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 significant ethical challenges that must be rigorously and carefully analyzed to ensure that its application does not compromise the safety, truthfulness, health, or dignity of individuals.

To address 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.  It will feature a distinguished group of researchers specializing in AI and ethics. The event will provide 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, teachers, students, and anyone interested in bioethics and the ethical development of artificial intelligence. Admission is free; however, advance registration is recommended to ensure capacity is limited.

For more information, please contact [email protected]

July 10, 2025

Trinitarios Headquarters, Main Auditorium.  3 Trinitarios Street (Valencia).

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PROGRAM 

9:30 Opening

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

9:40 Inaugural Conference

Ethical framework for trustworthy AI.

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

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

Algorithms: fundamental principles

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

From the 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-University of Valencia

Artificial intelligence and corporeality: an ethical and legal reflection on the doctor-patient relationship in the era of AI from the perspective of the placebo effect.

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

11:30 Discussion

11:45 Coffee Break

12:15 Roundtable IA: 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 epistemology for AI bioethics

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.

13:15 Colloquium

13.30 Presentation of the Declaration on the European Health Data Space prepared by the WTO Ethics and Deontology Commission.

José María Domínguez. President of the Central Ethics Commission of the Medical Association.

2:00 PM Lunch break

16:00 Conference:  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.  Permanent Professor of Philosophy of Law. Miguel Hernández University.

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

17:00 Colloquium

17:30 Closing

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