IME 2026 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
‘Respectful Disagreement: Navigating Ethical Complexity’
The friendliest conference that you will ever attend is a two-day event taking place in June on Bristol waterfront. We are at MShed; with a compact footprint, a comfortable state of the art theatre, fantastic catering and great staff the venue is perfect for the IME Conference. There are a plethora of hotels, restaurants and bars within a 10 minute walk so you will be wanting for nothing.
You can attend for the full event or choose just one of the days.
Contemporary health and care requires practitioners, scholars, and students to navigate moral ambiguity and actively engage with deeply held, divergent, and often conflicting, viewpoints across practice, research, policy and education. Our conference will engage constructively with disagreement, respecting diverse perspectives, and ethical integrity in the face of complex and sometimes controversial issues.
Confirmed Speakers:
Dr Zuzana Deans, Associate Professor in Bioethics, University of Bristol
Prof Bobbie Farsides, Honorary Professor of Clinical and Biomedical Ethics
Dr Ed Horowicz, Senior Lecturer in healthcare law & bioethics, University of Liverpool
Prof Richard Huxtable, Professor of Medical Ethics and Law, Universith of Bristol
Rachael Pennington, Associate Chief Nurse for Surgery, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Editors of the Journal of Medical Ethics, Medical Humanities and JME Practical Bioethics
Sabina Dosani, Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, writer and expert witness
Brian Earp, Associate Professor of Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
Prof Lucy Frith, Professor of Bioethics & Health Research, University of Manchester
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION HAS NOW CLOSED
Conference Fees:
Non Presenting Attendee 1 day £115 (Student £45)
Non Presenting Attendee Full Conference £200 (Student £70)
Presenting (Oral or Poster) Attendee 1 day £105 (Student £35)
Presenting Attendee (Oral or Poster) Full Conference £180 (Student £60)
IME Members:
Non Presenting IME Member Attendee 1 day £75
Non Presenting IME Member Attendee Full Conference £120
Presenting (Oral or Poster) IME Member Attendee 1 day £65
Presenting Attendee (Oral or Poster) IME Member Full Conference £110
Bookings are now open.