July 14, 2022 - July 15, 2022

Building Bridges in Bioethics

Postgraduate Student Committee National Conference 2022

University of Bristol

**This event is now fully booked – please do not attempt to register unless you are presenting**

PGBC 2022 will take place in person at the University of Bristol from Thursday 14 to Friday 15 July. The theme for this year’s conference is “Building Bridges in Bioethics”.

Often our research concerns a particular topic in a particular context, such as a single country. It may also be addressed from a specific disciplinary perspective. This can come from having identified a bioethical issue in a familiar environment but can sometimes prevent us from fully recognising that similar questions arise in vastly different contexts, both geographical and disciplinary. The theme for PGBC 2022, then, is to explore shared bioethical challenges, thereby building bridges with colleagues and considering research questions that transcend both geographical and disciplinary borders.

This PGBC will be organised in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust funded BRIDGES:BKY project at the University of Bristol Centre for Ethics in Medicine. BRIDGES:BKY is a collaborative project with colleagues in Kyoto, Japan and Yonsei, South Korea, and this conference will feature sessions that enable PGRs in the three countries to connect.

Please note: To guarantee accommodation and a place at the conference dinner, please register by Tuesday 31 May. If there are still spaces available you will be able to register after this date, but it is unlikely that we will be able to provide accommodation and dinner.

Fees: There is no registration fee for PGBC 2022 – it is a free conference. However, when registering you will be asked to pay a fully refundable deposit of £50. Refunds will be processed at the conference once you have registered at the venue.

The reason that PGBC is a free conference is that we do not want access to funding to prevent anyone attending. As such, if you are experiencing financial difficulty such that you cannot afford the £50 deposit, we may well be able to waive it. Please email philg@ime-uk.org if this is the case.

Travel bursaries: A number of travel bursaries are available, of a value of up to £100.

To enable us to provide travel bursaries to as many delegates as possible, we would ask that you seek the cheapest option available, consistent with tolerable comfort. If you have one, please make use of your Railcard. Please note, only standard/economy class travel will be reimbursed.

If you would like to request a travel bursary, please complete this simple form alongside your registration. You will be asked to indicate how much your travel costs will be.

Accessibility: We know that conferences are not always accessible for everyone, and we are trying to minimise barriers to access for PGBC. All venues will be wheelchair accessible and detailed venue information will be made available to delegates in advance.

A portion of our budget has been set aside to meet additional accessibility needs of delegates. For example, provision of a British Sign Language interpreter. We also have options available to support those with caring responsibilities.

There will be an option to indicate any specific accessibility needs you require support with when registering. If you did want to discuss accessibility before registering, please feel free to email jordan.parsons@bristol.ac.uk and we will be happy to help.

For further information about the conference and to register, click HERE