Organizers
Joseph Tham, Dean, School of Bioethics, Regina Apostolorum University, Rome, Italy. jtham@legionaries.org
Alberto Garcia, Director, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, Rome, Italy. agg@arcol.org
Gonzalo Miranda, Professor, School of Bioethics, Regina Apostolorum University, Rome, Italy. g.miranda@arcol.org
Martha Tarasco, Board Member of the National Academy of Bioethics. Professor, Faculty of Bioethics, Anahuac University, Mexico City, Mexico.mtarasco@anahuac.mx
Open session lecturers
Adolfo Martinez Palomo, Emeritus Professor of Cinvestav, General coordinador of Consejo Consultivo de Ciencias de la Presidencia de la República, Mexico City, Mexico. amartinez@cinvestav.mx
Dalfna Feinholz, Team Leader, Sector for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France d.feinholz@unesco.org
Chris Durante, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, New York University, New York City, NY, USA. c.durante@hotmail.com
Carlos Viesca Treviño, Researcher, Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine, Responsible for Master and PhD Programs in Bioethics, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. cviesca@frontstage.org
Workshop paper presenters and respondents
(First on list—Main paper of a religious tradition; Second on list—Respondent from the same religious tradition; Third on list—Respondent from a differentreligious tradition)
Buddhism
Ellen Zhang, Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy Department, Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Ethics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. eyzhang@hkbu.edu.hk
Soraj Hongladarom, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. hsoraj@chula.ac.th
Colleen Gallagher, Chief and Executive Director, Section of Integrated Ethics in Cancer Care, Associate Professor, Critical Care, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. cmgallagher@mdanderson.org
Christianity
Oscar Martinez, Professor, Faculty of Bioethics, Anahuac University, Mexico City, Mexico. ojmartin@anahuac.mx
Chris Durante, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, New York University, New York City, NY, USA. c.durante@hotmail.com
David Heyd, Chaim Perelman Professor of Philosophy, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. david.heyd@mail.huji.ac.il
Confucianism
Ruiping Fan, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. safan@cityu.edu.hk
Roland Chia, Chew Hock Hin Professor of Christian Doctrine, Trinity Theological College, Singapore. roland@ttc.edu.sg
Peter Au Yeung, Diocesan Committee on Bioethics, Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. lovpetay@netvigator.com
Hinduism
Vasantha Muthuswamy, President, Forum for Ethics Review Committees in India, Mumbai, India. vmuthuswamy@hotmail.com
John Lunstroth, The Health & Human Rights Research Professor, Health Law & Policy Institute, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX, USA.lunstroth@gmail.com
María Elizabeth de los Ríos, Professor, Faculty of Bioethics, Anahuac University, Mexico City, Mexico. marieli829@hotmail.com
Islam
Aasim Padela, Director of the Initiative on Islam & Medicine, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.apadela@uchicago.edu
Nouzha Guessous, Medical Biologist, Researcher and Consultant in Bioethics and Human Rights, Honorary Professor, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco. nouzhaguessous@gmail.com
Stefan Kirchner, Associate Professor for Fundamental and Human Rights, University of Lapland Faculty of Law, Rovaniemi, Finland.stefan.kirchner@ulapland.fi
Judaism
Jonathan & Adina Halevy, General Director, Shaare Zedek Medical Center; MSW, Psychotherapist, Jerusalem, Israel. halevy@szmc.org.il
Samuel Weingerz Mehl, Medical bioethicist, Dr Manuel Gea Gonzalez General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico. weingerz@prodigy.net.mx
Martha Tarasco, Board Member of the National Academy of Bioethics. Professor, Faculty of Bioethics, Anahuac University, Mexico City, Mexico.mtarasco@anahuac.mx