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
