COMET 2024

2023-09-11

University of Brescia, Italy

26 – 28 June 2024

The 22nd International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET) will be hosted by the University of Brescia.

The COMET conference aims to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, involving various healthcare specialities and the human and social sciences. A special emphasis will be on the dissemination of ongoing research in language/discourse/communication studies in relation to healthcare education, patient participation and professional ethics.

Plenary Speakers:

  • Professor Anna Middleton (Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK)
  • Professor Stefan Timmermans (The UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics, USA)
  • Professor Silvio Brusaferro (University of Udine, Italy)

Special featured speaker:

  • Professor Francesco Castelli (Rector of the University of Brescia, Italy)

The Pre-COMET Masterclass is scheduled for 25 June 2024

 

Please find the Call for Proposals here

 

Local Organising Committee:

Elisabetta Ceretti, Loredana Covolo, Roxanne Barbara Doerr, Carlotta Fiammenghi, Umberto Gelatti and Annalisa Zanola

COMET Founding advisor: Srikant Sarangi

Website: https://comet2024.unibs.it/

Email: [email protected]