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Inaugural Symposium

to mark the official opening of the Institute for Medical and Data Ethics (IMDE) at the Faculty of Medicine, Heidelberg University

Date: 12 and 13 May 2026

Venue:
Institute for Medical and Data Ethics, Tiergartenstraße 15, 69121 Heidelberg; Alte Aula, University of Heidelberg, Grabengasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg

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Public Evening Panel Discussion on the evening of Day 1 of the Inaugural Symposium of the Institute in May 2026. From Left: Prof. Dr. Dirk Lanzerath, Director of the Deutsche Referenzzentrum für Ethik in den Biowissenschaften at the Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, with Prof. Rebecca Brendel, Director of the Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Director of Law and Ethics at Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior and President of the Massachusetts Medical Society, talking to IMDE Director Prof. Dr. Dr. Eva Winkler.

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From left: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Moos, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Heidelberg University, Dr. Lukas Meier, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University & Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School Prof. Dr. Ruth Horn, Deputy Director of the Institute for Ethics and History of Health in Society (IEHHS), University of Augsburg, Prof. Dr. Dirk Lanzerath, Director of the German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE), University Bonn, Prof. Rebecca Brendel, Director of the Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, with IMDE Director Prof. Dr. Dr. Eva Winkler.

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Karla Alex vom IMDE hält einen Vortrag beim IMDE Gründungssymposium im Mai 2026.

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Dr. Katja Mehlis vom IMDE hält einen Vortrag beim IMDE-Gründungssymposium im Mai 2026.

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Public lecture

Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD

12 May at 5.15 pm, Auditorium of the Old University of Heidelberg

Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine (part-time), Director of HMS Fellowships in Bioethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, and President Emerita, The Hastings Centre for Bioethics, Garrison, NY, USA

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