Thursday, October 29, 2026
2-3:30 p.m. Central
Live Webinar on Zoom

Revolutionary advances in cell engineering and synthetic biology offer enormous potential benefits, while raising vexing ethical and policy issues. Join three experts on synthetic biology, biosecurity, and bioethics to explore how to realize the promise of synthetic biology while controlling potential risks.

Thursday, June 25, 2026
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Central
Live Webinar on Zoom

Organ transplantation is at a crossroads. Will new technologies save lives? Will reorganizing and modernizing the transplant system solidify public trust? Three experts discussed the future of organ transplantation.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Central
Live Webinar on Zoom

National experts considered how to strengthen research oversight, strategies to advance ethics in community-engaged research, and how research ethics should evolve to manage emerging technologies.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Noon-1:30 p.m. Central Time
Live Webinar on Zoom

What are the ethical, legal, and medical implications of the rise of AI for health insurance coverage decisions? What regulations or other safeguards are needed? What is the future of AI in controlling what health care patients receive? Three experts explored this difficult issue.

Friday, November 14, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Central
Live Webinar on Zoom

This conference brought together national leaders from a range of disciplines to address the issues faced by complex research networks and offer new tools for these networks to conduct their work ethically and responsibly.

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Central
Live Webinar on Zoom

The annual conference brought together leading experts from a range of disciplines, from biomedical sciences to the humanities, to confront the challenge of ethical use of AI in research.

Friday, November 1, 2024
Noon - 1:30 p.m. Central
Live Webinar on Zoom

Three expert panelists brought different perspectives and disciplines to the important debate related to the law, ethics, and clinical realities of physician duties when law restricts reproductive health care.

Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Noon - 1:30 p.m. Central
Live Webinar on Zoom

Three expert panelists brought different perspectives and disciplines to the important debate related to the law, ethics, and clinical realities of medical aid in dying, in both the U.S. and Canada. It was an informative and thought-provoking conversation!

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Central
Live Webinar on Zoom

Interdisciplinary experts for a unique conference explored how to build partnerships with investigators, communities, clinical research professionals, and companies to promote the ethical conduct and translation of research.