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Why Attend?

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 a valuable source of ethical learning and practice-based insight

  • Access practical tools and frameworks for governance

  • Engage in live case workshops grounded in practice

For Clinicians & Health System Leaders

  • Bridge clinical practice and bioethics scholarship

  • Explore resource allocation, quality, and equity challenges

  • Connect with others navigating traditional and biomedical interfaces

  • Contribute clinical ethics expertise to broader deliberations

  • Access frameworks applicable to health systems governance

For Community Practitioners & Traditional Knowledge Holders

  • Share community-based ethical perspectives and lived experience within an inclusive dialogue space

  • Engage academic bioethics from a practice perspective

  • Contribute to inclusive and contextually grounded bioethics methodologies

  • Build networks across community and institutional actors

  • Contribute community perspectives to bioethics dialogue, policy reflection, and practice

For Technology & Innovation Actors

  • Understand ethical governance of emerging technologies in African contexts

  • Engage with frameworks for AI, data, and genomics governance

  • Connect with regulators, researchers, and communities

  • Contribute technology perspectives to ethical deliberations

  • Access guidance for responsible innovation

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

For Researchers & Academics

  • Engage with practitioners who implement the ethics frameworks you study

  • Test your work against real-world application and lived experience

  • Connect with colleagues across African countries and institutions

  • Contribute to bioethics dialogue across continental and global contexts

  • Access mentorship opportunities or mentor emerging scholars

For Early-Career Scholars & Students 

  • Present work-in-progress in a genuinely supportive environment

  • Receive structured mentorship from senior scholars across disciplines

  • Build networks across Africa and internationally

  • Learn from cross-sectoral ethical practice

  • Position yourself within a sustained bioethics community

For Policymakers & Regulators

  • Understand how policies are interpreted and implemented on the ground

  • Access evidence-informed ethical guidance for policy development

  • Engage with diverse stakeholders affected by policy

  • Build sustained relationships with researchers and practitioners

  • Contribute policy perspectives to ethical deliberations

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

Early Bird rates available until 30 September 2026  →

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