GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE WORKSHOP (Aula Tesi, Regina Apostolorum University)
1. The workshop will be conducted in English
2. Each presenter will have 10 minutes to summarize their paper on the particular topic.
3. Each session will have 75 minutes for discussion. The paper presenters have priority in this discussion; other participants may enter into the discussion when the presenters have exhausted their comments.
4. Please keep to the time allotted for the speakers, to facilitate punctuality.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
15:00 Welcoming address
Pedro Barrajón, President, Regina Apostolorum University
Alberto Garcia, Director, UNESCO Chair on Bioethics and Human Rights
Joseph Tham, Academic coordinator of workshop
15:15 Introductory Lecture 1: “Vulnerability: how did the principle come about”
Gonzalo Miranda
15:45 Introductory Lecture 2: “The Principle of Vulnerability in the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights”
Henk ten Have
16:15 Coffee Break
16:45 Anthropology of vulnerability from different religious perspectives
Moderator: Gonzalo Miranda
Buddhism: Ellen Zhang
Confucianism: Ping Cheung Lo
Christianity: Colleen Gallagher
Hinduism: Prakash Desai
Islam: Mustafa Abu Sway
Judaism: Michael Barilan
17:45 Discussion
19:00 Group photo
19:10 Gala Dinner
Monday, October 10, 2011
9:00 Ethical and Legal concerns of vulnerability from different religious perspectives
Moderator: Alberto Garcia
Buddhism: Ellen Zhang
Confucianism: Ping Cheung Lo
Christianity: Stamatios Tzitzis,
Hinduism: Prakash Desai
Islam: Mustafa Abu Sway
Judaism: Michael Barilan
10:00 Discussion
11:15 Coffee Break
11:45 General conclusions on the nature of vulnerability from different religious perspectives
Moderator. TBA
12:45 Depart for lunch in Trastevere
15:00 Cultural visit: Synagogue of Rome.
17:00 Women and children as vulnerable groups from different religious perspectives
Moderator: TBA
Buddhism: Soraj Hongladarom
Confucianism: Keung Lap Jonathan Chan
Christianity: Martha Tarasco
Hinduism: Vasantha Muthuswamy
Islam: Dariusch Atighetchi
Judaism: David Heyd
18:00 Discussion
19:15 Dinner
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
9:00 The elderly and the handicapped as vulnerable groups
Moderator: Joseph Tham
Buddhism: Soraj Hongladarom
Confucianism: Keung Lap Jonathan Chan
Christianity: Hans Ucko
Hinduism: Vasantha Muthuswamy
Islam: Dariusch Atighetchi
Judaism: Jonathan and Adina Halevy
10:00 Discussion
11:15 Coffee Break
11:45 General discussion of vulnerable groups and concluding remarks.
Moderator: TBA
13:00 Lunch break
OPEN SESSION TO THE PUBLIC (Aula Master, Regina Apostolorum)
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
15:30 Welcoming remarks
Alberto Garcia, Director, UNESCO Chair
Paolo Scarafoni, President, European University of Rome
15.45 Dafna Feinholz, UNESCO Chief of Section, Sector for Social and Human Sciences.
16:00 “The genesis of the principle of vulnerability” Gonzalo Miranda
16:10 “The Principle of Vulnerability in a Global context” Henk ten Have
16:25 Bioethics Global Art presentation
16:50 Coffee break and viewing of winners of Bioethics Global Art Competition
17:20 Testimonies of six different religions on the meaning of vulnerability in bioethics
18:20 “Dialogue in a multicultural reality”, Riccardo di Segni, Chief Rabbi of Rome
18:30 Concluding remarks, Pedro Barrajón, President, Regina Apostolorum University
18:40 Commemorative event of the 10th Anniversary of the School of Bioethics
19:00 Reception and refreshments
