BHAE Conference: Call for participation/Program/Zoom link

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2^ND INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

ON

BIOTECHNOLOGY, HUMAN ENHANCEMENT, AND AFRICAN ETHICS

Host: The Conversational School of Philosophy, University of Calabar, Nigeria. In Collaboration with Transhumanists Africa, Inc., New York, USA.

Zoom Details (Day 1 & Day 2)

https://zoom.us/j/98031056960?pwd=LW68XPcOvoQXUsrYbwSa9atkjFDH2l.1

Meeting ID: 980 3105 6960
Passcode: 949945

 

DAY 1: 01 OCTOBER 2025

Time: 10:00 am (SAST)

 

Session 1

Moderator---Amara Esther Chimakonam

Welcome

10-10:05

Welcome address from The Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP)

10:05-10:10

Reimagining Human Biotechnological Enhancement through Decolonial Lens: Insights from Necropolitics and Solidarity

Ademola K. Fayemi (Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia)

10:10-10:25

The Right to Relate: Ubuntu Philosophy of Relationality, Between Natural Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence

Wakanyi Hoffman (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

10:25-10:50

Vitalism as an African Ethical Basis for Human Enhancement

Ojochogwu Abdul (University of Abuja, Nigeria)

10:50-11:05

Q&A

11:05-11:25

Virtual Break (5 mins)

11:25-11:30

 

Session 2

Moderator---Ojochogwu Abdul

Pedagogy of the Heart and Bioenhancement: Conceptualizing Ozuzu and Elemu as an Intercultural Pathway for Ethical Enhancement

Christiana Idika (University of Erfurt & University of Applied Sciences, Mainz, Germany)

11:32-11:47

Keynote Lecture: From the Sea of Islands to the Continent: Cross-Cultural Imaginations of Human Enhancement

Nicholas Agar (University of Waikato, New Zealand) [with Leilani Tuala-Warren (University of Waikato, New Zealand)]

11:47-12:10

Q&A

12:10-12:30

Vote of Thanks/Closing

Ojochogwu Abdul

12:30-12:35

 

DAY 2: 02 October 2025

Time: 10:00 am (SAST)

Session 1

Moderator----Christiana Idika

Welcome

10-10:05

Welcome address from Transhumanists Africa, Inc.

10:05-10:10

Beyond Binaries: Conversational Personhood and the Moral Status of Morally Enhanced AI

Dr. Zubairu Lawal Bambale (Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria)

10:10-10:25

Will Transhumanism Lead to Technologized Personhood?

Amara Esther Chimakonam (University of Fort Hare, South Africa)

10:25-10:40

Afrolongevity and the Bioenhanced Future

Ósìnákáchī Àkùmà Kálū (Afrolongevity, Johannesburg, South Africa)

10:40-10:55

Afrolongevity in the Age of AGI: Rethinking African Wellness, Infrastructure, and Ethics for a Post-Labour Future

Tonye AI Onyanabo (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)

10:55-11:10

Q&A

11:10-11:30

Virtual Break (5mins)

11:30-11:35

 

Session 2

Moderator----Ademola Fayemi

Bioenhancement and the Quest for Personal and Collective Identity in Post-Colonial Africa

Isaac Zachariah Mutelo (Arrupe Jesuit University, Harare, Zimbabwe)

11:37-11:54 am

Human Enhancement and Communitarian Ethics: Rethinking Individual Autonomy and Collective Responsibility in Africa

Saheed A. Agunbiade (Lagos State University, Nigeria)

11:54-12:09

African Relationality and Human Dignity as an Ethical Approach to Human Bioenhancement

Peter I. Osuji (Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA), John Mark Ogu (Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA), and Roderick Williams (Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

12:09-12:24

Between Plant-Based Healing and Genetic Engineering: Ethical Reflections from Francophone African Women’s Literature

Augustina Orie Ndu (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria)

12:24-12:39

Q&A

12:39-1:00

Vote of Thanks/Closing

The Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP)

1:00-1:20

Thank you,

AE Chimakonam, PhD

Centre for African Phenomenology,

University of Fort Hare, South Africa