DAY 1

Opening Prayer Veni Sancte Spiritus

9:05       Welcome

9:10       “Brain Death” is not Death Philosophical and Scientific Evidence in Brief  (Josef Seifert, DDr. Phil. Habil.)

9:40       The “Birth” of “Brain Death” (Thomas Zabiega, M.D.)

10:30     “Brain Death” is not Death: Clinical Experience (Paul Byrne, M.D.)

11:30       Coffee Break

12:00     Apnea Test Procedure versus Aggressive Therapy for Alleged “Brain Dead” Patients (Cicero Coimbra, M.D., Ph.D.)

13:00     Lunch Break

14:30     “Non-Heart-Beating” Donors, an Alternative to “Brain-Dead” Donors? (Doyen Nguyen, OP, Dr. Med. Hematol., Dr. Moral Theol.)

15:30     Consent Policy and “Brain Death” (Paul Byrne, M.D)

16:30     Coffee Break

17:00     General Discussion

18:00     End of Day 1

Closing Prayer Salve Regina

 

DAY 2

Opening Prayer Veni Sancte Spiritus

9:05       Substance and Organism as a Whole Sed Contra to Moschella’s pro-“Brain Death” Rationale (Doyen Nguyen, OP, Dr. Med. Hematol., Dr. Moral Theol.)

10:30     Critique of the “Brain Death” Concept in the Writings of Robert Spaemann and Wolfgang Waldstein (Fr. Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., Mag. Theol.)

11:30     Coffee Break

12:00     Fundamental Philosophical Errors and Unthomistic Character of Lee and Grisez’s pro-“Brain Death” Rationale (Josef Seifert, DDr. Phil. Habil.)

13:00     Lunch Break

14:30     Insights into Integration: What Makes an Organism a Whole? (D. Alan Shewmon, M.D. (Live Video Presentation)

15:30     Did John Paul II Approve “Brain Death”? (Doyen Nguyen, OP, Dr. Med. Hematol., Dr. Moral Theol.)

16:30     Coffee Break

17:00     General Discussion

18:00     Truth, the Foundation of a Culture of Life (Bishop Athanasius Schneider (Video Presentation)

18:30     Concluding Remarks – Announcing the Theme of JAHLF 2020 Conference (Josef Seifert, DDr. Phil. Habil)

18:45     End of Day 2

Closing Prayer Salve Regina