Biotech

ICEEL 2026

ICEEL is a multidisciplinary conference dedicated to exploring the intersections of ethics, engineering, and life sciences. It gathers bioethicists, scientists, scholars, clergy, and thought leaders to discuss how human identity, technology, faith, and scientific progress interact and influence each other. The event features keynotes and panels on clinical e…

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28Speakers
3Sponsors
24Sessions
29Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at ICEEL, in alphabetical order.

Alexey Botvinov
Pianist · UA
Amir Dziri
University of Fribourg, CH
Ana Maria Ganev
Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, IT
Andrea Genazzani
University of Pisa, IT
Bert Gordijn
Dublin City University, IE
Burhan Öçal
Percussionist and actor · TR
Catarina Monteiro Gomes
ETH Zurich, CH
Céline Lafontaine
University of Montreal, CA
Corné Baatenburg de Jong
ReumaNederland, NL
Daniel J. Hurst
Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, USA
David Cronenberg
Director, screenwriter and producer · CA
Diego Puricelli
ISSR "Giovanni Paolo I" & ISSR "Toniolo", IT
Gaia Novarino
Institute of Science and Technology Austria, AT
Guido Giordano
Roma Tre University, IT
Hope Kean
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Ilaria Malaguti
University of Padua, IT
Ivan Martin
University of Basel & University Hospital of Basel, CH
John P. A. Ioannidis
Stanford University, USA
Luigi Ripamonti
Corriere della Sera, IT
Marcello Massimini
University of Milan, IT
Maria Chiara Carrozza
University of Milano-Bicocca, IT
Maria Patrão Neves
University of the Azores, PT

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering
Pontifical Academy for Life

Agenda

Selected from 24 sessions.

  • TBA

    Artificial Intelligence that Amazes, Deceives, and Does Good

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving a revolution unlike anything we’ve seen before - in the market, in society, and above all, in our relationship with technology and with ours…

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    Between body and flesh: the singularitas of the human being

    The human being stands forth as the very “question of meaning”. We cannot speak of meaning without entering into a rigorous and incessant investigation of the intelligibility of th…

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    Body and Cinema

    Since its origins, cinema has placed the human body at its center - not as a theme, but as a measure of the world. The first motion sequences, from Muybridge onward, show that cine…

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    Buddhism and Bioethics

    There are two key questions at the core of this third ICEEL conference: Quid est homo? Quis est homo?... In modern bioethics, the Buddhist perspective may provide useful insights a…

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    Clinical communication, AI chatbots, and moral language: when digital tools mediate who meets whom

    Effective communication between experts and non-experts is a cornerstone of ethical scientific practice, particularly in medicine and the life sciences... By analyzing miscommunica…

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    Communicating Neuro-Bioengineering’s Living Interfaces: A Commitment to Integrity and Trustworthiness

    As advanced neuro-bioengineering reshapes our ability to model, understand, and potentially treat diseases of the human brain, we are increasingly confronted with the question quid…

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    Cultivating Wisdom: Bioethics Between Scientific Rigor and Spiritual Depth

    In the age of engineered life and translational medicine, bioethics often finds itself pulled between two worlds: the technical rigor of the science and the spiritual wisdom of rel…

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    Dwelling on the Threshold: Rethinking Limit in Human Body Engineering

    In recent decades, modern biotechnologies have overcome forms of intervention on living systems once thought impossible to exceed, calling into question the traditional conception …

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    Engineering the Human Body: Preimplantation Genetic Testing and the Ethics of Embryonic Selection

    Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) represents a pivotal moment in the “engineering" of the human body, shifting the paradigm of reproductive medicine from therapeutic uses to se…

Company intelligence

An audience of 29 companies, parsed from the program.

29 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
3Sponsoringsponsor only
26Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

7% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Director / Head of27%
  • Other roles2693%

Of 28 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
Sponsors by tier
unspecified3
100% of 3