN CARING FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL”

Workshop objectives: Participants will learn

  • To use the ethical framework for supporting shared-decision-making when faced with therapies / intervention with ambiguous benefit and high burden and suffering to the person.
  • To apply the procedures laid down by the judgement of the Supreme Court of India
  • To activate the ‘Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR)’, withholding or withdrawal of life-support treatments as per the norms of the land
  • To practice essentials of communication skills relevant to such situations
  • To facilitate the culture of Advance Medical Directives

Name : Dr. Nandini Vallath

Email : hod.ppalliative@stjohns.in

4. TITLE: “TEACHING AETCOM COMMUNICATION SKILLS” - PRACTICAL APPROACHES FOR MEDICAL EDUCATORS

Workshop objectives: Participants will learn

  • Teaching Learning Methods - Explore effective methods for developing communication skills in students.
  • Assessment Methods - Practical strategies for evaluating communication skills
  • Challenges and Solutions - Address common challenges in implementing communication skills and provide actionable solutions

Name : Dr. Vijaya Raman

Email : hod.psych@stjohns.in

Day 1

June 12, 2025

Registration, kit & name-tag distribution

Venue:-Lecture Hall 1, Golden Jubilee Block, Ground Floor, College Building

Inaugural session

  • Invocation prayer
  • Welcome Address : Rev Fr Jesudoss Rajamanickam Director of St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences
  • Lighting of Lamp
  • Opening remarks : Rev Dr Charles Davis, Conference Organizing Chairperson
  • Inaugural address : Why Ethics Education is imperative - President of IAEE - Prof Henk ten Have
  • Vice Chancellor’s Address : Dr. Bhagavan B.C, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor – Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka
  • Keynote address : Medical Students Education and Ethics – Chair of the National Medical Council, India – Dr. B N Gangadhar, Chairman, NMC.

TEA BREAK + GROUP PHOTO

Venue:- Lecture Hall 1

Plenary session: Human Rights, Law & Ethics –

  1. Prof. Nigam Nuggehalli, (Registrar National Law School of India) - Ethics and Values in Indian Legal Education: A Second Take
  2. Prof. Laura Palazzani(Professor of Philosophy of Law and Bio-law at Lumsa University, Rome)- Philosophy of law and ethics education in a changing world.

Chairs : Dr Olinda Timms, Adjunct Faculty Health and Humanities, SJRI, Communications Secretary CCBI Bioethics Forum & Dr Prem Pais Former Dean, SJMC, Professor Emeritus, Division of Clinical Research and Training, St. John's Research Institute

LUNCH

Parallel Session 1

Simultaneous 4 parallel technical sessions

  1. People centric approaches in Medical Research – Led by ICMR Bioethics Unit* (1.30 to 4.30pm) -
  2. Health Professional Education and Bioethics
  3. Children, Schools and Ethics
  4. Technology Advancement and Ethics
  5. 1 : 5- Posters -from Moral Empowerment to Tribal Healers and Indigenous Knowledge (Anchored by Dr Gayathri, SJCON & Dr Farah Naaz Fathima, Community Health & Med Education Dept)

1 : 1 - People centric approaches in Medical Research – Led by ICMR Bioethics Unit*

1.30 – 4.30pm (3.0 hours)

The session intends to address three key questions:

  • What do people want from research?
  • What Researchers must do?
  • How Ethics Committees Can Foster People-Centric Approaches?

Speakers/ Panelists - Gautam Dongre Ritu Bhalla, Naro Chandola, Sandip Mukhopadhyay Ananya Samajdar, Abhijit Kadam, Shifalika Goenka, Keshar Kunja Mohanty, Ruchi Sogarwal, B. Santosh Kumar

CHAIRS : Amar Jesani & Durga Gadgil, Shalini Bharat & Aparna Mittal, Sudha Ramalingam & Sarojini Nadampilli

VENUE: Lecture Hall 1, Golden Jubilee Block, Ground Floor, College Building.

1 : 2 – Health Professional Education and Bioethics

  • Luciana Caenazzo, Padova, Italy. The role of ethics education of professionals involved in the identification of unknown corpses
  • Ercan Avci, Pittsburgh, United States -Ethics Education as a Component of Ethics Consultation (zoom)
  • Systla Rukmini, Bangalore, India - Ethics education in clinical psychology: Towards a positive ethics framework
  • Sarikasri Surendrakumar, Chennai, India. - Assessing final year medical students’ preparedness for Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) - a Qualitative study

CHAIRS : Dr Sunita Simon Kurpad, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Head, Department of Medical Ethics, St John's Medical College

CO-CHAIR : Dr Joris Gielen, Dr Joris Gielen, Director and Associate Professor, Center for Global Health Ethics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (USA)

VENUE : Cardinal Gracias Hall, Ground Floor, College Building

1 : 3 - Children, Schools and Ethics [CSE]

  • Priya Muthukumar, Bangalore, India. Storytelling in Ethics Education: Transforming Teaching & Learning Processes through Storytelling
  • Meghna Achar, Bangalore, India. Feeling Heard: Field Notes and Reflections from Navigating the Ethics of Violence Exposure Research with Adolescents in India
  • Elizabeth K Sanson, Bangalore, India. The hidden voices of children with renal failure – an education in ethics

CHAIRS : Dr Priya Pais, Head, Pediatric Nephrology, Member Secretary Hospital Ethics Committee, St John’s.

CO CHAIR : Dr Adithya Pradyumna, Azim Premji University

VENUE : Conference Hall, Admin Block, Ground Floor, SJRI

1 : 4 – Technology Advancement and Ethics [ETA]

  • Walter Fontanini, Budapest, Hungary. The Ethics of Creativity: balancing innovation and responsibility
  • Dr Arnald Mahesh, Bengaluru, India. Ethics of human enhancement.
  • John Witt, Norfolk, United States. Christian Metaphysics of Personhood and their Relation to Augmentation Ethics
  • Francis P. Crawley, Leuven, Belgium - Ethics education in the age of neural organoids and sentient AI

CHAIRS: Prof Bert Gordijn, Director, Institute of Ethics Dublin

CO-CHAIR : Dr Tony Raj, Dean, Head of Division of Medical Informatics, SJRI

VENUE : Council Room, Ground floor, Main College Building.

TEA

Cultural program [Main Auditorium]
Conference Dinner [Adjoining Annexe 3]

Day 2

June 13, 2025

Venue:- Lecture Hall 1

Plenary session: Philosophy, Ethics and Morality: Human Dignity and Inclusiveness from human health to planetary health

  • Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro (Chancellor Pontifical Academy for Life, Rome), Fr Charles Davis (Organizing Chairperson IAEE 2025),
  • Prof ten Have (Professor Emeritus, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University, USA)

CHAIRS: Rev Dr Christopher Vimalraj (Former Director, CCBI Bioethics Forum of India, Adj Faculty Health and Humanities St John’s Research Institute), Dr Bindu(Principal, St John’s College of Nursing)

TEA BREAK

Parallel Session 2

Simultaneous 4 parallel technical sessions

  1. Clinical Challenges and Ethics Education
  2. Religion, Morality and Ethics
  3. Planetary Health and Ethics Education
  4. Ethical Considerations in Community Engagement for Health: from practice to education and application-led by SOCHARA*

2 : 1 – Clinical Challenges and Ethics Education

  • Pegoraro R, Vatican City. An Ethics Education Programme at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital
  • Prasanna V Krishnasamy, Portland, United States. Engaging, educating and supporting multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals in a clinical ethics program
  • Mario Vaz, Bengaluru, India. Story-telling as a first step in recognizing epistemic injustice and ‘other gazes’ in a clinical setting.
  • Telma Rejane dos Santos Façanha, Brasilia, Brazil. Bioethical principles in risk management in healthcare - patient safety with evidence regarding the education of risk managers

CHAIRS : Dr G.D Ravindran, Professor, Dept of Medical Ethics

CO CHAIR : Dr Jyothi Idiculla, Professor, Dept of Medical Ethics

VENUE: Cardinal Gracias Hall, Ground Floor, College Building

2 : 2 – Religion, Morality and Ethics

  • Joris Gielen, Pittsburgh, United States (& Komal Kashyap). Dignity in Health Care Ethics Education in India
  • Francis Jude Selvaraj, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Should AI algorithms be shaped by religious or ethical standards: The Malaysian Catholic Youth experience
  • Paulachan Kochappilly Bangalore, India. As the celebration, so is ethics education Celebrations Channels of Ethical Education
  • Walter Fontanini, Budapest, Hungary. The Fear of Oblivion: Ethical Perspective on Digital Immortality and Cyberthanatology

CHAIRS : Prof Henk ten Have Professor Emeritus, Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University, USA

CO-CHAIR : Rev Dr Stanislaus Alla, Professor of Moral Theology, Vidyajyoti College of Theology, Delhi.

VENUE : Lecture Hall 1, Golden Jubilee Block, Ground Floor, College Building.

2 : 3 - Planetary Health and Ethics Education

  • Madhumitha Venkatesh, Bangalore, India. Practitioner Perspectives on Climate-Aware Counselling Practices in India.
  • Pia Wimmer, Augsburg, Germany. Practicing the Great Transformation: Insights from a Living Lab with Teenagers on Fast Fashion and Sustainable Consumption.
  • Siddhartha Krishnan, Bangalore, India. Ethical imagination- The case for environmental ethics in the climate era
  • Sonali Sathaye, Bangalore, India. TEACHING TO DO THE RIGHT THING: Climate Education in Bangalore Schools in the 21st Century

CHAIRS : Dr Naveen, HOD Community Health SJMC

CO CHAIR : Dr Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics & Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine Yenepoya University

VENUE : COUNCIL ROOM, Ground floor, Main College Building.

2 : 4 – Ethical Considerations in Community Engagement for Health: from practice to education and translation - facilitated by SOCHARA*

This session will explore the ethical dilemmas that arise in multi-stakeholder community health engagement. The panelists will examine power dynamics, competing priorities, and how ethics can be meaningfully integrated into health professional education and practice

  • Jacob Dahlke, Nebraska, USA. Measuring the intersection of structural discrimination, non-compliance, and implicit attitudes in health care
  • Ameer Khan, Bangalore, SOCHARA
  • Supriya Subramani, Sydney, Australia
  • Prahlad IM, Bangalore, India
  • G. Nancy Angeline, St John’s, Bangalore

CHAIR/ MODERATOR : Mr. Alfred S Raju, SOCHARA, Bangalore

CO CHAIR: Edward Premdas Pinto, Faculty Azim Premji University, Bangalore

VENUE : CONFERENCE HALL, ADMIN BLOCK, GROUND FLOOR, SJRI

LUNCH

Venue:- Lecture Hall 1

Plenary session: Business Ethics & Ethics in Public Life

  1. Dr T.R. Raghunandan (Former Indian Administrative Service Bureaucrat) Topic- Anti-corruption stance & moral backbone in public life
  2. Dr. Martha J. Wilcoxson (Professor, Hasan School of Business, Colorado State University Pueblo USA) Topic - Business Ethics and the imperative of business ethics skills education.

CHAIRS: Dr Maya Mascarenhas (Public Health Specialist, Conference Organizing Secretary- Partnerships and Finance) & Dr George D’Souza (Professor of Pulmonology Medicine, Dean SJMCH)

TEA BREAK

Parallel Session 3

Simultaneous 4 parallel technical sessions

  1. Research Oversight – from ethics committees to redefining research ethics
  2. Embedding ethics in higher education programmes-led by Azim Premji University*
  3. Ethics education and the future of research assessment in the digital age– led by Yenepoya Centre for Ethics*
  4. Interdisciplinary Ethics Education

3 : 1 – Research Oversight – from ethics committees to redefining research ethics

  • Savitha D et al. Karnataka, India. Experiences of faculty and postgraduates on informed consent process from two tertiary-care medical teaching Institutions in South India.
  • Pooja Harish, Ravi Vaswani, Mangaluru, India. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Therapeutic Misconception in Biomedical Research among Dental Postgraduate Students
  • Deborah Zion, Melbourne, Australia. Can A Human Research Ethics Committee be a focus of relationality? Human research ethics education at Victoria University, Australia.
  • Ritash, Deeksha Pandey, Bangalore, India. Redefining Research Ethics: Inclusion and Intersectionality in LGBTQIAP+ Studies

CHAIRS : Dr Mary Joseph, Ethics Committee member, St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences

CO CHAIR : Dr Amar Jesani, Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

VENUE : Cardinal Gracias Hall, Ground Floor, College Building.

3 : 2 - Embedding ethics in higher education programmes-led by Azim Premji University*

  • Edward Premdas Pinto, Bangalore, India. Facilitating Ethical Sensitivity as part of field learning for students of Development
  • Akash Srinivas, New Delhi, India. Ethics and Archaeology Education in South Asia: A need of the hour
  • Asim Siddiqui, Bangalore, India. From Normativity to Praxis: Introducing ethical theories and sensibilities to students of Development
  • Mukta Gundi, Bangalore, India. Tensions, discomforts and joys: Incorporating ethics in a mental health course for students of development

CHAIR : Prof. Amalendu Jyotishi, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru

CO-CHAIR : Shifalika Goenka Director, Centre for Public Health Ethics, New Delhi

VENUE : CONFERENCE HALL, ADMIN BLOCK, GROUND FLOOR, SJRI

3 : 3 - Ethics education and the future of research assessment in the digital age”, led by Yenepoya Centre for Ethics and CoARA-ERIP [Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment on ‘Ethics and Research Integrity Policy for Responsible Research Assessment in Data and Artificial Intelligence (ERIP)’*

CHAIRS : Professor Vina Vaswani, Akuma Ifeanyichukwu, Professor Bert Gordijn, and Francis P. Crawley

VENUE : COUNCIL ROOM, Ground floor, Main College Building

3 : 4 – Interdisciplinary Ethics Education

  • Manjulika Vaz, Bangalore, India. What is the place of the Humanities in Medical Education?
  • Dr. Martha J. Wilcoxson, Colorado, USA. Building Effective Global Business Ethics Education through Experiential Learning.
  • Alberto García Gomez, Roma, Italy. Educating Through Beauty: Bioaesthetics and Global Bioethics in Teaching
  • Olinda Timms, Bangalore, India. Role of Virtue Ethics in Teaching Ethics

CHAIR : Rev Dr Pablo Requena, Assoc Professor of Bioethics and Secretary of the Moral Theology Department, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome

CO CHAIR : Prof Telma Rejane dos Santos Façanha, Professor, College of Health Sciences Graduate Program in Bioethics, University of Brasília.

VENUE : Lecture Hall 1, Golden Jubilee Block, Ground Floor, College Building.

Venue:- College Council Room (zoom)

IAEE General Assembly Meeting…. hybrid mode followed by high tea

Day 3

June 14, 2025

Venue:- : Paul VI Auditorium, SJRI

Plenary session: Technology Advancement and Ethics -

  1. Prof Bert Gordijn (Director, Dublin City University, Institute of Ethics Dublin), The ethics of AI in education: benefits and challenges
  2. Pallavi Varma-Patil (Lead: Environment Education, ATREE Academy, Co-founder, Living Utopias.) Technology, Advancement, and Ethics Education from a Gandhian vision of a good society.

CHAIR : Dr Francis Crawley, Executive Director, Good Clinical Practice Alliance – Europe (GCPA), Chair, CODATA International Data Policy Committee (IDPC) & Dr Olinda Timms Adjunct Faculty Health and Humanities, SJRI, Communications Secretary CCBI Bioethics Forum

TEA

Venue: Paul VI Auditorium

The Ethics of Ethics Education – its imperative for future generations

Panel Discussion:

  1. Cross cultural Perspective on Ethics education from Latin America to Asia - David Cerdio (Univ- Mexico City)
  2. Ethics education in Latin America, Ethics Education in USA Ercan Avci (USA), (zoom)
  3. Ethics Education in India/ S Asia - Sanjiv Lewin (St John's Medical College) & Amar Jesani (Indian Journal of Medical Ethics)

CHAIR : Dr Manjulika Vaz

Valedictory Program

  1. Summing up of Conference -Rapporteur presentation Dr Jyothi Idiculla
  2. Valedictory Address “Preparing future generations to navigate increasingly complex moral landscapes with integrity and insight.” Smt Uma Mahadevan- Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner, Govt of Karnataka.
  3. Moving forward to the 14th IAEE Conference – Dr ten Have (President IAEE), Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro, New President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican City

CHAIR : Rev Dr Charles Davis & Dr Nandini Vallath

Conference Highlights