Clinical ethics events

CESA is committed to promoting initiatives in clinical ethics that contribute to and build the CESA community and welcomes applications for support for such initiatives from CESA members. Find more information in the Clinical Ethics Society of Australasia Policy on Supporting Clinical Ethics Activities.

Upcoming events

Details of upcoming clinical ethics events supported by CESA will be posted on this website.

Clinical Ethics Roundtable, there will be three sessions in 2026 in this series of online meetings that create room for ethics reflection and skill development, co-hosted by the clinical ethics teams at South Eastern Sydney LHD, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, and Western Sydney LHD. Roundtable is an informal space to explore practical clinical ethics issues in greater depth and in conversation with clinicians, academics and others. Dates in 2026:
- Tues 24 Feb, 7pm-8.30pm: Hosted by the SESLHD team, “Supported decision-making and capacity assessment promote patient autonomy in modern medicine”, guest speaker Prof Jochen Vollman, discussant Prof Jackie Leach Scully.
- Tues 30 June, 7pm-8.30pm: Hosted by the SCHN team, with a guest speaker talking about fabricated, induced illness by carer (FII), formerly called Munchhausen’s by Proxy.
- Third session TBC
  Contact organisers for details at seslhd-clinicalethics@health.nsw.gov.au or schn-clinicalethicssupport@health.nsw.gov.au

An archive of past events supported by CESA will also be maintained.

Sydney Clinical Ethics Intensive, held at Sydney Law School, Sydney, 2021 Match 2026.
Clinical Ethics Advisory Group Special Interest Meeting, at Manawa, Christchurch, 6 December 2025. This session was held the day prior to the Australasian Association of Bioethics annual conference, 7-9 December 2025.
Clinical Ethics Roundtable 2025 (online)
- 4 Feb: Hosted by the SESLHD team, “Decisions about the treatment of unfunded patients”.
- 8 April: Hosted by the SCHN team, “Nazism and the Holocaust - reflections for contemporary healthcare”.
- 5 Aug: Hosted by the SCHN team, “Reconstituting the person in clinical care”.
- 28 Oct: Hosted by the SESLHD team, “Ethical tensions between patient best interests and organisational reputation”, presented by the new Clinical Ethics Service at Western Sydney Local Health District.
Working Through the Ethical Challenge: From Theory to Practice - 16th National Paediatric Bioethics Conference, at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, 3-5 September 2025.

Sydney Clinical Ethics Colloquium 2024, at Sydney Law School, Sydney, 20 Nov-1 Dec 2024