Associate Professor Dr Tamra Lysaght gave her presentation via Zoom on the topic“Forming the Network with a Shared Vision, Mission and Values.” She discussed how the Network, during a two-day workshop in Langkawi, Malaysia, attended by 26 experts fromvarious SEA countries, employed a Delphi survey method to formulate the Network’sVision, Mission, and Values. The survey employed a three-stage mixed-methodsapproach comprising semi-structured interviews, a stakeholder workshop, and an onlinesurvey. The Delphi survey process was also used to create a research agenda to guidethe Network’s Steering Committee. Additionally, the survey identified activities which theworkshop participants viewed as important to achieve the Network’s Vision and Mission
Dr Tay Pek San spoke on funding opportunities for SEA bioethics scholars. She discussedthe reasons for providing funding opportunities tothe SEA bioethics community, the categories ofgrants offered, and the details of each grantcategory. Pek San also shared the statistics of theNetwork’s first grant call made on 1 February 2024,including the number of applications by country foreach category, the number of successful applicantsand their country of origin, and how those figurestranslated into percentages of awards for eachcategory. She provided her thoughts onimprovements that could be made in the next grantcall, scheduled for February 2025. Additionally, PekSan shared how the Network used its fundingallocation to NUS to fund a Deputy Editor of theAsian Bioethics Review to work with authors from Southeast Asia.
Dr Mohammad Firdaus spoke on the Network’s collaboration with the Global Forum onBioethics in Research to hold a two-day workshop on theethics oversight of AI-driven health research, which tookplace on 22-23 January 2024 at the Faculty of Law,Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.Associate Professor Dr Sharon Kaur spoke on theworkshop titled “Migration Health in SEA: Ethics andObligations,” which the Network organised on 20-21February 2024. She shared some of the issues pertainingto refugees' health which were discussed in the presenceof bioethicists, researchers, and practitioners working withmigrant community members.