Living in the Biotech Century: The First 25 Years

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?

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.

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.

Confirmed Speakers Include:

• Nigel M. de S. Cameron, President Emeritus, Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies
• Paul Dassow, President, American College of Family Medicine
• Ewan Goligher, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
• Brent Waters, Emeritus Jerre and Mary Joy Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

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.

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.

This conference will be available in person, online, or on demand. There is no wrong way to attend!