(12 February 2026) Distinguished Bioethics Seminar Series – Regulating Physician-Assisted Suicide Solely Based On Autonomy: The General Citizen’s Right To Receive Assistance In Suicide In Germany

Date: 12 February 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Venue: Room 115, 1/F, Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK
Mode: In person

Speaker:
- Professor Jochen VOLLMANN
Director, Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Discussants:
1. Professor Jean Hee KIM
Senior Research Fellow (by courtesy), CUHK Centre for Bioethics;
Associate Professor of The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

2. Dr. Derrick Kit Sing AU
Clinical Professional Consultant (honorary), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;
Honorary Secretary, The Hong Kong Bioethics Association

Moderator:
- Professor Roger Yat-nork CHUNG
Co-Director of CUHK Centre for Bioethics;
Vice-Chairman, The Hong Kong Bioethics Association;
Associate Professor of The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China