2018 Conference Schedule

August 8-10, 2018: Uppsala University, Sweden

IAPDD Program 2018

All sessions in University Main Building, Uppsala University, Sweden

(Commentators in parentheses)

Wednesday, August 8

SESSION TIME	SESSION A	SESSION B	SESSION C
9:00–10:15	Piers Benn, “Death and Grief” (D. Lindeman)	Ben Davies, “Relationships and Death’s Harm” (B. Braun)	Catherine Fullarton, “Living with Ghosts: Being Haunted as a Structure of Experience” (M. Morioka)
10:30–11:45	Jelena Markovic, “What Grief Can Teach Us about Transformative Experience” (T. von Solodkoff)	Wade Munroe, “The Philosophical and Psychological Import of Our Awareness of Our Mortality” (T. Ekenberg)	Ikuro Suzuki, “Grounding Subsequentism” (O. Risberg)
11:45–1:15	LUNCH BREAK	LUNCH BREAK	LUNCH BREAK
1:15–2:30	Emilio Comay del Junco, “Ancient Lessons on the Norms of Grief” (A. Stöpfgeshoff)	Joshua Thomas, “Does Death Render Life Absurd?” (J. Sharman)	Éva Bekő, “Impersonal Immortality in Hindu Philosophy” (O. Kalantarova)
2:45–4:00	Eli Pitcovski, “‘Harm of Death’ or ‘Harm of Dying’?” (M. Jedenheim-Edling)	Fayna Fuentes, “Animals and the Misfortune of Death” (F. Kaufman)	Sean Clancy, “Posthumanism and Anti-Natalism” (A. Koehler)
4:15–5:45	Eric T. Olson, TBA

Thursday, August 9

SESSION TIME	SESSION A	SESSION B	SESSION C
9:00–10:15	Arden Koehler, “Is Death Not Special? An Interrogation of the Future Biased Deprivation View” (E. Carlson)	Kiki Berk, “Vampire Fiction and the Philosophy of Immortality” (U. Kihlbom)	Roman Altshuler, “Death and Possibility” (T. Timmerman)
10:30–11:45	Lars Ursin, “Respecting the Dead? Three Perspectives on Proper Handling of Biomaterial from Deceased Persons” (W. Bülow)	Tatjana von Solodkoff, “Choosing Immortality” (A. Buben)	Michael Plant, “Should Anyone Believe Saving Lives Is the Most Good You Can Do?” (S. Dishaw)
11:45–1:15	LUNCH BREAK	LUNCH BREAK	LUNCH BREAK
1:15–2:30	Yael Lavi, “Beyond Morality and the Clinic: Contemplating End-Of- Life Decisions” (A. Zielinska)	John Lizza, “Ontological Relativity, Human Persons, and Death” (A. Folland)	Masahiro Morioka, “The Ontological Status of the Deceased Person That Continues to Appear in This World” (C. Fullarton)
2:45–4:00	Stijn Koenraads, “Collective Autonomy in Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide” (E. Pitcovski)	Todd Karhu, “A Fate Worse Than Death” (K. Ekendahl)	Aron Ericson, “Film Noir and the Ambiguity of Death” (T. Pettersson)
4:15–5:45	Sophie-Grace Chappell, “Life is Good. Here’s Why”	__________	__________

Friday, August 10

SESSION TIME	SESSION A	SESSION B	SESSION C
9:15–10:00	IAPDD Business Meeting	__________	__________
10:15–11:30	Jocelyn Maclure and Isabelle Dumont, “Euthanasia and Future (Dying) Selves: Is Medical Paternalism Warranted?” (A. Boudin)	Lisa Hecht, “Killing Aggressors Unconstrained” (P. Algander)	Preben Sørheim, “Longevity and Premature Death” (S. Rosenqvist)
11:45–1:00	Lukas Meier, “Brainstem Death, Cerebral Death, or Whole-Brain Death?” (J. Lizza)	Rhys Southan, “Epicurus and the Appropriateness of Fearing the Less Good” (H.A. Holmen)	Suzanne Oskam, “The Meaningful Temporality of Lived Immortality” (M. Svedberg)