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News | Tuesday, 7 July 2020

Leopoldina hosts virtual panel discussion on contact tracing apps

Leopoldina hosts virtual panel discussion on contact tracing apps

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile software applications have been developed worldwide. Such apps are part of a wider array of digital tools for the prevention and control of infectious diseases. Which technical questions occur in the development of these apps? What ethical aspects must be considered? International experts will discuss these issues at an English-language virtual panel discussion organised by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina on Wednesday, 15 July, 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m CEST.

Debating at the podium:

Sir Jonathan Montgomery, Professor of Healthcare Law, University College London, Chair of Oxford University Hospitals NHSFT and Non-executive Director of Health Data Research UK

Judith Simon, Professor of Ethics in Information Technology, University of Hamburg and member of the German Ethics Council

Douglas Leith, Professor of Computer Systems, Trinity College Dublin and founder of the Hamilton Institute, National University of Ireland at Maynooth

Myongsei Sohn, Professor of Public Health and Executive Director, Institute for Global Engagement and Empowerment at Yonsei University of Seoul, South Korea

The panel will be moderated by Regina T. Riphahn, Vice President, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and Professor of Statistics and Empirical Economics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.