2010 to 2019

25 November

Mr Charles Lim Aeng Cheng, BAC member, elected as Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee Vice-Chair for 2021-2023 term

5 - 6 July

Emeritus Professor Lee Eng Hin, BAC Chair, nominated by UNESCO Director-General as International Bioethics Committee member for 2020-2023 term at the 26th Session of the International Bioethics Committee

26 January

Public Lecture: "The Science and Ethics of Genome Editing" by Dr Andy Greenfield, Member of the Nuffield Council of Bioethics

28 April

Public Dialogue Session on "Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Arising From Mitochondrial Genome Replacement Technology"

20 April - 15 June

BAC conducted a public consultation on Mitochondrial Genome Replacement Technology

22 - 24 March

BAC participated in the 12th Global Summit of National Bioethics Committee in Senegal as a Steering Committee member

1 November

Human Biomedical Research Act, Human Biomedical Research Act Regulations, and Human Biomedical Research (Restricted Research) Regulations came into force

30 October - 14 November

Singapore re-elected as Member State & Rapporteur of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee at the 39th Session of the UNESCO General Conference

24 - 25 October

BAC participated in the Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting for National Ethics/Bioethics Committees in Seoul

11 - 15 September

BAC Chair, Judge (Ret.) Richard Magnus, re-elected as Vice-Chairperson of UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee at the 24th Session of the International Bioethics Committee

27 July

Science in the Cafe on "The Ethics of Mitochondrial Replacement

27 July

Bioethics Movie Screening: Delivery Man

27 May

Public Forum on "Mitochondrial Replacement: "Three-parent" babies to avoid diseases?"

23 - 24 May

BAC hosted meeting in Singapore for the international panel of authors of the UNESCO-BAC Bioethics Casebook

13 September

Singapore Medical Council published its revised Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines

4-22 July

Bioethics Festival

14 - 17 June

BAC participated in the 13th World Congress of Bioethics in Edinburgh

BAC participated in the 11th Global Summit of National Bioethics Advisory Bodies in Berlin

18 August

Singapore passed the Human Biomedical Research Act

2 August - 28 September

BAC Chair, Judge (Ret.) Richard Magnus, re-appointed as member and elected as Vice-Chair of UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee at the 22nd Session of the International Bioethics Committee

2 - 3 July

International Germline Modification Meeting hosted in Singapore (jointly organised by BAC, the Nuffield Council of Bioethics and the German Ethics Council)

29 June - 4 July

Bioethics Week

23 June

BAC published a report on Ethics Guidelines for Human Biomedical Research

22 - 28 June

BAC participated in the 10th Global Summit of National Bioethics Advisory Bodies and 12th World Congress of Bioethics in Mexico City

2 April

NUS Centre for Biomedical Ethics joined the World Health Organisation's global network of collaborating centres

5 - 20 November

Singapore elected as a Member State of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee at the 37th Session of the UNESCO General Conference

2 May

National Medical Ethics Committee published Ethical Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals on Clinical Decision-Making in collaboration with Patients

14 March

Public Dialogue Session on "Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Neuroscience Research"

12 January

Public Forum: Brain, Mind & Technologies - What's New & What's Next?

11 January

SAL-BAC Symposium: Neuroscience, Neuroethics and the Law

10 January

Challenges in Neuroscience Research - Lecture and Dialogue Session for those involved in Neuroscience Research

9 January - 31 March

BAC conducted a public consultation on Neuroscience Research

2 January

Singapore enacted the Personal Data Protection Act

15 October

Singapore passed the Personal Data Protection Act

26 July

Public Dialogue Session on "Ethics Guidelines for Human Biomedical Research"

12 July - 15 August

BAC conducted a public consultation on its draft Ethics Guidelines for Human Biomedical Research

24 April

BAC Chair, Judge (ret.) Richard Magnus, appointed as a member of UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee

25 February

Public Forum: Involving Patients and the Public in Biomedical Research

24 February

"Routine and Exotic Bioethics" - Science in the Cafe with Baroness O'Neill

23 February

SAL-BAC Symposium: "Retinking Informed Consent in Biomedical Research

13 August

Science Public Forum 2011:"Stem Cell-Hope or Hype?"

Start of Phase 3 of Singapore's Biomedical Sciences Initiative (2011 – 2015), focused on the integration of knowledge and capabilities across disciplines and agencies to enable more multi-disciplinary, multi-agency research collaborations.

4 November

Ministry of Health issued the Licensing Terms and Conditions on Assisted Reproduction

22 September

BAC published a report on Human-Animal Combinations in Stem Cell Research

31 July

Public Forum: "Is Transcending Natural Boundaries Ethical?"

28 - 31 July

10th World Congress of Bioethics (organised by BAC, MOH, NUS Centre for Biomedical Ethics and the Singapore Medical Association)

28 July

Launch of a permanent Bioethics Exhibition at Science Centre Singapore - collaborative project of Science Centre Singapore, BAC and NUS Centre for Biomedical Ethics

26 - 27 July

8th Global Summit of National Bioethics Advisory Bodies was hosted in Singapore (organised by BAC and MOH, and supported by the WHO and European Union)

July

BAC published a monograph in celebration of its 10th anniversary entitled: Bioethics in Singapore: The Ethical Microcosm

March

Singapore enacted the Mental Capacity Act