Living in the Biotech Century
The First 25 Years
June 26 -28, 2025
TEDS Campus | Bannockburn Illinois
Attent Online or On Demand
Living in the Biotech Century
We are 25 years into the Biotech Century. Have the predictions, opportunities, and threats that many in the late 1990s wrote about come to pass? From eliminating disease to the development of new technologies and moving toward the Singularity, how have the predictions made in the 1990s fared?
Which opportunities and threats have been realized? What unforeseen issues have arisen? How does the knowledge we have now inform how we view the predictions that were made then? And, perhaps most importantly, how can human beings flourish over the rest of the Biotech Century?
We will assess the fruits of the Biotech Century and delve into the pressing issues before us from a Judeo-Christian, Hippocratic point of view.
The conference will host plenary sessions addressing:
- Virtue Ethics
- Predictions vs. Reality Regarding the Biotech Century
- The Growth of Assisted Suicide and the Continuing Push toward Euthanasia
- An Update on Christian Bioethics in Chinese-Speaking Areas of the World
- Coming Soon in Biotech
- And More
In addition, workshops and paper sessions will explore a wide spectrum of issues from traditional and emerging bioethical topics.
This conference will be available in person, online, or on demand. There is no wrong way to attend!
Speakers
Nigel M. de S. Cameron
President Emeritus, Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies
President Emeritus, Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies
Paul Dassow
President, American College of Family Medicine
President, American College of Family Medicine
Ewan Goligher
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Brent Waters
Emeritus Jerre and Mary Joy Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Emeritus Jerre and Mary Joy Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Location
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity invites you to join us for our 32nd annual conference, Living in the Biotech Century: The First 25 Years, on the campus of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Bannockburn, Illinois.
Who is it for?
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity’s annual conference is the leading forum for engaging in Christian bioethics, providing opportunities for equipping and educating students, professionals, clergy, and lay people, as well as professional development credit, academic engagement, and networking for academic researchers, policymakers, educators, clinicians, thought leaders, and students across a variety of disciplines and professional contexts.
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