2021 Online Program – detail


Australasian Association of Bioethics & Health Law

Online Conference Provisional Program

Thursday 18th –  Saturday 20th November

Registration to the online conference includes access to the full program below, the Meeting Hub, Sponsors Hall, Presentation Gallery and all virtual networking sessions. Attendees do not need to identify which sessions they wish to attend before the event.

AABHL aims to provide all sessions on-demand to registered delegates for 4 months post event, dependent on speaker consent.  Where consent has not been received and the session will only be available live on the day of presentation and this will be indicated in the program below by 01 November 2021.

The provisional program will be updated regularly as planning proceeds and is subject to change.

Program times are listed in AEST. To convert program times to your timezone, CLICK HERE

    Thursday, 18th November 2021

    0900-0930 Platform Orientation
    0930-0955
     Icebreaker Networking
    1000 – 1105
     PLENARY #1
    Chair: Bernadette RichardsAABHL President
    1000-1020
     Conference Opening & Welcome 
    Housekeeping and Opening Address
    Welcome to Country
    Ministers Address
    1020-1105
     Keynote Address
    Dr Arran Culver
    Chief Clinical Advisor Mental Health and Addictions, NZ Ministry of Health; Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
    1105-1135  Refreshment Break
    1135-1305

    IN CONVERSATION SESSION

     “Crowded House”: Making room for the online
    influence in paediatric clinical practice”
     
    Data Governance 
    1300-1430
    Lunch / Program Break 
     1355-1430 SECRET SQUIRREL SESSION
    Answering all your burning questions about academic publishing
    Chair: Ms Serene Ong
    Speakers: Professor Angus Dawson, University of Sydney, Dr Karel Caals, National University of Singapore

      CONCURRENT SESSION
    Full presentations will be available to view through the Presentations Gallery within the online portal prior to the scheduled sessions.
    1430-1500 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1.1
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1.2
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    Australian community views about sharing administrative data with private industry: Comparing findings from survey and deliberative studies
    Belinda Fabrianesi
    Culturally Adaptive Governance – Building a new framework for equity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research
    Daniel Duke, Luke Burchill
    Healthcare and technology – a clash of culture between patient-centric care and commercial incentives
    Joel Grieger
    Whose microbiome is it anyway: the ethics of microbiome ownership in relation to Indigenous peoples
    Matilda Handsley-Davis
    How would the concept of a ‘health information fiduciary’ affect protection of individuals’ health data in Australia?
    Minna Paltiel
    Dalarinji; Justifying a Flexible Approach to Aboriginal Healthcare in the Emergency Department
    Paul Preisz, Anne Preisz
    Big Data, Healthcare and Avoiding Ethical Debt
    Bernadette Richards
    Tia’s Journey with Breast Cancer – Ethical Issues Arising from Data Use for Digital Health Technologies
    Rochelle Style, Matthew Strother
    Discussion & Q&A Discussion & Q&A
    1500-1530 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1.3
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1.4
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    Decision-making of the Queensland Mental Health Review Tribunal
    Sam Boyle
    Responsible and responsive public health advice: what Trumps?
    Monique Jonas
    Understanding and improving families’ experiences of complaints and disputes in the coronial context
    Naomi Burstyner
    Restrictions on international travel during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of nationality
    Barbara von Tigerstrom
    Legal liability of clinical ethics services in Australia
    Carolyn Johnston, Sharon Feldman
    Mandatory hotel quarantine in Australia: an empirical ethics study
    Jane Williams
    Competence standards should not be risk-related
    Neil Pickering
    Learning from COVID-19 and planning for the next one: Navigating research ethics and governance in public health emergencies in Australia
    Jane Williams, Priyanka Pillai,  Miranda Smith,  Florian Vogt
    Consent to neurosurgery following traumatic brain injury
    Camilla Scanlan
     Discussion & Q&A
     Discussion & Q&A
    1530-1545 Refreshment Break
    1545-1700
     PLENARY #2
    Chair: Tamra Lysaght 
    1545-1630

     Keynote Address

    TBA

    1630-1700
     Keynote Address
    Effy Vayena
    Chair of Bioethics, Health Ethics and Policy Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology
    Q&A to follow at 19.00 AEST
    1700-1900 Program Break
    1900-1930 Join us for a Q&A with Effy Vayena
    1930 Day 1 Concludes

    Friday, 19th November 2021

    0900-0930 Platform Orientation
    0930-0955
     Icebreaker Networking
    1000 – 1130
     PLENARY #3
    Chair: TBC
    1000-1005
    Welcome to Day 2
    1005-1050
     Keynote Address
    Monique Jonas

    1050-1130 Refreshment Break / Watch Recordings 
    1130-1145 John McPhee Prize Winner 
    A Revised Approach to Advance Care Planning: The Role of Theory in Achieving “The Good Result”
    Briony Johnston
    CONCURRENT SESSION
    Full presentations will be available to view through the Presentations Gallery within the online portal prior to the scheduled sessions.
    1145-1215 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2.1
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2.2
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    Deskilling or upskilling? Professional perspectives about the impact of medical artificial intelligence on clinical skills
    Yves Saint James Aquino
    ‘Severity’ as a criterion in reproductive carrier screening: towards a normative account
    Lisa Dive
    AI-based Nursing Observations in Acute Psychiatric Settings: Looking into the Psychiatric Panopticon
    Piers Gooding, Timothy Kariotis,  David Clifford
    Employer-sponsored egg freezing: carrot or stick?
    Molly Johnston
    Regulation of AI in healthcare: A cautionary tale considering horses and zebras
    Bernadette Richards
    What’s at stake in efforts to drop the 14 day rule for human embryo research?
    Josephine Johnston
    making and related technologies
    Jackie Leach Scully
    Moving genetic carrier screening from the clinic to the population: ethical considerations
    Ainsley Newson
    Discussion & Q&A Discussion & Q&A
    1215-1245 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2.3
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    RAPID FIRE ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2.4
    This programmed time is dedicated to Q&A and discussion of the below presentation
    Regulating voluntary assisted dying practice: A policy audit from Victoria, Australia
    Eliana Close
    Considering Reform for Human Germline Genome Editing and Mitochondrial Donation
    Tess WhittonNear-horizon speculative technology meets empirical bioethics: policy, methodology and normativity
    Stacy Carter 

    Population wide reproductive carrier screening for deafness; lessons learnt from those who want the information but don’t know what they would do with it
    Lucinda Freeman

     

    Thinking Twice About Routine Uptake of Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing: Are We Placing Undue Pressure on Expectant Parents?
    Isabella Holmes

     

    Towards Clarity About the Ethics of Human-Animal Chimera Research
    Josephine Johnston

     

    What are Important Ways of Sharing Power in Health Research Priority Setting? Perspectives From People With Lived Experience and Members of the Public
    Bridget Pratt

    When is an Objection Conscientious?
    Giuliana Fuscaldo, Lynn Gillam, Lisa Mitchell
    Patient and family perspectives on voluntary assisted dying regulation: An Australian and Canadian comparison
    Ruthie Jeanneret
    Navigating ethical diversity: A qualitative interview study of clinicians’ experiences in the implementation period prior to VAD becoming available in their hospital in Victoria, Australia
    Rosalind McDougall
    conscientious objection in Australia: a comparison between voluntary assisted dying legislation and abortion legislation
    Ronli Sifris
    Advance Consent for Medical Assistance in Dying: Perspectives from Canada
    Caroline Variath
    Discussion & Q&A
    1245-1345 Refreshment Break / Watch Recordings
    1310-1345 SECRET SQUIRREL SESSION
    Advice on how to engage with media about bioethics and health law issues
    Chair: Ms Courtney Hempton
    Speaker: Dr Ros McDougall, University of Melbourne 
    1345-1515

    IN CONVERSATION SESSION

    Patients Behaving Badly Clinical Ethics
    1515-1545
    Refreshment Break / Watch Recordings
    1545 – 1600

    Max Charlesworth Prize Winner

    Suicide risk assessments: a scientific and ethical critique
    Mike Smith 

      CONCURRENT SESSION
    Full presentations will be available to view through the Presentations Gallery within the online portal prior to the scheduled sessions.
    1600-1630 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 3.1
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    ORAL PRESENTATIONS 3.2
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    What Constitutes Equitable Data-Sharing in Global Health Research? Views from Low- and Middle- Income Countries
    Natalia Evertsz
    ‘The Herald Sun test’: the function and purpose of Victorian termination of pregnancy review committees
    Hilary Bowman-Smart
    Do research participants in Australia have a right to receive their raw genomic data?
    Carolyn Johnston, Jane Nielsen
    Death and organ donation: what do the Australian public think?
    George Skowronski
    The importance of benefit sharing for public trust in genomic data sharing
    Dianne Nicol
    The legalities of postmortem gestation
    Cameron Stewart
    The effect of context on public trust in genomic data sharing: Findings on waivers of consent and beyond
    Vanessa Warren
    Discussion & Q&A
    Discussion & Q&A
    1630-1700 RAPID FIRE ORAL PRESENTATIONS 3.3
    This programmed time is dedicated to Q&A and discussion of the below presentation

    ORAL PRESENTATIONS 3.4
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    Can we make the case for a pandemic ethic? Pandemic modeling: A case study for adopting best practices globally
    Cheryl MackFunder Priority for Vaccines: Implications of a Weak Lockean Claim
    Muralidharan Anantharaman 

    Indigenous communities in vaccine prioritization guidelines: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA and Russian Federation comparative study
    Dmitry Kartashkov

     

    Indonesian Policy Strategy Outlook on the Deployment Policy of COVID-19 Vaccine: A Conceptual Misunderstanding of Vaccine Utility?
    Muhammad Risky Nur Karim

     

    Age and Ageism. Nature vs Inertia in healthcare
    Lisa Mitchell

    Racism, Justice, and Bowel Screening Policy: A Cautionary Tale in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Sophia Barham

    Rethinking Human Challenge Trials in the Age of COVID-19
    Ian Freckelton
    Moral distress amongst oncology health-care workers as a consequence of constraints upon routine care during the COVID-19 pandemic: do health-care institutions have a moral obligation to acknowledge and address?
    Sarah Heynemann
    One year on from the Medical Research Amendment to the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 (WA)
    Selina Metternick-Jones
    What are the outcomes of the use of police powers under section 351 of the Mental Health Act 2014 (Vic)?
    Anne-Maree Kelly
     Discussion & Q&A
    1700-1715
    Refreshment Break 
       PLENARY #4
    Chair: Angus Dawson
    1715-1830
    Documentary Film Viewing & Q&A
    1830 Day 2 Concludes

    Saturday, 21st November 2021

    0900-0930 Platform Orientation
    0930-0955
     Icebreaker Networking
    1000 – 1135
     PLENARY #5
    Chair: TBA

    1000-1005
    Welcome to Day 3
    1005-1135 IN CONVERSATION SESSION
      Student and Early Career Researchers
    Choose your own adventure
     1135-1230 Refreshment Break / Watch Recordings
      CONCURRENT SESSION
    Full presentations will be available to view through the Presentations Gallery within the online portal prior to the scheduled sessions.
    1230-1300 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 4.1
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    ORAL PRESENTATIONS 4.2
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    ‘Brainwork practices’: Brain health advice on how to avoid dementia by aged-care stakeholders
    Kristina Chelberg
    Health-Harming Legal Needs, Migration and Living with HIV: Results of an Australian Mixed-Methods Study
    David J Carter, Anthea Vogl
    User led modification of standard medical care for children: an analysis of healthcare professionals’ legal duties of care
    Carolyn Johnston
    We need to talk about values: developing a new taxonomy for describing normativity in health technology assessment
    Victoria Charlton
    Re Imogen: The ‘emergence of alternative thinking about treatment’ for adolescents with gender dysphoria
    Michelle Taylor-Sands, Georgina Dimopoulos
    What’s the issue? Redesigning an ethics seminar to foster an inclusive and relational learning environment for medical students
    Cynthia Forlini
    Ethical issues in alcohol policy: initial results of a qualitative study
    Mary Walker
     Discussion & Q&A
     Discussion & Q&A
    1300-1330 ORAL PRESENTATIONS 4.3
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    ORAL PRESENTATIONS 4.4
    4x 1 minute summary videos followed by discussion & Q&A
    The Role of Medical Perspectives in Disclosing Alternative Treatments Post-Montgomery|
    Louise Austin
    Compensating vaccination injuries in Australia: the COVID-19 Vaccine Claim Scheme
    Bill Madden, Tina Cockburn
    Where to from here? Re-examining compulsory treatment in light of the findings of the Victorian Royal Commission into Mental Health
    Mikaela Brusasco
    Vaccination of individuals lacking capacity during a public health emergency
    Tess Johnson
    Planning for the Future: Opportunities for connection through a collaborative approach to Advance Personal Planning
    Briony Johnston
    ‘We are not epidemiologists’: how effective is legal scrutiny of vaccination policy?
    Rebekah McWhirter
    Ethics and Influence of Psilocybin Use in Palliative Care for Anxiety About Morality on Patient-Clinical Decision Making
    Vipusaayini Sivanesanathan
    Vaccine Hesitancy and COVID-19: A Social-Ecological Approach to Regulation
    Sam Roach
     Discussion & Q&A  Discussion & Q&A
    1330-1445 Refreshment Break / Watch Recordings
    CONCURRENT SESSION
    Full presentations will be available to view through the Presentations Gallery within the online portal prior to the scheduled sessions.

    1445-1515 RAPID FIRE PRESENTATIONS 5.1
    This programmed time is dedicated to Q&A and discussion of the below presentations
    RAPID FIRE PRESENTATIONS 5.2
    This programmed time is dedicated to Q&A and discussion of the below presentations


    An obligation to contribute to “herd knowledge” in data linkage research?
    Owen BradfieldBenchmarking public attitudes towards secondary use of health data
    Priyanka PillaiDeveloping best practice for the public sector in Big Data ethics and policy
    Lucy Carolan

    Experience of Institutional Review Board of Singapore Institute of Technology in relations to emerging Asean/Asian rules and requlation with special relevance to Singapore
    Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone

    Regulation of Biomaterials in the Age of Datafied Bodies: Reformulating the Discourse
    Maeghan Toews

    ‘It’s a good idea, but …’: Perspectives of SA rural and urban lawyers of Advance Care Planning legislation and documentation
    Jaklin Eliott

    Anticipated impacts of voluntary assisted dying legislation on nursing practice
    Jessica Snir

    Development of Voluntary Assisted Dying Training in Western Australia
    Katherine Waller

    End of Life Law for Clinicians: Improving nurses’ and allied health professionals’ end of life practice
    Penny Neller

    Legal issues in palliative and end-of-life care for selected allied health professionals: A scoping review
    Rachel Feeney

    Patient and family perspectives of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic): a qualitative study
    Ben White

    1515-1545 RAPID FIRE PRESENTATIONS 5.3
    This programmed time is dedicated to Q&A and discussion of the below presentations
    RAPID FIRE PRESENTATIONS 5.4
    This programmed time is dedicated to Q&A and discussion of the below presentations


    A survey of the availability of a clinical ethics support system for healthcare professionals in Aotearoa, New Zealand – 2021
    Mascha Moerenburg

     

    Could Expansion of National Sentinel List to Include Medical Device Adverse Event Reporting Be an Effective First Step Towards Addressing Underreporting of Adverse Events by Health Professionals?
    Aminath Mariya

    The ethical case for extending the use of General Anaesthesia beyond the operating theatre to the care of dying patients who desire to be unconscious
    Antony Takla

    The Accountability of Telemedicine Electronic System Based on Indonesian Legal Perspective
    Muhammad Risky Nur Karim

    The characteristics of Australian doctors with medical negligence claims: a prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey
    Owen Bradfield

    Views of Australian Doctors on Defensive Practice: “It’s easier to talk about our fear of lawyers than to talk about our fear of looking bad in front of each other.”
    Nola Riles

    ADHD TikTok – The influence of Tiktok on self-diagnosis and social perception of ADHD
    Vipusaayini Sivanesanathan

     

    Applying the Flourishing PROM to Paediatric Populations: Key Ethical Considerations
    Patrick Ryan

    Bringing the outliers in, with dignity: Cognitive disability, personhood and human rights
    Juila Duffy

    Embedding social justice into sustainable urban planning
    Bridget Pratt

    End the Global War against Covid-19: The Ubiquity and Dangers of Military Language
    Jing-bao Nie

    Parallel Importation of Patented Health Technologies: An Analysis of the Price-Reducing Policy Option
    Muhammad Zaheer Abbas

    1545-1600 Refreshment Break / Watch Recordings
    1600-1700
     PLENARY #5
    Chair: 

    1600-1645
     Keynote Address
    Luke Burchill
    1645-1700 Wrap Up, Handover & Close
    1700 Day 3 / Conference Concludes 

     

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