Local Organzing Committee

Prof. Sigrid Sterckx

Professor of BioethicsUniversity of Ghent

Foundingmember of the Bioethics Institute Ghent

Research projects: human tissue research and biobanking, patenting in biomedicine, organ transplantation, neuroscience, end-of-life decisions

She has published more than 130 books, book chapters and articles in international academic journals

Prof. Werner Jacobs

Forensic pathologist

Head of the Department of Legal Medicine of the University HospitalAntwerp

Many years of experience and famous coroner

More than 100 books and articles in international academic journals