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Why Attend?

For Researchers & Academics

  • Engage with practitioners who implement the ethics frameworks you study

  • Test your work against real-world application

  • Connect with colleagues across African countries and institutions

  • Contribute to shaping continental bioethics discourse

  • Access mentorship opportunities (early career) or mentor emerging scholars (established)

For Early-Career Scholars & Students

  • Present work-in-progress in supportive environment

  • Receive structured mentorship from senior scholars

  • Build networks across Africa and internationally

  • Learn from cross-sectoral ethical practice

  • Position yourself in African bioethics community

For Community Practitioners & Traditional Knowledge Holders

  • ​​Share community-based ethical wisdom in valued space

  • Engage academic bioethics from practice perspective

  • Contribute to decolonizing bioethics methodologies

  • Build networks across community and institutional actors

  • Ensure community voices shape bioethics discourse

For Policymakers & Regulators

  • Understand how policies are interpreted and implemented in practice

  • Access evidence-based ethical guidance for policy development

  • Engage with diverse stakeholders affected by policy

  • Build relationships with researchers and practitioners

  • Contribute policy perspectives to ethical deliberations

For REC Members & Research Ethics Practitioners

  • Share decision-making experiences with peers facing similar challenges

  • Learn from comparative approaches across institutions and countries

  • Contribute REC experience as valued ethical knowledge

  • Access practical tools and frameworks for governance

  • Engage in live case workshops using African ethical reasoning

For Clinicians & Health System Leaders

  • ​​Bridge clinical practice and bioethics scholarship

  • Explore resource allocation, quality, and equity challenges

  • Connect with others navigating traditional/biomedical interfaces

  • Contribute clinical ethics expertise to broader conversations

  • Access frameworks applicable to health systems governance

For Policymakers & Regulators

  • Understand how policies are interpreted and implemented in practice

  • Access evidence-based ethical guidance for policy development

  • Engage with diverse stakeholders affected by policy

  • Build relationships with researchers and practitioners

  • Contribute policy perspectives to ethical deliberations

What You'll Leave With

  • Practical tools and frameworks applicable to your context

  • Continental networks of colleagues facing similar challenges

  • Refined thinking through collective deliberation

  • Documented case studies for training and reference

  • Strengthened capacity through mentorship and exchange

  • Contributed voice to shaping African bioethics discourse

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