{"id":16402,"date":"2026-10-14T02:18:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmel.hku.hk\/events\/cross-cultural-perspectives-on-ai-law-and-health\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:18:44","slug":"cross-cultural-perspectives-on-ai-law-and-health","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/cmel.hku.hk\/zh\/events\/cross-cultural-perspectives-on-ai-law-and-health\/","title":{"rendered":"11th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop and Symposium: Cross-cultural Perspectives on AI, Law and Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The 11th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop and Symposium<\/strong> will address the ethical challenges posed by the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine and legal systems, in light of the need to rethink responsibility, care, rights, and justice across diverse cultural and religious contexts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The workshop and symposium aims to foster interdisciplinary and interreligious dialogue among scholars, practitioners, and thinkers from around the world, exploring how different traditions interpret and respond to the challenges posed by AI in health and law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Speakers List:<\/strong> click<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unescobiochair.org\/11441-2\/\">here<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Methodology:<\/strong> click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unescobiochair.org\/11441-2\/\">here<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Schedule:<\/strong> click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unescobiochair.org\/11441-2\/\">here<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Workshop Organization Structure:<\/strong> click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unescobiochair.org\/11441-2\/\">here<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Registration: <\/strong>click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unescobiochair.org\/11441-2\/\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Co-organisers:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Centre for Medical Ethics and Law (CMEL), The University of Hong Kong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Supporting organisation:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit (MEHU), The University of Hong Kong<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>\nMore information about the<\/strong> <span class=\"s1\"><b>Workshop and Symposium:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AI is reshaping healthcare, legal systems, and human society at an unprecedented pace. As these technologies continue to evolve, they raise profound ethical, legal, cultural, and religious questions that require dialogue across disciplines and traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <span class=\"s1\"><b>11th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop and Symposium<\/b><\/span> brings together internationally recognized scholars, healthcare professionals, legal experts, philosophers, theologians, and policymakers to examine these challenges through the shared framework of global bioethics and human rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">During the <strong>three days<\/strong> of our UNESCO Chair workshop, we will analyze and discuss <strong>\u201cCross-cultural Perspectives on AI, Law, and Health\u201d<\/strong>. The study and conversations will focus on how different traditions understand the discipline of medicine and perceive the practitioners of the discipline. Previous workshops have successfully taken place in Rome, Hong Kong, Mexico, Houston, Casablanca, Bangkok, and Madrid with the participation of more than 80 prestigious interdisciplinary scholars from around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Key Questions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>AI and Human Identity<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AI as assistants vs. autonomous agents. In what way would they be free or autonomous?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What does it mean to be self-aware or conscious (for humans and AI)?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What kinds of perceptions would super-intelligent AI have compared to animals and humans?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What does it mean for AI to have personhood, culpability, guilt, regret, forgiveness, and even faith\u2014if possible?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What are the implications for religious traditions, and what resources could they bring to the discussion?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>AI in Healthcare<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Is it desirable for AI robotics to substitute the human touch, or is the goal instead to use AI to complement the healthcare profession?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Who is responsible (the moral agent) when AI is used to support decision-making?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What might be the potential effects on people\u2019s trust, sense of dignity, and social isolation in care situations?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How would it affect the roles and skill requirements of healthcare professionals?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is the impact of the human-machine relationship in terms of the reductionism of the human touch to something inhuman?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Human Rights, Law, and Justice<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To what extent might religious ethics and human rights defend anonymity\/privacy in employment, education, health insurance, and equal access?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Workshop Methodology<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The workshop follows a distinctive collaborative academic model designed to encourage genuine dialogue rather than isolated presentations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Invited scholars prepare original papers addressing the workshop\u2019s leading questions from the perspective of their own religious or cultural tradition. Each paper is assigned to another international expert who prepares a scholarly response, encouraging constructive discussion and deeper understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">During the three-day workshop, authors present concise summaries of their work, followed by extensive dialogue, questions, and interdisciplinary exchange. Following the workshop, contributors revise their papers in light of the discussions before publication in an edited academic volume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This process creates lasting scholarly collaboration and advances the UNESCO Chair\u2019s mission of fostering convergence and cooperation in global ethics.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16407,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false},"events_types":[899],"events_feature":[126],"events_year":[868],"class_list":["post-16402","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","events_types-899","events_feature-other-events-zh","events_year-2026-zh"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>11th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop and Symposium: Cross-cultural Perspectives on AI, Law and Health - 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