MH Conversations and Connections Series (Contemporary Issues in Bioethics) – Lunchtime Seminar
Title: The Evolving Ethics of AI in Biomedicine
Co-organisers:
Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, HKUMed
Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU
Date: 27 June 2025 (Friday)
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, G/F, William Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road
Registration Link: For HKU members / Non-HKU members
About The Seminar
AI has the potential to impact medicine and the way that it is practiced tremendously. This seminar will explore some key ethical, interpersonal, and justice-based questions associated with its implementation. We welcome you to join us as we discuss the evolving ethics of AI with our distinguished guests.
Programme booklet: Click Here
Speakers:
Topic: AI and Health Equity: Research and Implementation (Around 30 mins)
Dr Rebecca Weintraub BRENDEL
Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics
Frances Glessner Lee Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine In the Field of Legal Medicine
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Topic: Informed Consent in the Era of AI (Around 30 mins)
Prof Carl HILDEBRAND
Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics & Humanities Unit
Research Fellow, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU
Discussion and Q&A (Around 30 mins)
Prof Joshua HO
Assistant Dean (Innovation & Technology Transfer), HKUMed
Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences
Prof Roger CHUNG
Co-Director, CUHK Centre for Bioethics
Associate Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, CU Medicine
Welcome to join us!