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Bioethics Advisory Committee

Meeting Reports & Slides

This page provides meeting information and materials from past Asian Bioethics Network meetings.

Last updated 22 September 2025

Past ABN Meetings

ABN Meeting 2023: Meeting Report

ABN Meeting Report: ‘Emerging Ethical Challenges of Healthcare Digitalisation’ [PDF, 726 KB]

Speakers’ Presentation Slides

Keynote Presentation 1: ‘Ethics of Artificial Intelligence/Large Language Models including ChatGPT’ by Professor Julian Savulescu [PDF, 4.2 MB]

Keynote Presentation 2: ‘Emerging Ethical Challenges of Healthcare Digitalisation’ by Associate Professor Ngiam Kee Yuan [PDF, 1 MB]

ABN Member States Presentation Slides

Presentation on 'Emerging Ethical Challenges of Healthcare Digitalisation: Australia' by Ms Cathy Schapper [PDF, 302 KB]

Presentation on 'Emerging Ethical Challenges of Healthcare Digitalisation: India’ by Dr Roli Mathur [PDF, 850 KB]

Presentation on 'Emerging Ethical Challenges of Healthcare Digitalisation: Korea’ by Associate Professor Ilhak Lee [PDF, 320 KB]

Presentation on 'Use of AI in Medical Practice in Myanmar' by Professor Zaw Than Htun [PDF, 504 KB]

Presentation on ‘Bioethics in Nepal’ by Ms Namita Ghimire [PDF, 1.1 MB]

Presentation on ‘Emerging Ethical Challenges of Healthcare Digitalisation: The Aotearoa New Zealand perspective’ by Professor John McMillan and Mr Shannon Hanrahan [PDF, 355 KB]

Presentation on ‘Other Major Achievements or Ongoing/Upcoming Bioethics Initiatives in the Philippines’ by Attorney Charade B. Mercado-Grande [PDF, 1 MB]

Presentation on ‘Emerging Ethical Challenges of Healthcare Digitalisation: Singapore’ by Mr Charles Lim Aeng Cheng [PDF, 679 KB]

Presentation on ‘Ethical Challenges in Integrating Genomics Information for Healthcare’ by Professor Prasit Palittapongarnpim [PDF, 933 KB]