2026 Bioethics Seminars

The ethical challenges of vulnerability in medicine

Course of Bioethics – Academic Year 2026/2027
Prof. Silvia Salardi

Programme

November 13, 2026 | 12:30 – 14:30 | ONLINE
Laura Palazzani (Full Professor of Philosophy of Law, Expert in Bioethics and Biolegalism, LUMSA-Roma University)
“The challenges of pediatric bioethics” (presentation in Italian)

November 17, 2026 | 14:30 – 16:30 | Aula U6-24
Vittorio A. Sironi (Scientific Director of the Centre for Studies on the History of Biomedical Thought, University of Milan-Bicocca)
Overcoming disability: sport as a tool for inclusion (presentation in Italian)

November 18, 2026 | 14:30 – 16:00 | ONLINE
Mimi Lee (Founder CEO Opus 132, a not-for-profit company, Former Chief of Precision Medicine, GeneDx, Former ARPA-H Program Manager)
Potential and pitfalls of the next paradigm in medicine, interventional genetics (presentation in English)

November 20, 2026 | 12:30 – 14:00 | ONLINE
Assya Pascalev (Executive Director of the Bulgarian Center for Bioethics; Associate Professor of Philosophy, Howard University, Washington D.C.)
Vulnerability: definitions, uses, legal framing, and bioethical challenges (presentation in English)

Location: University of Milano-Bicocca, Building U6, Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20126 Milano
Organized by: Course of Bioethics – Prof. Silvia Salardi