Greetings from the PRESIDENTS
Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro
President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Bernard Ars, MD, PhD.
President of the World Federation
of the Catholic Medical Associations
The program
10 NOVEMBER 2025
11 NOVEMBER 2025
12 NOVEMBER 2025
Morning
8:30 – Welcoming and registration
First Session
Chairs: Dominique Lambert, Renzo Pegoraro
9:00 – Welcome addresses
Renzo PEGORARO (PAV President)
Bernard ARS (FIAMC President)
9:05 – Opening Lecture
Bernard ARS (FIAMC President, Belgium)
9:30 – Experience 1: Europe: Enhancing medical decision making with responsible AI: a case study from Italy
Vincenzo DEFILIPPIS (FEAMC President, Italy)
9:50 – Experience 2: Asia: Advancing Equitable Healthcare in India through AI
Tony RAJ (St. John Catholic Center, India)
10:10 – Experience 3: North America: From Diagnostics to Prediction for Cardiovascular Disease in North America
Shelby KUTTY (BayCare Health System, USA)
10:30 – From experiences to positive impacts and problematic issues
João SANTOS PEREIRA (Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal)
11:00 – Coffee Break
11:30 – What rights for artificially intelligent medicine?
Yves POULLET (University of Namur, Belgium)
12:15 – Discussion
13:00 – Lunch
Afternoon
Second Session
Chairs: John Lane, Ana Borovecki
15:00 – How Artificial Intelligence is transforming human relations in Medicine? An ethical approach to new kinds of Patient-Doctor relations
Dominique LAMBERT (University of Namur, Belgium)
15:45 – Discussion
16:15 – Coffee Break
16:45 – AI, Human in the loop and responsibility
Laura PALAZZANI (LUMSA University, Italy)
17:10 – Artificial intelligence and personalized medicine: an opportunity to better care for the most vulnerable
Garcia CUYAS (Instituto de Diagnóstico por la Imagen - IDI - de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain)
17:35 – Discussion
18:00 – Conclusion
Morning
8:15 – Holy Mass (St Peter Basilica) - Holy Door Crossing
Third Session
Chairs: Otmar Kloiber, Niklaus Waldis
9:30 – The challenges and risks of AI in medical education
Antonia Chiara SCARDICCHIO (University of Bari, Italy)
10:10 – Responsible AI: Multicultural Digital Platforms and Public-Private Partnerships in Medicine and Public Health
Dominique MONLEZUN (Mayo Clinic, USA)
10:50 - Discussion
11:20 – Coffee Break
11.45 – What is needed for the trustworthy practice of AI in medicine? An empirical look at dermatological practice
Kerstin SCHLÖGL-FLIERL (University of Augsburg, Germany)
12:10 – Organizational Impact of AI on Health Care Systems
Maria Isabel IÑIGO PETRALANDA (Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina)
12:50 – Discussion
13:30 – Lunch
Afternoon
Fourth Session
Chairs: Rok Čivljak, Josè Diogo Martins
15:00 – Round Table organized by “Societas Lucae”, with young physicians: AI and Human Values: The Contribution of Christian Faith
Moderator: Ludwig Brühl
1. Philosophical-Theological Perspective: Christina KOENES (Germany)
2. Technical Perspective: Mel Yu-Cheng VISSCHER (Taiwan/The Netherlands)
3. Medical-Practical Perspective: Victor WICHROWSKI (Brazil)
16:00 – Discussion
16:30 – Coffee break
17:00 – AI and medicine. The challenge of human dignity and hope
Alberto CARRARA (Pontifical University "Regina Apostolorum", Italy)
17:30 – From Bioethics to Algor-ethics. Which principles and perspectives?
Jeffrey BISHOP (Saint Louis University, USA)
18:00 – Discussion
18:30 – Conclusions and approval of the written Statement
Bernard ARS (FIAMC President), Renzo PEGORARO (PAV President)
20:00 – Gala Dinner
9:00 – Papal Audience
List of Speakers/Chairs
ARS Bernard, President, International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC), Belgium
BISHOP Jeffrey, Saint Louis University, USA
BOROVECKI Ana, School of Public Health Andrija Štampar, Croatia
BRÜHL Ludwig, Germany/Austria
CARRARA Alberto, Pontifical University “Regina Apostolorum”, Italy
ČIVLJAK Rok, University of Zagreb, Croatia
CUYAS García, Instituto de Diagnóstico por la Imagen (IDI) de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain
DEFILIPPIS Vincenzo, President, European Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FEAMC), Italy
DIOGO MARTINS José, Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal
IÑIGO PETRALANDA Maria Isabel, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
KLOIBER Otmar, Secretary General, World Medical Association, France
KOENES Christina, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
KUTTY Shelby, BayCare Health System, USA
LAMBERT Dominique, University of Namur, Belgium
LANE John, Mayo Clinic, USA
MONLEZUN Dominique, Mayo Clinic, USA
PALAZZANI Laura, LUMSA University, Italy
PEGORARO Renzo, President, Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), Holy See
POULLET Yves, University of Namur, Belgium
RAJ Tony, St. John Catholic Center, India
SANTOS PEREIRA João, Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal
SCARDICCHIO Antonia Chiara, University of Bari, Italy
SCHLÖGL-FLIERL Kerstin, University of Augsburg, Germany
VISSCHER Mel Yu-Cheng, Radboud University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
WALDIS Niklaus, General practitioner, Switzerland
WICHROWSKI Victor, Brasilia University Center, Brazil