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2024 Agenda

Nursing Conference Agenda

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Nursing Ethics: Today’s Realities and Tomorrow’s Challenges

8 a.m.
Sign-in and Continental Breakfast 

8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction and Land Acknowledgment
Leah Kroon, MA, MN, RN, CPHON, Seattle Children’s

8:35 a.m.
Introduction to the Conference and Donor Acknowledgement
Debra Ridling, PhD, MS, RN, NEA-BC, Seattle Children’s /University of Washington, and  Vittorio Gallo, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Seattle Children’s Research Institute

8:45 a.m.
Is There a New Way to Think About Moral Distress? 
Leah Kroon, MA, MN, RN, CPHON, Seattle Children’s

 9 a.m.
Moral Distress Workshop

Workship objectives:

  1. Explore different definitions of moral distress and moral agency.
  2. Identify strategies for unpacking moral distress.
  3. Demonstrate skill in identifying different perspectives when engaged in dialogue concerning moral distress.

Workshop Part I: Unpacking Moral Distress
Lucia D. Wocial, PhD, FAAN, RN, HEC-C, John J. Lynch Center for Ethics, Medstar Washington Hospital Center

11:15 a.m.
Workshop Part II: A Peer Support Tool to Navigate Moral Distress
Georgina Morley, PhD, MSc, RN, HEC-C, Center for Bioethics, and Stanley S. Zielony Institute for Nursing Excellence, Cleveland Clinic

12 p.m.
Lunch (provided)

 1 p.m.
Nursing Through the Noise: Navigating Nursing Ethics in a Time ofControversy
Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, Children’s Minnesota, University of Minnesota Medical School

2 p.m.
The Code of Ethics for Nurses: Looking Forward 
Kara Curry, MA, RN, HEC-C, American Nurses Association Center for Ethics and Human Rights

3:15 p.m.
Moderated Panel Forum With All Speakers

4 p.m.
Questions From the Audience

Treuman Katz Pediatric Bioethics Conference Agenda

Friday, July 19, 2024

Thinking Big, Responding Ethically: Big Data and AI in Pediatrics 

8 a.m.
Sign-in and Continental Breakfast 

8:30 a.m.
Welcome, Introduction and Land Acknowledgment
Doug Opel, MD, MPH, Director, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care, Seattle Childrens/University of Washington
Vittorio Gallo, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Seattle Children’s Research Institute

8:40 a.m.
Introduction to the Conference 
Aaron Wightman, MD, MA, Co-Director of Education, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care, Seattle Children's/University of Washington

8:45 a.m.
The Emergence of AI in Medicine
Peter Lee, PhD, Corporate VP, Microsoft Research and Incubations

9:45 a.m.
Opportunities for AI and Big Data to Improve Child and Family Well-Being
Mjaye Leslie Mazwi, MD, MBChB, Seattle Children’s/University of Washington

10:30 a.m.
Child Development in the Age of AI
Tiffany Munzer, MD, University of Michigan

11 a.m.
Understanding AI and Pediatrics Through Lens of Literature and Culture
Martha Montello, PhD, Harvard Medical School

11:30 a.m.
Does AI Bring Us Closer to Our Patients or Make Us Strangers
Lainie Friedman Ross, MD, PhD, University of Rochester  

12 p.m.
Lunch (provided) 

1 p.m.
Medical AI: Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Considerations
Glenn Cohen, JD, Harvard Law School

1:30 p.m.
The Role of Bias in AI Models
Tanu Mitra, PhD, The Information School, University of Washington

2 p.m.
Exploring the Relationship Between AI and Health Equity for Children and Their Families 
Melissa McCradden, PhD, MHSc, Women's & Children's Hospital; Australian Institute for Machine Learning; University of Adelaide; SickKids Research Institute

2:30 p.m.
Implications of Open Science and Mandated Data Sharing for Pediatrics Research
Kate MacDuffie, PhD, MA, Seattle Children’s/University of Washington   

3:15 p.m.
A Conversation About Pediatric Bioethics, AI and Big Data
All Conference Speakers; Andrew Cooper, PhD, Seattle Children’s; and Tanu Mitra, PhD, The Information School, University of Washington

4 p.m.
Questions From the Audience  

Saturday, July 20, 2024

Thinking Big, Responding Ethically: Big Data and AI in Pediatrics 

7:45 a.m.
Sign-in and Continental Breakfast 

8:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Treuman Katz Center Leadership

8:20 a.m.
Can AI Care?
Georgina Campelia, PhD, HEC-C, University of Washington

8:55 a.m.
AI and the End of Nursing(?)
Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, Children’s Minnesota, University of Minnesota Medical School

9:25 a.m.
ChatGPT in the Clinic, Journal and Classroom
Sam Finlayson, MD, PhD, Seattle Children’s/University of Washington
Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Denise Dudzinski, PhD, Seattle Children’s/University of Washington

10:35 a.m.
Breakout Sessions: Abstracts

11:50 a.m.
Ethical Issues in Making AI Work for Clinicians and Patients  
Ellen Clayton, MD, JD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and School of Law

12:30 p.m.
Concluding Comments