2020 to Present
2023
18 - 19 September | BAC participated in the 13th Session of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee, which was held in conjunction with the 30th Session of the International Bioethics Committee in Paris, France |
4 September | BAC and National Medical Ethics Committee co-hosted the Second Asian Bioethics Network Meeting |
13 July | BAC hosted a meeting with Mr George Onisiforou, Head of Artificial Intelligence Research and Ethics, National Health Service England |
2 May - 14 July | BAC conducted a public consultation on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in human biomedical research BAC held two Focus Group Discussion Sessions on 21 June and 6 July |
9 - 10 March | BAC and NUS Centre for Biomedical Ethics hosted the Bruneian delegation team from the Medical and Health Research and Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam |
2022
29 October | Media event on launch of the Bioethics Corner at Lee Kong Chian Reference Library; Bioethics Panel Programme on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence - Public talks and panel discussion |
19 - 23 September | BAC participated in the 29th Session of the International Bioethics Committee and the Joint Session of the International Bioethics Committee and Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee in Paris, France |
15 - 17 September | BAC participated in the 13th Global Summit of National Ethics/Bioethics Committee in Lisbon, Portugal |
30 June | Launch of Bioethics Corner at Lee Kong Chian Reference Library (in collaboration with National Library Board) |
2021
2 - 3 December | BAC Chair, Emeritus Professor Lee Eng Hin, elected as Vice-Chair of the International Bioethics Committee for 2022-2023 term at the 28th Session of the International Bioethics Committee |
22 November | Mr Charles Lim Aeng Cheng, BAC member, elected as Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee for 2021-2023 term |
18 November | Singapore re-elected as Member State of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee at the 41st Session of the UNESCO General Conference |
27 October | BAC published the following reports: (i) A report on Neuroscience Research; (ii) An Interim Report on Mitochondrial Genome Replacement Technology; and (iii) Ethics Guidelines for Human Biomedical Research (2021 Revised) |
17 - 18 June | BAC's 20th Anniversary Virtual Public Conference |
10 June | BAC's 20th Anniversary Pre-Conference: Satellite Meeting with International Experts |
10 June | BAC's 20th Anniversary Pre-Conference: Asian Bioethics Network Meeting |