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Thursday, April 12
| Abdullah Aljoudi, MBBS Chairman of Ethics Committee King Fahd Hospital of the University Imama Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia A Liberal Decision by a Conservative Scholar: The Early Organ Transplantation Discussion in the Muslim World View Abstract PDF |
Leonardo Barros e Silva, MD Coordinator, Organ Procurement Organization Clinics Hospital, School of Medicine University of São Paulo, Brazil Brain Death and Organ Donation: Ethical Conflicts Lived by Families of Donors in Decision Making View Abstract PDF |
| Mair Crouch, BSc, MSc, PhD, LLB Lecturer in Bioethics University of Glasgow, Scotland Brain Stem Death: From Heart Transplants to Therapeutic Pain Research – Expanding the Role of Donated Tissues View Abstract PDF |
Jason Eberl, PhD Professor of Health Care Ethics Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University Defining Death Debate within Roman Catholicism View Abstract PDF |
| Maria Chiara Errigo PhD candidate in Constitutional Law University Center for Bioethics University of Parma |
Matteo Gulino, PhD Post-Doctoral Researcher Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Ethical and Juridical Aspects about Organ Procurement: Should We Have An “Opt-In” or “Opt-Out” System? View Abstract PDF |
| Amy Jones, MD Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellow Children's National Medical Center Investigation of Public Perception of Brain Death Using the Internet View Abstract PDF |
Marion Mutugi, PhD Deputy Vice Chancellor of Planning, Research and Development University of Kabianga, Kenya Determination of Death: A Case for Kenya View Abstract PDF |
| Sarah Kelly, BSc MBE Candidate Harvard Medical School |
Gabrielle Dressler, BA MBE Candidate Harvard Medical School Ethical Implications of Medical Crowdfunding: The Case of Jahi McMath View Abstract PDF |
| Suchana Sova PhD candidate Centre for Bioethics, Monash University, Australia Assistant Professor, Jagannath University, Bangladesh Taking Sides: Organ Bazaar and Buddha’s Four Noble Truths View Abstract PDF |
Divya Yerramilli, MD, MBE Resident Physician Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Defining Cancer-Specific Death View Abstract PDF |
Friday, April 13
| Syaefudin Ali Akhmad, MD Senior Researcher in Bioethics and Biochemistry Center for Islamic Bioethics and Islamic Health Law Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Indonesia, Indonesia Organ Transplantation (Donation): Perspective of Multi Religions in Indonesia View Abstract PDF |
Miguel Dorante, BS MBE Candidate Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School The Dead-Donor Rule and a Death with Dignity View Abstract PDF |
| Cynthia Forlini, BSc, MA, PhD Research Fellow Sydney Health Ethics School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia Thinking Anew About Death: Presenting the Rationale for an Australian Study of Health Professional and Public Attitudeson Death and Organ Donation View Abstract PDF |
Rosamaria Gomes, MD Professor of Medical Skills CESMAC Medical School, Brazil Shortcomings in the Management of Public Health Imply a Low Rate of Transplantation in a Brazilian Northeast Province View Abstract PDF |
| Margaret Hayden, MPhil Medical Student Harvard Medical School Negotiating Marginal States in Life and Death: A Case of a Six-Week Fetus and a Brain Dead Boy View Abstract PDF |
David Matas, BCL Barrister and Solicitor Canadian Council on International Law The Ethics of Professional Collaboration withChinese Transplant Professionals View Abstract PDF |
| Katie Moynihan, MBBS Senior Fellow Boston Children's Hospital Epidemiology and Changing Trends of Pediatric Brain Death in Australasian ICUs View Abstract PDF |
J. Bradley Segal, MBE Medical Student Harvard Medical School Brain Death and Posthumous Harm View Abstract PDF |
| Zaev Suskin, BA MBE Candidate Harvard Medical School How Do Implantable Brain Devices Affect the Determination of Brain Death? View Abstract PDF |
Melinda Wilding, DBE Instructor University of Colorado at Denver and Anschutz Medical Campuses The Sanctity of Death: Respect for Persons Supersedes Fideism View Abstract PDF |