Neuroscience | UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights

Bioethical considerations for policymakers in businesses’ NeuroDI-Warfare.

Oct 28, 2019

On November 6th, our research scholar Mariel Kalkach Aparicio will participate in the session entitled “Business and the protection of the general interest and the citizen” part of the The Law, Justice and Development (LJD) Week 2019.

Abstract

“In this session I will highlight some key components of the bioethical reflections made in research contexts which seem to be less considered in the real-world practices of business. I will focus on the challenges of policymaking within the business-consumer interaction; specifically, in the merging business activities of two types: monitoring of users’ digital trace and research in the form of Neuromarketing. Although there has been progress made in the discussion and regulation, I will argue that it is not enough specially in context of vulnerable populations. If these circumstances remain unchanged, the gap between developed economies and those in development could increase due to the use of technology.” – Mariel Kalkach Aparicio.

PROGRAM OF THE SESSION

Timing	Speaker	Topics addressed
10:00 – 10:04	Anne-Charlotte Gros	Introductory remarks
10:04 -10:05	Anne-Charlotte Gros	Speaker’s presentation and first question
10:05 – 10:13	Mariel Kalkach	Bioethical considerations for policymakers in businesses’ Neuro-Digital-Info Warfare
10:13 – 10:14	Anne-Charlotte Gros	Speaker’s presentation and second question
10:14 – 10:18	Louis-Bernard Buchman	The protection of personal data : the example of the GDPR
10:18 – 10:19	Anne-Charlotte Gros	Speaker’s presentation and third question
10:19 – 10:27	Frédéric Varin	The fight against land grabbing in developing countries
10:27 – 10:28	Anne-Charlotte Gros	Speaker’s presentation and fourth question
10:28 – 10:36	Jeffrey Schlagenhauf (To be confirmed)	1) The Work of the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct 2) The Human Centered Business Model
10:36 – 10:37	Anne-Charlotte Gros	Fifth question
10:37 – 10:41	Louis-Bernard Buchman	The duty of vigilance
10:41 – 10:42	Anne-Charlotte Gros	Speaker’s presentation and sixth question
10:42 – 10:50	Stéphane de Navacelle	1) The recognition of the social and environmental interest of companies 2) The protection of whistleblowers 3) The fight against corruption
10:50 – 10:51	Anne-Charlotte Gros	Speaker’s presentation and seventh question
10:51 – 10:59	Marie-Florence Zampiero-Bouquemont	The fight against money laundering
10:59 -11:00	Anne-Charlotte Gros	Concluding remarks

XII National Congress SIHTA 2019

Oct 8, 2019

From 10 to 11 October, our Chair fellow Fr. Prof. Alberto Carrara, LC, will participate as a speaker in the XII National Congress SIHTA 2019, “the chain of technological innovation in healthcare. The difficult balance between rapid access to the product market, patient safety and sustainability of health systems”.

He will present on “The New Frontiers of the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine from an Ethical Perspective”

The theme of the Congress is linked to the continuous and rapid innovation of technologies in a scenario of important regulatory changes: the business world has been looking for a long time with interest at HTA, or rather at the tools of evaluation and quantitative measurement of the impact that certain technologies they can have on the health of the citizens, on the budget of the Sanitary Companies / Hospitals and, therefore, on the sustainability of the expenditure derived for Institutions and families. This common thread of the event will see the deepening of two major innovations in the health field with which more and more European, national and regional institutions, companies, scientific societies and citizens will have to confront to demonstrate clinical efficacy, patient acceptability and economic sustainability: new gene therapies and artificial intelligence. Two issues that are absolutely transversal to health technologies properly defined internationally (Drugs, Medical Devices, Information Systems, Procedures) will be tackled: the promotion and evaluation of public and private investments in scientific research capable of generating true innovation for the benefit of citizens ; the sustainability and fairness of the new models of healthcare organization within the framework of regional autonomy.

Robotics and Law

May 17, 2019

On Friday 24 May, our Chair fellow P. Alberto Carrara, L.C. with Avv. Emanuela Cerasella, coordinator of the GdN subgroup on neurolaw, is organizing a conference entitled Robotics and Law. This event is within the Neurobioethics Masterclass. Among the participants there will be the Magistrate Dr. Giuseppe Corasaniti, a well-known scholar and expert on issues related to the legal problems in regards of information.

Law and Life: dignity in living and dying between informed consent, advance treatment provisions and the ordinance n.207 of 2018 of the Constitutional Court

Apr 4, 2019

On Friday 5 April (15: 30-19: 00, Master Classroom, 1st floor) the Group of Neurobioethics, coordinated by our Chair fellow Fr. Alberto Carrara, L.C., is organizing an interdisciplinary dialogue entitled: Law and Life: dignity in living and dying between informed consent, advance treatment provisions and the ordinance n.207 of 2018 of the Constitutional Court. The speakers are: Avv. Emanuela Cerasella, Avv. Tania Cerasella, Dr. Francesco Ognibene, Dr. Suor Costanza Galli, Prof. Giuseppe Noia and Dr. Angelo Mainini.

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Program

15:30

Greetings from the Academic Authorities

Presentation

Prof. Father Alberto Carrara, L.C.

(Coordinator GdN, Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life)

4:00 pm

Coordinates and introduces legal issues

Avv. Emanuela Cerasella

(Lawyer of the Court of Rome, patron of the Supreme Court of Cassation and other superior jurisdictions; coordinator of the neuro-law research and subgroup of the GdN)