Jerusalem, cradle of the three monotheistic
religions, is home to the debate on the future of the human condition.
JEF 2019 Program
KEYNOTE
DOMINION OVER ALL OF CREATION: PROGRESS AND RESPONSIBILITY
Thursday, October 31st
9:30 am – 9:45 am
Andrew C. von Eschenbach
President
Samaritan Health Initiatives, Inc., USA
ROUND TABLE
2020/2030 AGENDA “FACING THE NEXT ETHICAL CHALLENGES”
Thursday, October 31st
9:45 am – 11:15 am
Philippe Douste-Blazy
United Nations Official
France
Andrew C. von Eschenbach
President
Samaritan Health Initiatives, Inc. USA
René Frydman
Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Antoine Beclere Hospital, France
Gilles Gade
Founder, President and CEO
CEO of Cross River, USA
Arnold Munnich
Professor of Genetics
University Paris-Descartes, France
PANEL 1
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS AROUND PATIENT CHOICE AND HUMAN ENHANCEMENT IN HEALTHCARE?
Thursday, October 31st
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Robin Smith
Founder
STEM for Life Foundation, USA
Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco
Professor of Biology and of Theology
Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island
Benjamin David
Medical Ethics Doctor
Israel
Msrg. Tomasz Trafny
Official of the Pontifical Council for Culture
Vatican
PANEL 2
HEALTH POLICY AND FINANCING INNOVATION: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, COST AND THE ROLE OF THE PATIENT
Thursday, October 31st
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Prof. Philippe Douste-Blazy
United Nations Official
France
Andrew C. von Eschenbach
President
Samaritan Health Initiatives, Inc., USA
Gilles Gade
Founder, President and CEO
Cross River, USA
Mordechai Muszkat
Head of the Department of Medicine
Hadassah University Hospital at Mt Scopus, Israel
Jean-Daniel Rainhorn
Honorary Professor in International Health and Humanitarian Action
Geneva University/IHEID, Switzerland
PANEL 3
HUMAN REPRODUCTION: TECHNICAL LIMIT, ETHICAL LIMIT
Thursday, October 31st
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
René Frydman
Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Antoine Beclere Hospital, France
Zion Ben-Rafael
Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rabin Maj Center’s Campus Beilinson & Golda, Israel
Monique Canto-Sperber
Director of Research
CNRS, France
Talya Miron-Shatz
Decision Scientist
Israel
Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro
Scientific Director
Lanza Foundation, Vatican
PANEL 4
PERSONALIZED GENOMICS MEDICINE: THE VALUE OF KNOWING
Friday, November 1st
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Arnold Munnich
Professor of Genetics
University Paris-Descartes, France
Paul Atlan
Director of Teaching of Transcultural Biomedical Ethics
University Paris-Descartes, France
Béatrice Childs
Psychoanalyst
France
Benjamin David
Medical Ethics Doctor
Israel
Michèle Verschoore
Doctor in Dermatology
France
PANEL 5
Robin Smith
Founder
STEM for Life Foundation, USA
Emmanuel Fombu
Medical Futurist
USA
Michal Rosen-Zvi
Director of Health Informatics
IBM, Israel
Ayman Salem
Neurosurgeon
USA
Msgr. Tomasz Trafny
Head of Science and Faith Department
Pontifical Council for Culture, Vatican
CLOSING REMARKS
LIFE SCIENCES: PSYCHIATRY, HUMANISM AND TOTALITARIANISM
Thursday, October 31st
5:00 pm
Franklin Rausky
Director of Jewish Studies
Elie Wiesel Institute, France
