IBC/IGBC and COMEST joint meeting, 23-24 February 2021

Joint Session of the IBC and the IGBC and the public meetings of the Extraordinary Session of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the 11th Extraordinary Session of the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST). These sessions will take place online, 23-24 February 2021 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Paris time)

The two-day public meetings will discuss the main work topics of the IBC for 2020-2021 on the Principle of Protecting Future Generations, and on the Ethical Issues of Neurotechnology, as well as the work topics of COMEST for 2020-2021 on Land Use
Ethics and on the Ethical Implications of the Internet of Things (IoT). During the public meetings, the IBC and COMEST will also present the Statement of the IBC and COMEST on COVID-19: ethical considerations from a global perspective and its
follow-up.