Program Schedule

KENNEDY INSTITUTE OF ETHICS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PELLEGRINO CENTER FOR CLINICAL BIOETHICS

Tuesday, June 9 – Thursday, June 11, 2026

IBC47: Caring in Times of Crisis

Georgetown University Main Campus
Washington, DC

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Day 1 – Tuesday, June 9

8:00-9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast

9:00 am: Introduction & Welcome

William F. Sullivan, MD, PhD
IBC Course Director
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Chair in Bioethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Faculty Member, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

9:15 am: “Caring and Individual Agency”

Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD
André Hellegers Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Faculty Member, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

10:00 am: “Mistrust and Group Agency”

Alyssa Newman, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics

10:45 am: Introduction of Case 1

11:00 am: Break

11:30 am: SMALL GROUPS 

12:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 pm: Panel Discussion on Case 1

2:00 pm: “Individuals & Groups in Complex-adaptive Ecosystems” 

Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe, HEC-C
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief, Ethics Consultation Service
Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

2:45 pm: Introduction of Case 2

3:00 pm: Break

3:30 pm: SMALL GROUPS

4:30 pm: Panel Discussion on Case 2

5:00 – 8:00 pm: Bioethics at the Movies (Dinner provided)

Laura J. Bishop, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor and Academic Program Director
Kennedy Institute of Ethics


Day 2 – Wednesday, June 10

8:00-9:00 am: Breakfast 

9:00 am: Introduction to Day 2 with Course Director William F. Sullivan, MD, PhD

9:15 am: “Quality of Life and the Clinical Good”

Joel Michael Reynolds, PhD, MA
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies
Director, Disability Studies Program
Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Faculty Member, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

10:00 am: “Which and Whose Common Good?”

Sean Aas, PhD
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Senior Research Scholar
Kennedy Institute of Ethics

10:45 am: Introduction of Case 3

11:00 am: Break

11:30 am: SMALL GROUPS

12:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 pm: Panel Discussion on Case 3

2:00 pm Keynote: “The Common Good in Public Health Policy”

Christine Grady, MSN, PhD
Former Chief and Bioethics Head, Section on Human Subjects Research
National Institutes of Health
Faculty Affiliate, Kennedy Institute of Ethics

3:00 pm: Break

3:30 pm: SMALL GROUPS on SPECIAL TOPICS

5:00 pm: Reception


Day 3 – Thursday, June 11

8:00-9:00 am: Breakfast 

9:00 am: Introduction to Day 3 with Course Director William F. Sullivan, MD, PhD

9:15 am: “Choosing Life-sustaining Treatments Wisely”

Allen H. Roberts, II, MD, MDiv, MA (Bioethics)
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Physician Executive Director for Inpatient Operations and Associate Medical Director, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Faculty Member, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

10:00 am: “Care Ethics and Moral Integrity in Today’s HealthCare Environment”

Carol Taylor, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN
Professor of Medicine and Nursing, Georgetown University School of Nursing; Senior Clinical Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics

10:45 am: Introduction of Case 4

11:00 am: Break

11:30 am: SMALL GROUPS

12:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 pm: Panel Discussion on Case 4

2:00 pm: “AI and Health Care”

Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD
Director, Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics
Professor of Medicine
David Lauler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics
Georgetown University

Laura E. DeNardis, PhD
Director, Center for Digital Ethics
Professor and Endowed Chair of Technology, Ethics and Society
Georgetown University

3:00 pm: Break

3:30 pm: Concluding Panel Discussion

Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD
William F. Sullivan, MD, PhD
Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD

5:00 pm: Closing Reception