Thursday 26th September
Venue: Main Building (Fabianinkatu 33, 3rd floor)
Lecture hall 5 (from 12pm to 16pm) and lecture hall 13 (from 16pm to 19pm).
11.45 – 12.15 Registration & Coffee
12.15 –12.45 Opening
Welcome! Tuija Takala, University of Helsinki
Bioethics research in Finland, its state and future, and the seminar’s objectives
Matti Häyry, Aalto University
12.45 – 13.45 Keynote speaker: Professor Norman Daniels, Harvard University
The nature, role, and importance of theoretical bioethics
Chair: Tuija Takala, University of Helsinki
13.45 – 14.45 Lunch on your own
14.45 – 15.45 Contributed papers Chair: Eero Vuorio, University of Helsinki
High quality sample as a key factor of biobanking
Heta Tarkkala, University of Helsinki
Divide et impera? Divide and rule? The movement of information and samples from the viewpoint of participants
Karolina Snell, University of Helsinki
Return of unexpected research results in a biobank study and referral to health care for heritable long QT syndrome
Ari Haukkala, University of Helsinki
15.45 – 16.00 Break (transfer to lecture hall 13)
16.00 – 17.20 Contributed papers Chair: Jaana Hallamaa, University of Helsinki
Pluralist collaboration for health justice in the Global South
Ville Päivänsalo, University of Helsinki
Justice in medicine
Antti Jääskeläinen, University of Turku
Scientific hype and implausible conceptions of personal responsibility
Johanna Ahola-Launonen, University of Helsinki
Bioethics as a global force of democratic change
Heikki Saxen, University of Tampere
17.20 – 17.40 Break & Coffee
17.40 – 18.55 Keynote speaker: Professor Norman Daniels, Harvard University
International Health Inequalities and Global Justice
Chair: Matti Häyry
19.00 Rector’s reception (Main building, Fabianinkatu 33, 2nd floor.)
Friday 27th September
Venue: Fabianinkatu 24, 5th floor, lecture hall 532.
8.45 – 9.15 Coffee
9.15 – 10.15 Contributed papers Chair: Heikki Saxén, University of Tampere
Vague concepts make vague science – examples from placebo research
Pekka Louhiala, University of Helsinki
Perceptions, practices and ethics of (non)-prescription cognitive enhancement drugs. A case study among academic youth in Amsterdam
Aleksi Hupli, University of Helsinki / Universiteit van Amsterdam
Ethics in the mental health and disorder of Person
Hannu Heinänen, University of Jyväskylä
10.15 – 10.30 Break
10.30 – 11.30 Contributed papers Chair: Sakari Karjalainen, Cancer Society of Finland
Psychotic delusions and the use of involuntary antipsychotic medication as challenges of the freedom of thought and opinion
Mari Stenlund, University of Helsinki
Bioethics education in clinical research with Moodle tool
Arja Halkoaho, Kuopio University Hospital, Science Service Center
Introduction to the Advisory Board on Biotechnology
Marko Ahteensuu, member of the board
11.30 – 11.50 Break & Coffee
11.50–13.00 Keskustelu bioetiikan tutkimuksen kehittämistarpeista ja tutkivan bioetiikan instituutista
Tutkivan bioetiikan instituutti – hanke Heikki Saxén, Tampereen yliopisto
Puheenjohtaja: Johanna Ahola-Launonen, Helsingin yliopisto