Conference Date: November 5-7 2025 

Venue: IMPULSE – House for Innovation and Creativity, Adenauerallee 131, 53111 Bonn

What role do organoids — self-organizing, stem cell-derived models of human organs — play in the rapidly evolving field of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs), and what challenges are currently hindering the translation of these insights into clinical practice? This conference aims to bridge the disciplines of ethics and law to foster a comprehensive understanding of these issues. By doing so, it seeks to address pressing questions surrounding public trust, individual rights, and the future of research involving human surrogates. The event also offers a platform to discuss how responsible innovation can support both scientific progress and societal acceptance.

Invited speakers include:

Søren Holm, University of Manchester

Andrea Lavazza, Pegaso University

Amy Hinterberger, University of Washington

Karl Stöger, University of Vienna 

Registration is free. If you would like to attend the conference in person, please email annett.schmidt@ukbonn.de to register before 29 October (extended).
 

For further programme details, please click here

The project is funded by the Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA) Individuals, Institutions and Societies (University of Bonn) as part of the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments.

Contact:

Sarah Diner (Bonn, Medical Humanities): sarah.diner@uni-bonn.de

Lara Wiese (Bochum, ISGR) lara.wiese@ruhr-uni-bochum.de