International meeting
Trilateral Meeting of the Ethics Councils of Germany, France and the UK on 13 November 2019 in Berlin
Die Vorsitzenden der Ethikräte Deutschlands, Frankreichs und Großbritanniens am 13. November 2019 in Berlin, Deutscher Ethikrat, Fotograf: Reiner Zensen
Introduction
The German Ethics Council has invited the councils of France (Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique) and the UK (Nuffield Council on Bioethics) to a trilateral meeting taking place on 13 November 2019 in Berlin.
During the meeting, the Councils present their current work programmes and discuss new developments in the field of bioethics as well as possibilities of cooperation on a European level.
Main focus of the meeting are the topics “Robotics and Nursing”, “Animal Ethics”, “Access to Innovative Therapies” and “Germline Interventions”.
Programme
Welcome
Peter Dabrock · Chair of the German Ethics Council
Jean-François Delfraissy · President of the Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
David Archard · Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Robotics and nursing
Andreas Kruse · German Ethics Council
Claude Kirchner · Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
David Archard · Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Discussion
Animal ethics
Reinhard Merkel · German Ethics Council
Hugh Whittall · Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Discussion
Access to innovative therapies
Sophie Cozier · Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
Catherine Joynson · Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen · German Ethics Council
Discussion
Germline intervention
Alena Buyx · German Ethics Council
Michel Van Praët · Comité Consultatif National d’Éthique
David Archard · Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Discussion
Closing remarks
Peter Dabrock · Chair of the German Ethics Council