World Bioethics 2025 was celebrated at Demokritos on 14 October, themed “Bioethical Challenges in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”, highlighting the ethical dimension of AI and the importance of Responsible Research.
University students and school groups who presented their own projects brought fresh perspectives to the event, showing how the younger generation is actively engaging in the conversation about the future of science and society.
The event was co-organized by researcher Dr. Vasiliki Mollaki and the Communications Team of the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications at NCSR Demokritos, the Hellenic Unit of the International Chair in Bioethics (ICB) – WMA Cooperative Center of the Applied Philosophy Research Laboratory of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Hellenic National Bioethics Commission, the European Laboratory of Bioethics, Technoethics and Law at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, and the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Deontology of the Holy Metropolis of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki.
Representing Demokritos, Dimitris Kletsas, Director of the Institute of Biosciences and Applications of NCSR Demokritos, highlighted the work of the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of our Center and presented two flagship EU-funded projects:
DeployAI: Develops the European AI-on-Demand Platform and promotes trustworthy, transparent, and ethical AI solutions for industry, SMEs, and the public sector.
CHANGER_EU_PROJECT: Aims to promote changes in ResearchEthics reviews by strengthening researchers’ capacity to embed ethical reasoning from the project design stage (EthicsByDesign) and implementation, proposing European policy recommendations for safeguarding human rights in the context of emerging technologies. It also develops educational material on research ethics in areas such as organoids, genome editing, and artificial intelligence.
Through our work, we’re reminded that ethics and innovation grow stronger together, nurturing a culture of science where progress serves people and earns their trust in the technologies that shape our future.