Prelude 23/24
Prelude 23/24
Festive opening of the anniversary year
for university members, UGO members and invited guests from politics, science, business and culture
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
Lecture Theatre Centre A14, Audimax
The university will be 50 years old in December. The University and the Oldenburg University Society are jointly organising a special event to mark the opening of the anniversary year 2024. The award-winning Chair of the German Ethics Council, Prof Dr Alena Buyx, will give the keynote speech.
Programme
from 5.30 p.m. Admission to the lecture hall centre
18.00 hrs Champagne reception
18.45 Ceremony in the Audimax
Greetings
Hanna Naber, President of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony
Falko Mohrs, Minister of Science of Lower Saxony
Jürgen Krogmann, Lord Mayor of the City of Oldenburg
Address by the University President
Prof Dr Ralph Bruder
Keynote speech
Prof Dr Alena Buyx
"Between the end of the world and the promise of salvation: current challenges in research ethics"
Award ceremony by the Chair of the UGO
Wiebke Schneidewind
Reception in the foyer
with finger food and soft drinks
(alcoholic drinks for self-payers)
Moderation: Carola Schede
Musical organisation of the evening: Students under the direction of the Institute of Music
Prof Dr Alena Buyx
Alena Buyx, Chair of the German Ethics Council since 2020, is Professor of Ethics in Medicine and Health Technologies and Director of the Institute of History and Ethics of Medicine at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). She holds the venia legendi for the subject triad of ethics, history and theory of medicine.
Alena Buyx works on the entire breadth of biomedical ethics and theory, from 'classical' medical ethical issues from clinical practice, to challenges posed by biotechnological innovation and medical research, to ethical and justice issues in modern health systems.
She is a member of various national, international and university committees and regularly advises international research consortia. She became a member of the Leopoldina in 2020. Alena Buyx has received numerous awards, including the German National Prize and the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Medal of TUM. She is a recipient of the Bavarian Constitutional Order and the Bavarian Order of Merit.