The 5th ELSI Congress
#ELSIcon2022
![Infographic for the 5th ELSI Congress - ELSIcon2022](https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/media/images/2021-08/elsicon2022_header_v.1.png?itok=51KU-LC0 200w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/media/images/2021-08/elsicon2022_header_v.1.png?itok=4Z3phcsO 260w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/media/images/2021-08/elsicon2022_header_v.1.png?itok=gm5ZNAmV 320w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/media/images/2021-08/elsicon2022_header_v.1.png?itok=wblQwkV4 400w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/media/images/2021-08/elsicon2022_header_v.1.png?itok=ESIVafok 520w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/media/images/2021-08/elsicon2022_header_v.1.png?itok=eNhql2wi 640w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/media/images/2021-08/elsicon2022_header_v.1.png?itok=ZMM_utwR 800w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1040/public/media/images/2021-08/elsicon2022_header_v.1.png?itok=Wdb10038 1040w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1280/public/media/images/2021-08/elsicon2022_header_v.1.png?itok=lXBbiW5E 1280w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1600/public/media/images/2021-08/elsicon2022_header_v.1.png?itok=6DvSqeTm 1600w)
ELSIcon2022: Innovating for a Just and Equitable Future
ELSIcon2022 was held as a virtual event May 31-June 3, 2022.
- Research on the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genetics research and its translation aims to anticipate and illuminate emerging issues relevant to policy and practice and fundamental questions of what it means to be human. The 5th ELSI Congress included researchers, scholars, practitioners, trainees, policymakers, journalists, community members, and all with an interest in ethics and genetics to share the latest ELSI research at ELSIcon2022.
- Justice and equity issues are embedded in the complex questions about utility, privacy, intellectual property, commercialization, and identity in the ELSI research domain and innovative ideas and methods are essential to addressing these issues. Many of the presentations stimulated a transdisciplinary dialogue on advancing equity and justice in the context of ELSI research.
- Over 1000 registrants attended the 29 panel presentations, 110 paper presentations, and 24 flash presentations at ELSIcon2022.
ELSIcon2022 keynote and plenary session speakers and topics:
![Photos of keynote and plenary session speakers: Ruqaiijah Yearby, JD, MPH, Teresa Blankmeyer-Burke, PhD, and Keith Wailoo, PhD](https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_200/public/media/images/2021-09/3_speakers_in_a_row_rev.png?itok=KV4EeG5h 200w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_260/public/media/images/2021-09/3_speakers_in_a_row_rev.png?itok=wIKnNh3U 260w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_320/public/media/images/2021-09/3_speakers_in_a_row_rev.png?itok=IwC0qoTq 320w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_400/public/media/images/2021-09/3_speakers_in_a_row_rev.png?itok=oJ8L2Htp 400w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_520/public/media/images/2021-09/3_speakers_in_a_row_rev.png?itok=Vim47RVd 520w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1600/public/media/images/2021-09/3_speakers_in_a_row_rev.png?itok=2Y44O9cg 600w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_640/public/media/images/2021-09/3_speakers_in_a_row_rev.png?itok=4oHEv8vw 640w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_800/public/media/images/2021-09/3_speakers_in_a_row_rev.png?itok=9_TmS72q 800w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1040/public/media/images/2021-09/3_speakers_in_a_row_rev.png?itok=lobknxQB 1040w, https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/styles/cola_media_1280/public/media/images/2021-09/3_speakers_in_a_row_rev.png?itok=DaeM3WMk 1280w)
- Ruqaiijah Yearby, JD, MPH - Structural Racism and Genomics
- Teresa Blankmeyer-Burke, PhD - Ableism, Audism, Ethics, and Genetics
- Keith Wailoo, PhD - Gene Editing and Gene Therapy: The Case of Sickle Cel
For more information on ELSIcon2022 including access to recordings, please email mhe_ethics@cuimc.columbia.edu.
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ELSIcon2022 was organized by the Division of Ethics at Columbia University and the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics with support from the National Human Genome Research Institute.