Wednesday September 7th
9:00 – 9:15 | Opening remarks
Chair: David Rodríguez-Arias On Death: clinical, legal and philosophical perspectives
9:15 – 9:45 | Dale Gardiner
The diagnosis of death: current clinical issues 9:45 – 10:05 | Q/A Chair: Alicia Pérez Blanco On pluralism and death determination10:10 – 10:40 | Christopher Dolan
The case of Jahi McMath 10:40 – 11:00 | Q/A Chair: Pablo de Lora Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00 | Karen Gervais
Science and ethics. Decisions of significance in death determination 12:00 – 12:20 | Q/A Chair: David Rodríguez-Arias Personal communications 12:30 – 13:00 | Anne Dalle Ave Intensive Care for organ preservation: some ethical inputs 13:00 – 13:30 | José María Domínguez Roldán Admission of “too sick to benefit of ICU” patients in a neurological ICU. Impact on organ donation and natural outcome of patients. 13:30 – 14:00 | Q/A Chair: Pablo de Lora Lunch Break
On dying and donating: ethical aspects
16:00 – 16:30 | Michael Nair-Collins
DCD and the dead donor rule 16:30 – 16:50 | Q/A Chair: Stuart Youngner 17:00 – 17:30 | Alicia Pérez Blanco Testing the dead donor rule 17:30 – 18:00 | Q/A Chair: Michael Nair-Collins |
Thursday September 8thOn the public attitudes about death, dying and organ donation
9:00 – 9:30 | Charlotte Harrison
Pediatric Donation: ethical questions 9:30 – 9:50 | Q/A Chair: Dale Gardiner 10:00 – 10:30 | Eric Racine Paradigmatic assumptions and ethical responsibilities in the debate on death determination: A perspective from philosophical pragmatism 10:30 – 10:50 | Q/A Chair: Alberto Molina Coffee Break
Concluding remarks
11:30 – 12:00 | Stuart Youngner
Organ donation and the boundaries between life and death. The evolution of the debate 12:00 – 12:20 | Q/A Chair: Karen Gervais Personal communications
12:30 – 13:00 | Nadia Primc The perspective of the relatives 13:00 – 13:30 | Michele Lo Spagnuolo Organ Transplantation: Is the Dead Donor Rule necessary? 13:30 – 14:00 | Q/A Chair: David Rodríguez-Arias Lunch Break |
