03/05/2026
� Day 2 in Lucca of didn't slow down!
The morning opened with two rich parallel sessions: one on glocal neuroethics and the value of cross-cultural approaches to emerging challenges, the other on the ethical frontiers of multimodal AI — from governance gaps to consent and transparency in clinical contexts.
The morning was crowned by the SINe Award for Philosophy to Dame Uta Frith and Chris Frith. �
The afternoon tackled some of the hardest questions in the field: when does death really occur in organ donation after circulatory criteria? And how can the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology help build a shared vision across the European neuroethics community?
Throughout the day, a rich programme of research talks and poster sessions filled every break and parallel slot — covering neurolaw, forensic neurotechnology, restorative justice, brain-computer interfaces, data governance, and much more. The diversity and depth of the research on display was a reminder of just how broad and vital the neuroethics field has become.
The Open Neurodata & Data Governance World Café carried on with its cross-hub dialogue, with a meeting online with Stanford and Stellenbosch.
Tomorrow, Day 3 closes the conference on a high note:
→ Brain-computer interfaces: regulation, science, and end-of-life decisions
→ Can AI-driven neurotechnologies influence political views? A panel on neuroscience and democratic integrity
→ Sessions on neurorights, mental privacy, and neurotech justice
→ A keynote on neurolaw by Prof. Francis Shen: why a global neurolaw revolution is still ahead of us
� Friday schedule: https://neuroethicssociety.org/meeting/neuroethics-2026/lucca-2026/
