2020 to Present

29 September

Panel Programme on the 'Ethics of Genetic and Genomic Testing and Research'

16 - 20 September

BAC participated in the 31st Session of the International Bioethics Committee and the Joint Session of the International Bioethics Committee and Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee in Paris, France

29 August

Launch of Bioethics Exhibition at Science Centre Singapore titled ‘We Could, But Should We?’

6 June - 16 August

BAC conducted a public consultation on the use of Human Nuclear Genome Editing technologies in biomedical research, clinical research, and healthcare

BAC held two Focus Group Discussion sessions on 26 July and 13 August

17 - 19 April

BAC participated in the 14th Global Summit of National Ethics Committees, themed ‘Crisis, Evolution, Growth’ in San Marino

25 November

Panel Programme on the ‘Ethics of Human Nuclear Genome Editing’

20 November

Mr Charles Lim Aeng Cheng, BAC member, re-elected as Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee

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

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)

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