19th International Conference On Clinical Ethics and Consultation
Dear colleagues and friends,
Welcome to the forthcoming ICCEC 2025!
The 19th International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation (ICCEC) will be held in Lausanne – Switzerland, on June 5-7, 2025, with a day of pre-conference events on June 4. The congress will be placed under the following theme:
“Plurality, Power, and Patient Care: The Socio-Political Dimensions of Clinical Ethics”
Clinical ethics consultation (HEC), or healthcare ethics consultation, responds to moral uncertainty, plurality, and value conflicts in healthcare. In doing so, it transcends the borders of healthcare and touches on contentious issues of societal and political importance, such as violence, migration, gender identity, artificial intelligence, or climate change. Good clinical ethics must consider these broader socio-political issues, and clinical ethics professionals may, in turn, contribute an interesting view on these socio-political debates.
This conference will shed light on the socio-political dimensions of HEC, structured in 5 topics that can be addressed across all HEC activities (consultation, education, organizational & policy work, research etc.):
- HEC and conflict resolution
- HEC and social justice
- HEC and sustainability
- HEC and digital disruption
- HEC and its socio-political dimension in general
The International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation (ICCEC) is a congress series focusing on the exchange of professional experience and scientific insights on clinical ethics across the globe. It is not linked to an association or society but driven by the enthusiasm of individuals and institutions in the field of clinical ethics. Founded by George Agich (USA) and Stella Reiter-Theil (Switzerland), its first conference took place in 2003 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Since then, the ICCEC has been organized almost annually by institutions in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa. The ICCEC series is currently co-led by Katherine Wasson (Chicago) and Ralf J. Jox (Lausanne).