AABHL Conference
7th – 9th December 2025
Manawa, Christchurch, Aotearoa / New Zealand
Call for Abstracts Now Open!
Invitation to Submit
The conference is the Association’s premier meeting bringing together academics, researchers, experts, professionals, and early career researchers to share their knowledge, insights, and innovations in Bioethics and Health Law. The conference offers meaningful exchanges, discussions, and networking with professionals across our region and internationally. This conference is a crucial platform for advancing knowledge, fostering collaboration in medicine, nursing, allied health, health policy, law and ethics.
Important Dates
- Abstract Submission closes: 17th July 2025 (midnight NZT)
- Authors advised by: 7th August 2025
- Earlybird Registration ends: 7th September 2025
- Authors Registered by: 31 October 2025
- Presentation Slides submitted by: 24th November 2025
- Conference Dates: 7-9 December 2025
Presentation Formats
Oral presentation (15 minutes + 5 Q&A, 250 word abstract, maximum 2 presenters)
Workshop (90 minutes, multiple presenters, must be interactive, 250 word abstract describing the session and facilitated activities, including timings)
Panel Session (90 minutes, up to 4 panellists presenting on the same topic, a 250 word abstract from all panellists describing their presentation how it relates to the session theme, facilitator to provide an abstract on an overview of the panel including timings)
Presentation Streams
We encourage those with a professional interest in the relationship between law, bioethics, healthcare and public health to submit an abstract.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Professional Ethics
- Medical Law
- Health Equity and Justice
- Mental Health
- Genetics and Genomic
- Environment and Health
- Technology, AI, and Data Ethics
- Indigenous Ethics and Philosophy
- Clinical Ethics
- Animal Ethics
- Global Health
- Reproductive Ethics and Law
- End of Life Ethics and Decision-Making
- Research Ethics and Regulation
- Cultural Safety in Health
For more information about submitting Abstracts, conference location, accommodation recommendations and more, visit the event website – https://aabhl2025.w.events4you.currinda.com/.
2025 AABHL Student Essay Prize
You submit an essay through the conference Abstract portal – https://aabhl2025.w.events4you.currinda.com/ – or click the button below:
The following prizes are available to full-time students attending and presenting at the AABHL Conference. Students are required to submit a full essay not exceeding 5000 words to be considered for the prizes.
The winner(s) will be invited to present their paper at this year’s conference and will be offered a complimentary registration to attend. The prize will also provide one year’s subscription to AABHL membership. The winner(s) are strongly encouraged to submit their essays to the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry for consideration for publication through the online manuscript submission system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/jbin/default.asp. They will be reviewed via the journal’s standard review process. Mention should be made in the covering letter that the paper has been awarded the John McPhee or Max Charlesworth award, which ever applies.
John McPhee (Law) Prize
Paper Eligibility: Health Law and Ethics: a topic related to health, law, and ethics.
Max Charlesworth (Bioethics) Prize
Paper Eligibility: Bioethics: ethical issues arising in relation to medicine, the health sciences, or health care in general from any disciplines that offer a perspective on such issues, including philosophy, bioethics, law, social theory, sociology, anthropology, psychology, feminism, linguistics, cultural studies, history, literary theory and literature.
Criteria & Assessment
Only winning submissions will be invited to present at the AABHL Conference. If you would like your work to be considered for general programming, please submit as an abstract via the online abstract submission on the Call for Papers Page on the Conference Website.
Length: Must not exceed 5000 words. References not included in word count.
Submission or Conformity Requirements on the Paper or Essay: Essay should conform to the requirements for submission to the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry and submitted as a word document through the abstract submission portal by 17 July 2025.
Selection Panel: Two persons nominated by the AABHL committee and two members of the editorial board of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry.
Criteria for Assessment: Criteria for assessment for both the John McPhee and the Max Charlesworth Prize include: evidence of academic scholarship, familiarity with the chosen area, rigour in presentation, originality