CBHD invites healthcare and other professionals, scholars, researchers, educators, and students to submit abstracts of papers that address questions associated with our conference theme, AI and bioethics, or that engage more broadly with other foundational and emerging bioethical issues raised at the intersections of medicine, science, technology, and our common humanity. For more information, see the Submission Guidelines below.
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
34th Annual Summer Conference
June 24–26, 2027
LeTourneau University, Longview, TX, USA
Proposal Deadline: November 30, 2026
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Requirements
All serious proposals relevant to the study of Christian bioethics are welcome, particularly those in the following subject areas:
- General Bioethics
- Biotechnology
- Clinical Ethics
- Disability
- Emerging Issues in Bioethics
- Empirical Research
- Global Bioethics and/or Public Health
- Medical Humanities
- Nursing Ethics
- Philosophical and/or Theological Engagement
- Public Policy and/or Biolaw
- Research Ethics
- Technology Assessment
- Women's Health
All proposals are evaluated through a blind review process. Identifying information must not be included in the abstract.
Deadline
All abstracts must be submitted online prior to November 30, 2026. Acceptances will be announced at the beginning of 2027.
Instructions for Submissions
Instructions for Paper Presentations
Oral presentations of contributed papers will be 30 minutes plus 15 minutes for discussion.
The field of artificial intelligence is changing at a breakneck pace, making it challenging to plan a year in advance for a conference on AI. What will the pressing questions be by the time we gather next summer? Likely, some of the questions that seem important now, as we begin the planning process, will be resolved or eclipsed by new, more pressing issues come June 2027.
However, core concepts such as the imago Dei, human dignity, the fallenness of our world, and the person and work of Jesus Christ remain foundational to addressing whatever issues the coming year will bring. Furthermore, it is worth asking to what degree pressing, and even urgent, issues overlap with those issues that are truly important to human flourishing.
In light of these challenges, CBHD has established a planning committee tasked with identifying speakers and topics for our summer conference on AI and Bioethics. That committee is at work even now, identifying those who can best address questions like: What do developments in AI mean for human dignity and for humanity? How does a Judeo-Christian, Hippocratic framework help us to navigate both the significant promise and the potential perils that AI offers? And what do the latest developments in AI mean for us professionally, personally, and communally?
Join us on the campus of LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas, June 24-26, 2027, as we engage questions surrounding AI and bioethics together.
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity’s annual conference is the leading forum for engaging in Christian bioethics, providing opportunities for equipping and educating students, professionals, clergy, and lay people, as well as professional development credit, academic engagement, and networking for academic researchers, policymakers, educators, clinicians, thought leaders, and students across a variety of disciplines and professional contexts.
This conference will be available in person, online, or on-demand. There is no wrong way to attend!