Call: Partnering with patients and communities (ICCEC & CBS)

29.-31.5.2024 Montreal – Call for Proposals.

18th International Conference on Clinical Ethics and Consultation and 32nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Bioethics Society
Partnering with patients and communities

Time: May 29-31, 2024
Venue: Montreal, Kanada

Organizer: Clinical Ethics Office of the Université de Montréal – Faculty of Medicine in partnership with Sainte-Justine’s University Hospital Center, the CHU Sainte-Justine’s Foundation, the Cité de la Santé Foundation and the Ethics Center of the Laval Integrated health and social services center

Patient partnership and community engagement have long been recognized as key factors in improving patient care and population health outcomes. From participation in interdisciplinary teams to research and policymaking, patients and communities are now commonly included in the provision and development of healthcare. Living up to the ideal of meaningful partnerships is not without its challenges, especially in our post-pandemic pluralistic societies.
Join us in 2024 as a diverse group of ethicists, researchers, healthcare professionals, patients, families and community partners from across the globe discuss how to harness the power of meaningful partnerships in healthcare ethics and consultation.

The call for proposals will be open from September 15 to November 15, 2023. In line with the conference’s main theme “Partnering with patients and communities,” we are inviting proposals that investigate and question how all aspects of ethics (clinical ethics, research ethics, policy in health and healthcare, bioethics) consider patient and community engagement.

Students are encouraged to submit their work as dedicated sessions are reserved for student participants. Bursaries will be made available for trainees from countries with developing economies , allocated randomly amongst the proposal with the highest reviewer scores.

Two types of proposals can be submitted : workshops and abstracts.


Proposals topics:

•                Artificial intelligence and technology

•                Clinical ethics in practice

•                Education

•                Emerging issues, Diversity, Disparity and Inclusion

•                End-of-life, palliative care, assistance in dying

•                Health Humanities, Law, Philosophy, Religion and Social Science

•                International Development and Cooperation

•                Patient engagement in healthcare ethics (clinical, research, policy)

•                Pediatric ethics

•                Research ethics


Corresponding authors whose proposals are selected for inclusion in the conference will be informed at the beginning of February, 2024. All speakers must register for the conference and present at the conference venue in Montreal.

Further details about submission and further information about the conference can be found at https://event.fourwaves.com/iccec2024/pages