What are we speaking about when we speak about ethics?

• Javier de la Cueva (Javier de la Cueva)

Ethic requirements has become a common place in scientific projects' requirements. There are several legal and scholar texts that serve as a guideline for the accomplishment of ethical requirements but the foundations of ethical perspectives remain in philosophical treaties. During this session, we will review the main ethical perspectives, where do they come from, and how they materialise in legal norms, not only in an atomic perspective, as scientific data/activities maybe, but also in the big political structure. No prior legal nor philosophical knowledge is required to attend to the session.

New Ethical and Legal Opportunities and Challenges in the Secondary Use of Health Data: Data Governance Through the Lens of Regulation (EU) 2025/327 on the Health Data Space.

• Laura Centeno Casado (Institute of Philosophy of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))

During this session, we will analyze the impact of the creation of the European Health Data Space. This European Union initiative aims to improve patients’ access to data and generate value from that data for various purposes, such as public policy, innovation, and scientific research. This new European regulatory framework creates new opportunities, but also obligations and challenges that we must address not only from a legal compliance perspective but also from an ethical standpoint. Drawing on several use cases and practical examples, we will seek to explore and reflect on the potential and impact that our health data can have on healthcare, but especially on scientific research.