The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in areas such as research, data management, production processes, and biomedical procedures is rapidly transforming our environment. While it opens up unprecedented opportunities, it also poses important ethical challenges that must be rigorously and carefully analyzed to ensure that its application does not compromise the safety, veracity, health, or dignity of individuals.

With the aim of addressing these issues from a bioethical and scientific perspective, the Bioethics Observatory of the Catholic University of Valencia is organizing the conference “Humanity and Algorithms: Bioethical Reflections on AI” on July 10, 2025, with the participation of a leading group of expert researchers in AI and ethics. The meeting will offer a space for reflection and dialogue on the challenges posed by this technology and the keys to its responsible application that respects fundamental rights.

The event is open to researchers, professors, students, and all those interested in bioethics and the ethical development of artificial intelligence. Admission is free, although advance registration is recommended to limit capacity.

More information: [email protected]

July 10, 2025

Aula Magna, Trinitarios Campus. Calle Trinitarios 3 (Valencia).

REGISTRATION

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PROGRAM

9:30 Inauguration

Jose Manuel Pagán, Rector of the Catholic University of Valencia.

9:40 Inaugural Lecture

Ethical Framework for Trustworthy AI.

Adela Cortina, Emeritus Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Valencia.

10:30 Roundtable: AI: Innovation, Law, and the Future

Algorithms: Fundamental Principles

Enrique Estellés. Professor of Information Technology, Catholic University of Valencia.

From Artificial Intelligence Regulation to the European Health Data Area: New Regulatory Requirements for Biomedicine.

Ricard Martínez. Director of the Chair of Privacy and Digital Transformation, Microsoft-Universitat de València

Artificial Intelligence and Corporeality: An Ethical-Legal Reflection on the Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Age of AI from the Perspective of the Placebo Effect.

Federico de Montalvo. Full Professor of Constitutional Law, Comillas Pontifical University-ICADE. Full Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

11:30 Discussion

11:45 Coffee Break

12:15 Roundtable AI: Biomedicine and Bioethics

Dignity and Human Rights in the Context of AI

José Justo Megías. Professor of Philosophy of Law, University of Cádiz

Values ​​and Principles: Clarifying the Epistemology for the Bioethics of AI

Rafael Amo. Director of the Chair of Bioethics, Comillas Pontifical University

Ethics of Principles and Artificial Intelligence. Considerations on the Risks of Medical Techno-Autonomism

Luis Echarte. Professor of Humanities and Medical Ethics, University of Navarra

1:15 Discussion

2:00 Lunch Break

4:00 Lecture: The Cultural Interpretation of the Phenomenon of Artificial Intelligence

Andrea Ciucci. Secretary General of the Vatican Renaissance Foundation Coordinator of the Secretariat of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Round Table

Alfonso Ballesteros. Full Professor of Philosophy of Law, Miguel Hernández University.

Vicente Bellver. Professor of Philosophy of Law, University of Valencia.

5:00 PM Discussion

5:30 PM Closing Ceremony

Julio Tudela. Director of the Bioethics Observatory at the Catholic University of Valencia.