The conference aims to:

• Establish a sustained, African-led platform for applied bioethics dialogue

• Bridge multiple sites of ethical practice - connecting research ethics, clinical ethics, public health ethics, environmental ethics, and community-based ethical reasoning

• Connect bioethics scholarship, governance practice (including RECs), policy engagement, and community perspectives

• Create intentional space for emerging African bioethicists alongside senior scholars and practitioners

• Centre African ethical frameworks and knowledge systems while engaging other ethical traditions through dialogue, comparison, and reciprocal learning

• Foster collective ethical reasoning across disciplines, institutions, and roles

• Generate practical, implementable ethical approaches that can inform policy, governance, and practice

• Provide a platform for unveiling, testing, and strengthening ABN's ongoing intellectual and practice-based outputs

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