CBEC faculty is frequently invited to participate in national and international seminars and meetings, arrange and conduct workshops and deliver keynote addresses. Selected examples are noted below.

• 11th Asian Bioethics Association Conference, Singapore
  August 01 - 03, 2010, Singapore
  
  
  Dr. Aamir Jafarey will present papers entitled “Comparison of CBEC Bioethics curriculum with UNESCO Core Curriculum,” and “Karachi Bioethics Group's Ethical Guidelines for Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions,” at the 11th Asian Bioethics Association conference to be held on August 01 – 03, 2010 in Singapore.

• 10th World Congress of Bioethics, Singapore
  July 28 - 31, 2010, Singapore
  
  
  Dr. Moazam will present a keynote talk on “Beyond the Gift: Reflections on Kidney Donation in Pakistan,” in a Plenary Session of the 10th World Congress of Bioethics on July 30.

• Second ELPAT Congress, Rotterdam,
  April 17-20, 2010, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  
  
  Dr. Moazam delivered an invited lecture at the Second ELPAT Congress, held in April 17 – 20, 2010 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her talk was entitled, “Organ Donation and Transplantation through the lens of Muslim Scholars.”

• WHO – European Union Joint Conference on Organ Donation and Transplantation
  March 23-25, 2010, Madrid, Spain
  
  
  A joint European Union and World Health Organization global consultation meeting was held on March 23 – 25, 2010 in Madrid, Spain. The theme was “European Conference and Global Consultation on Organ Donation and Transplantation: Striving to achieve Self-Sufficiency.” Dr. Moazam participated as member of the subcommittee that developed the section of the conference report on the “Ethics of the pursuit of self-sufficiency.”

• Wellcome Trust Workshop
  November 29 - December 4, 2009, India
  
  
  Wellcome Trust School of Bioethics took place in Mumbai. This year’s theme was Gender, Sex and Ethics. Dr. Moazam was an invited speaker while Dr. Aamir Jafarey, Dr. Yasmin Wajahat, Dr. Nausheen Saeed and Dr. Moin Siddiqui attended the school and workshop on grantsmanship as participants.

• 10th Asian Bioethics Conference
  April 26 - 29, 2009, Tehran, Iran
  
  
  Dr. Aamir Jafarey led a group of alumni and CBEC associate faculty to the 10th Asian Bioethics Conference in Tehran, Iran. Dr. Aamir Jafarey presented a paper entitled “Bioethics Education Initiatives in Pakistan: early impact of an innovative program”. CBEC’s associate faculty, Dr. Bushra Shirazi, presented a survey she had conducted on surgeons, exploring their knowledge about ethics in general and the Code of Ethics published by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. Dr. Rubina Naqvi presented the content and methodology of an ethics course she had developed for biotechnology students. CBEC’s alumni, Dr. Yasmin Wajahat, Dr. Tashmeem Razzaqi and Dr. Ashraf Hussain also presented papers on bioethics-related topics.

• Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health
  November 18, 2008, Mali, Africa

Dr. Farhat Moazam was invited to give a talk at the Global Ministerial Forum entitled "Without Ethics, Research and Health make a Two-legged Stool."

• 9th Asian Bioethics Conference
  November 3 - 8, 2008, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Dr. Aamir Jafarey and Dr. Bushra Shirazi attended the 9th Asian Bioethics Conference and presented papers. Dr. Jafarey participated in a panel on Regulating Organ Transplantation and presented a paper entitled "An ethnographic study of kidney vendors of Pakistan". He also presented proposed guidelines of research ethics in disaster situations. Dr. Shirazi presented the findings of her study on "Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding Plagiarism". This study had recently been conducted in Karachi.

• 9th World Congress of Bioethics, Croatia
  September 3-8, 2008, Rijeka, Croatia

Dr. Moazam was invited to deliver a keynote address at the 9th World Congress of Bioethics, in Croatia, entitled "Live Kidney Transplantation in Pakistan: Kinships, Language and Metaphors."

• Pakistan Medical Association's Continuous Professional Development Activity: Sessions on Contemporary Ethical Issues: A talk on "Kidney Transplantation in Pakistan: Move from respecting human dignity to commercializing human rights" at PMA House
  February 17, 2007, Karachi

This was the third talk by CBEC Faculty at the PMA House in this series of lectures meant for junior physicians and house officers.

• Dow University Annual Symposium
  February 26, 2007, Karachi

Dr. Farhat Moazam participated in a panel discussion on "Kidney Transplant as Organ Trade" at the symposium of DUHS, held at the university campus in Karachi. Also on the panel were Drs. Adib Rizvi and Anwar Naqvi, among others.

• "Human Genetic and Reproductive Technologies: Comparing Religious and Secular Perspectives"
  February 6-9, 2006, Cairo, Egypt

This international conference was organised by the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences in collaboration with ISESCO and the EMRO-WHO. Dr. Farhat Moazam delivered an invited talk on "Genetic Technologies and Social Justice: Confluence of Religious and Secular Concerns."

• Conference on "Islam and Bioethics: Concerns, Challenges and Responses," Pennsylvania State University, USA
  March 27-28, 2006, PSU Park campus, Pennsylvania, USA

Members of the organizing committee included Jonathan Brockopp (Penn State University), Thomas Eich (Universitä´ Bochum), Ersilia Francesca (Università Studi di Napoli "l'Orientale"), Ilhan Ilkilic (Universitä´ Mainz), Birgit Krawietz (Universitä´ Tübingen), Vardit Rispler-Chaim (Haifa University), and Farhat Moazam (CBEC).

• Conference on "Science, Technology and Medicine in the Modern Middle East," Harvard University, USA
  May 5-6, 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

This conference was a joint event by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard and the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan, conducted by the Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Dr. Farhat Moazam was invited to give the keynote address and spoke on "Universality of Science and Particularities of Local Worlds."

• The College of Family Medicine, Pakistan
  July 9, 2006, Karachi

The College of Family Medicine, Pakistan, runs an ongoing International Course for MRCGP (Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners, UK) for the benefit of trainees in family medicine as well as general practitioners of the city. Drs. Aamir Jafarey and Farhat Moazam were invited to conduct a session in Karachi on bioethics in which they covered "Respect for Persons," and ethical dilemmas related to "Privacy and Confidentiality" in medical practice.

• UNESCO Asia-Pacific Conference on Bioethics Education
  July 26-28, 2006, Seoul, Republic of Korea

This conference was organized by Korean National Commission for UNESCO and the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare. There were 24 participants from the Asia-Pacific region and Dr. Aamir Jafarey was representing CBEC. His plenary talk was entitled "Educating Health Care Professionals in Bioethics: A Strategy for Pakistan."

• Biannual Meeting of the Medical Research Society of Pakistan
  November 18, 2006, Abbottabad

Dr. Aamir Jafarey gave a keynote address at the Biannual Meeting of the MRSP at Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad. The title of his talk was "Research Ethics: Historical Context and Perspectives from Pakistan."

• 10th Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation
  November 26-29, 2006, Kuwait

In the session devoted to Ethics, Dr. Anwar Naqvi gave a guest lecture on "Organ Vendors: Social, Psychological and Economics Realities."
Dr. Farhat Moazam moderated and summarized the session on Ethics.

• "Medical Ethics: Have we forgotten it?" 7th Annual CMC Symposium at Chandka Medical College
  December 14-16, 2006, Larkana

This was the first symposium on Medical Ethics ever held at CMC and was a great success with the audience asking for more.

• Goethe Institute
  June 15-17, 2005, Karachi

An international conference on "Common Values between the West and Islam" was held from June 15 to 17, 2005.  Dr. Aamir Jafarey presented a paper on "Respect for Human Dignity: A Physician's Reflections on the Process of Informed Consent."

• Aga Khan University Research Ethics Certificate Course
  November 2005, Karachi

This eight week, two cycle course was funded by the Wellcome Trust, UK. It began its first cycle in November 2005. Dr. Aamir Jafarey, who was a co-PI of the grant, was also one of the faculty members teaching this course.