International Bioethics Conference – Oviedo Convention in Central and Eastern European Countries, Bratislava, September 24 – 25, 2009
General Information
Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics n. f. (IMEB), in collaboration with the Slovak Medical Association, was entrusted with the local organization of the conference. This was the Council of Europe (CoE) ‘regional conference’ organized within the CoE DEBRA Program.
The aim of the meeting was to study the impact of Oviedo Convention (Convention on Human Rights and Bioethics) upon the developments of legislation and good practices in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
The prime responsible organizer of the conference was the Secretariat of the Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI) CoE (Strasbourg).
The conference was held under the auspices of Mr. Richard Raši, minister of health of the Slovak Republic (SR).
Participants
Delegations of countries - Members States of CoE, with special focus on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Program
Final version can be downloaded here.
PP presentations
PP presentations supporting the lectures given by the conference participants may be downloaded here.
Proceedings of the Conference
Proceedings of the conference were published as a special Supplementum 1/2009 of the journal Medical Ethics & Bioethics in October. They may be downloaded here.
Photogallery
Photogallery from the Conference may be accessed here.
Local organizers
Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics n. f. in collaboration with the Slovak Medical Association.
Scientific Secretary
Prof. Jozef Glasa, MD, PhD, PhD.
Local Secretariat
Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics, n. f.
Vysoká 32
81106 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic
- Tel.: 00421 2 59370 769
- Fax: 00421 2 59370 770
- e-mail: jozef.glasa@szu.sk
- web: www.bioethics.sk
