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Dear Colleagues,
The Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX) is hosting a conference to mark 10 years of our research.
The event "Future Health and New Technologies : Opportunities and Responsibilities" will be held at Keble College, Oxford, UK and will run from 21st - 23rd July 2020.
The Call for Abstracts is now open for the Future Health and New Technologies Conference 2020, which will bring together experts exploring the ethical, legal and social implications of technological innovation in biomedical research and healthcare across the world. The deadline for abstract submission is 17.00 GMT Friday 14th February 2020.
From algorithms to gene-editing, new technologies are transforming the way we see ourselves, what it means to be a patient, and how healthcare is regulated and organised. Increasingly, novel public/private partnerships are driving technological innovation and will determine the nature of learning healthcare systems for generations to come. Technological change promises great opportunities but also creates challenges as existing clinical relationships, responsibilities and obligations are reconfigured. The emergence of new global partnerships and collaborations questions established practice, norms, laws and regulation, with significant implications for patients and healthcare professionals.
The HeLEX Centre 2020 conference will bring together scholars interested in exploring the ethical, legal and social implications of technological innovation in biomedical research and healthcare across the world. Within an interactive conference programme, we will consider the future of healthcare delivery and the responsibilities of different actors within this context, addressing questions such as:
* What are the challenges for socially responsible research and innovation raised by new technologies and how might these be resolved?
* To what extent are current frameworks for accountability being challenged by institutional and organisational changes?
* What new roles are emerging for clinicians, researchers, companies and regulators?
* When are we considered 'patients', 'consumers' or 'research participants' in this new context?
* How do systems of governance affect the success or failure of new technologies?
* Will new technologies enable us to have a just and inclusive healthcare system, or will they lead to further inequalities?
Within an interactive conference programme, we will consider the future of healthcare delivery and the responsibilities of different actors within this context. To tackle questions around these roles and responsibilities within a changing regulatory and technological landscape, and how this will influence the advancement of health, we invite contribution from interdisciplinary scholars: for example legal academics, philosophers, social scientists, data scientists and others.
In particular, we welcome work that examines:
- the views of different stakeholders, including (but not limited to) patients, regulators, clinicians, policy makers
- the underlying principles or developing new perspectives for enquiry
- technological and practical solutions for future health
For more information on talk formats and conference registration please see our conference page: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/future-health-and-new-technologies-opportunities-and-responsibilities
or contact Ms Imogen Holbrook ([log in to unmask]).
On behalf of the HeLEX team,
Dr Michael Morrison
PI Biomodifying Technologies project
HeLEX - Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies
Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Ewert House, Ewert Place, Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7DD, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1865 287847
Email: [log in to unmask]
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