COMMUTE 2nd Workshop: AI-driven Predictive Medicine in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s: Ethical and Legal Challenges to the Future of Clinical Authority

17.11.2025 13:30 - 15:00

The rapid rise of personalized, data-driven AI, especially large language models, is transforming how expertise, responsibility, and professional roles are defined in healthcare. These systems can process and interpret complex clinical data beyond human capacity, generating new diagnostic and therapeutic insights.

COMMUTE, an EU-funded project, investigates potential links between COVID-19 and neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. It combines data-driven AI/ML approaches with knowledge-based research to uncover biological mechanisms connecting COVID-19 and brain health.

This panel explores the ethical and legal implications of AI’s growing role in medicine:

  • How will clinical authority and the doctor–patient relationship evolve when AI systems interpret evidence?
  • How will trust, expertise, and communication shift when both patients and professionals engage with AI-driven tools?
  • Join us to discuss how AI is reshaping care, clinical authority, and the future of medical decision-making.

Moderator

  • Martin Hofmann-Apitius (COMMUTE Project Coordinator, Department Head, Bioinformatics at Fraunhofer SCAI, University of Bonn)

Speakers

  • Soraya Moradi-Bachiller (Public Involvement Officer, Alzheimer Europe)
  • Davit Chokoshvili (Senior ELSI Specialist, Luxembourg National Data Service)
  • Manon Gantenbein, PhD, Ms. (Head of Clinical and Epidemiological Investigation Center & Clinical Project Management Office, Luxembourg Institute of Health)
  • Prof. Luca Pani, (Full Professor, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neuroscience, Polyclinic, UNIMORE - University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia)
  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Forgó (Professor of IT and IP Law, Head of the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law, University of Vienna)

Details

  • Date: 17th November 2025
  • Time: 13:30-15:00 CET
  • Format: Hybrid (Maison des Sciences Humaines (MSH) - Université de Luxembourg 11 Porte des Sciences, 4366 Belval Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg & online)

Registration

Please register here and read the form ‘Informed consent to the processing of personal data’ and tick the boxes accordingly. Please register on or before 7th November 2025. You will receive the link via email a few days before the event.

Organiser

Partner in the COMMUTE project: University of Vienna, Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law (commute-helpdesk.id@univie.ac.at)

Location:
Hybrid (Maison des Sciences Humaines (MSH) - Université de Luxembourg 11 Porte des Sciences, 4366 Belval Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg & online)
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