Abstracts are available at this link.

Thursday

October 3rd

2:00 - on

Check-in at Hotel

We hope you enjoy your stay!

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6:00

Welcoming Reception Dinner for Invited Speakers

We have a reservation for the invited speakers for 6PM at Olea New Haven Restaurant at 39 High Street, New Haven, CT.

Friday

Open to the public. Registration required.

October 4th

7:45 - 8:15

Breakfast

The hotel room for invited speakers includes a complimentary breakfast. Please finish your breakfast at the hotel in time for the shuttle/car service that will take you to the conference venue at the Whitney Center (around 8:15am; exact timing to be announced soon).

8:30 - 9:00

Registration & Coffee

At the Whitney Humanities Center, main lobby. 53 Wall Street, New Haven, CT

(30 mins)

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9:00 - 9:10

Welcoming Statement and Remarks from Our Sponsors

Short welcome from Brian D. Earp & Julia Kolak, introducing Mark Mercurio and Steve Latham

(10 mins)

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9:10 - 1o:15

Keynote 1

Lynn Jansen (40 mins).

Talk: “Normative Bioethics, Experimental Philosophy and Social Psychology”

Commentary (10 mins) from Steve Latham.

Open Q & A (15 mins)

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10:15 - 10:50

Lighting Talks 1a & 1b

Blanca Rodriguez, David Rodriguez-Arias, Ivar Hannikainan, Emilian Mihailov (25 mins)

Talk 1a: “Consent Determines the Cause of Death: An Empirical Study of End-Of-Life Ethics”

Talk 1b: “More Pills, Fewer Skills: Cognitive Enhancement Undermines Merit During Competition”

Open Q & A (10 Mins)

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10:50 - 11:25

Talk 2

Katie Tabb, Matthew Lebowitz (25 mins)

 Talk: “Thinking Critically about Behavior Genetics from the Clinic to the Courtroom”

Open Q & A (10 mins)

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11:25 - 11:50

Quick Break

Coffee and snacks will be provided.

(25 mins)

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11:50 - 12:25

Talk 3

Adam Lerner (25 mins)

Talk: "Belief Perseverance and the Non-Identity Problem"

Open Q & A (10 mins)

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12:25- 1:00

Talk 4

Joshua May (25 mins)

Talk: "How to Bridge the Is-Ought Gap in Bioethics"

Open Q & A (10 mins)

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1:00 - 1:50

Lunch Break

Lunch will be provided.

(50 mins)

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1:50 - 2:50

Keynote 2

Nina Strohminger (40 Mins)

Talk: “Corporate Insecthood”

Commentary (10 mins) from Brian D. Earp

Open Q & A (10 mins)

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2:50 - 3:25

Talk 5

Jim A. C. Everett, Julian Savulescu (25 mins)

 Talk: “Personal Responsibility and Prioritization in Healthcare: A Study of British and Norwegian Doctors”

Open Q & A (10 mins)

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3:25 - 3:50

Break

Coffee and snacks will be provided.

(25 mins)

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3:50 - 4:25

Talk 6

Vilius Dranseika (25 mins)

Talk: “Personal Identity, Direction of Change, and the Right to Withdraw from Research: A Cross-linguistic Replication of Tobia (2016)”

Open Q & A (10 mins)

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4:25 - 5:00

Talk 7

Joanna Demaree-Cotton (25 mins)

 Talk: “Consent and Autonomy for Nudgeable Agents”

Open Q & A (10 mins)

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5:00 - 5:30

Open Group Discussion

Getting the big picture and wrapping up.

(30 mins)

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Closing Remarks

Please join us for a drinks reception immediately following the end of the conference proceedings.

Saturday

Please note that all of Saturday’s events are closed to the public and are for invited speakers only.

October 5th

9:00 - 9:30

Coffee

Morning coffee

(30 mins)

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9:30 - 9:4o

Welcoming Remarks and Agenda Setting

Brief opening from conference organizers.

(10 mins)

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9:40 - 10:15

Talk 8

Adam Feltz (25 mins)

 Talk: “Bioethics and Skilled Decision Theory”

Open Q & A (10 mins)

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10:15 - 10:30

Lighting Talk 2

Julia Kolak (10 mins)

 Talk: “Mental Disorder as Diachronic Identity: Doubts about the True Self”

Open Q & A (5 mins)

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10:30 - 10:45

Quick Break

Stretch your legs!

(15 mins)

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10:45 - 11:00

Lighting Talk 3

Stephen Latham, Brian D. Earp, and Kevin Tobia (10 mins)

Talk: “Personal Identity and Advance Directives”

Open Q & A (5 mins)

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11:00 - 12:30

Panel Presentations

Ethox Centre: Mikey Dunn, Mark Sheehan

Berman Institute: Jeremy Sugarman, Gail Geller

Hastings Center: Erik Parens (Session Chair)

(75 minutes total)

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12:30 - 1:00

Lunch Break

Coffee and brief lunch.

(30 mins)

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1:00 - 2:30

Roundtable Discussion

Working towards a position statement on bioXphi.

(90 mins)

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Closing Remarks

Thank you from the conference organizers, our sponsors, and faculty supervisors! We hope to see you next year.

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