Programme – National Bioethics Conference

Main Conference Programme

Time	Session	Speakers
8:00 am onwards	Registration & Breakfast
INAUGURAL AND FELICITATION
9:00–10:00 hrs	Welcome Address	TBC
9:00–10:00 hrs	Felicitation Nandini Kumar, Former Deputy Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi S P Kalantri, Emeritus Professor, Former Director-Professor of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram	Citation reading: Meenakshi D’Cruz and Georgiaria Fernandes, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME) Acceptance speeches: Nandini Kumar and S P Kalantri Concluding remarks by Chair: Amar Jesani
PLENARY I: Relevance of Clinical Ethics: An Indian Perspective		Chairs: Arjun L Kakrani, Professor, D Y Patil Medical College, Pune Olinda Timms Working Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
10:00–11:30 hrs	Keynote Address 1 Semantics and Substance: Why Clinical Ethics Continues to Matter in Medical Practice	Sunil Chandy, Professor of Cardiology, Former Director, Christian Medical college, Vellore
	Keynote Address 2 Clinical Ethics in India: Hiding in plain sight	Sanjay Nagral, Chairperson, Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES); Director, Surgical Gastroenterology, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai
	Keynote Address 3 Trust: Strengthening the bond in clinical care	Shaibya Saldanha, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynecologist, Bangalore; Former Associate Professor, St. John’s Medical College; Co-Founder, Enfold Proactive Health Trust
	Audience Engagement – Q/A (45 min)
11:30–11:45 hrs	Tea Break
PARALLEL SESSION I
11:45–13:15 hrs	Paper Presentations/Workshops/Symposiums
13:15–14:15 hrs	Lunch Break
PARALLEL SESSION II
14:15–15:45 hrs	Paper Presentations/Workshops/Symposiums
15:45–16:00 hrs	Tea Break
PLENARY II: Vulnerability and Healthcare Ethics: Stakeholder Perspectives
16:00–17:30 hrs	Panel Discussion	Moderators: Shivakumar Iyer Satendra Singh
	Care Receivers	Rituparna Bora, LGBTQ NGO Nazariya Amrit Bakshi, Primary caregiver for person with schizophrenia; Author of book on schizophrenia highlighting mental health caregiver perspectives Vanita Mane, Peer Leader and Board Member of Saheli Sangh, Pune, MH Renuka Newaskar, Student of MSc Environmental Science, Fergusson College, Pune; Disability Rights Advocate for Multiple Sclerosis
	Care Providers	Sharad Philip, Psychiatrist, AIIMS Guwahati, Assam Monica Rita Hendricks, Assistant Professor, St John’s Nursing College, Bengaluru, KA, India Sanjay Dabhade, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, D Y Patil Medical College, Pune, MH Pratibha Kulkarni, Senior Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune

Time	Session	Speakers
08:30–09: 00 hrs	Breakfast
PLENARY III: People-centred Clinical Practice: Role of Humanities, Ethics Committees and Law		Chairs: Avinash Supe, Consultant GI Surgeon, Zen Hospital Chembur Bhushan Patwardhan, Professor at the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, SPPU; Chancellor, Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute Veena Johari, Working Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics; Proprietor, Courtyard Attorneys (Public interest and healthcare law consultancy)
09:00–10:30 hrs	Keynote Address 1 Strengthening Humanities in Healthcare: The Need of the Hour	Kavery Nambisan, Adjunct Faculty, Division of Health and Humanities, St. John’s Research Institute (SJRI); Alumna, St. John’s Medical College
	Keynote Address 2 Clinical Ethics Committees: How Can We Get Them Right?	Priya Pais, Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences
	Keynote Address 3 Does Law Help or Hinder Person-centric Healthcare?	Dhvani Mehta, Co-Founder and Lead, Health and Medical Law, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, India
	Audience Engagement – Q/A (45 min)
10:30–11:00 hrs	Tea Break
PARALLEL SESSION III
11:00–12:30 hrs	Paper Presentations/Workshops/Symposiums
12:30–13:30 hrs	Lunch Break
PARALLEL SESSION IV
13:30–15:00 hrs	Paper Presentations/Workshops/Symposiums
15:00–15:30 hrs	Tea Break
PLENARY IV: Education of Healthcare Professionals: Strengthening Ethical Healthcare		Chairs: Payal Bansal, Chair Professor of Medical Education, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik Vivek Saoji, Vice Chancellor Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University Mala Ramanathan, Former Senior Professor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram
15:30–17:00 hrs	Keynote Address 1 Health Professional Education in India: From Policy to Practice	Anand Zachariah, Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore
	Keynote Address 2 Clinical Ethics in Classroom Teachings: Tickbox or Transformative?	Sunita Simon, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Head of department of Medical Ethics, St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru
	Keynote Address 3 Beyond AETCOM: Strengthening Health Humanities	Upreet Dhaliwal, Former Director-Professor of Ophthalmology, Co-founder of Health Humanities Group, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi
	Audience Engagement – Q/A (45 min)

Time	Session	Speakers
08:30–09: 00 hrs	Breakfast
PARALLEL SESSION III
09:00–10:30 hrs	Paper Presentations/Workshops/Symposiums
10:30–11:00 hrs	Tea Break
PLENARY V: Valedictory		Chairs: Roli Mathur, Head, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Bioethics Unit; Scientific Advisor to the National Ethics Committee Registry (Naitik Portal) Sanjay A Pai, Surgical Pathologist and Head of Pathology, Manipal Hospital-Yeshwanthpur, Bengaluru
11:00–13:00 hrs	Reporting of the Conference Proceedings	Rapporteurs
	Valedictory Address 1 Restoring Trust: Response of Health Systems and Professional Mandates	Pavitra Mohan, Basic Health Care Services, Udaipur, Rajasthan
	Valedictory Address 2 Moving the mountain: Towards people-centred care and research in India	Anurag Bhargava, Professor, Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore; Adjunct Professor at the Department of Medicine, McGill University and at MED-TRIC, IIT Bombay
	Audience engagement and closing remarks by Chairs
	Vote of thanks and closing of the 11th NBC and closing the conference
13:00–14:00 hrs	Lunch Break
CONFERENCE CONCLUDES