5th Forum – Paris, France, 22-23 April 2004

Themes of the Forum

Organisers

Programme/Case Studies

Reports

Other Meetings

• Inaugural Forum – Bethesda, USA, 1999
  Partnerships between research sponsors and investigators involved in clinical trials in developing countries
  
• 2nd Forum – Bangkok, Thailand, 14-15 October 2000
  Capacity building for ethics review in developing countries and benefiting the host community
  
• 3rd Forum – Capetown, South Africa, 21-23 February 2002
  Bioethics and public health research, including ethical guidelines related to post-trial access to drugs
  
• 4th Forum – Brasilia, Brazil, 29-30 October 2002
  Genetics, Genomics and Ethics (Ethics of Genomic Research)
  
• 6th Forum – Blantyre, Malawi, 17-19 March 2005
  What Happens When the Research is Over? Post-trial Obligations of Researchers and Sponsors
  
• 7th Forum – Karachi, Pakistan, 17-19 February 2006
  Ethical Issues in Research involving Public Health, Health Systems, and Health Services
  
• 8th Forum – Vilnius, Lithuania, 27-29 July 2009
  Fostering Research Ethics Infrastructure in the Developing World and Transition Societies
  
• 9th Forum – Auckland, New Zealand, 3-5 December 2008
  Ethics of research involving indigenous peoples and vulnerable populations
  
• GFBR Relaunch, Mexico City, Mexico, 24 June 2014
  The ethics of international research
  
• 10th Forum – Annecy, France, 3-4 November 2015
  Emerging epidemic infections and experimental medical treatments
  
• 11th Forum – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3-4 November 2016
  Ethics of research in pregnancy
  
• 12th Forum – Bangkok, Thailand, 28-29 November 2017
  Ethics of alternative clinical trial designs and methods in LMIC research
  
• 12th Forum Satellite – Bangkok, Thailand, 30 November-1 December 2017
  Ethics of research with refugee and migrant populations
  
• 13th Forum – Stellenbosch, South Africa, 13-14 November 2018
  Ethics of data sharing and biobanking in health research
  
• 13th Forum Satellite – Stellenbosch, South Africa 15 November 2018
  Establishing a global ethics response network for Public Health Emergencies
  
• 14th Forum – Singapore, 12 and 13 November 2019
  Genome editing for human benefit: ethics, engagement and governance
  
• GFBR 2021 seminar series
  
• 15th Forum – Online, 30 November-9 December 2021
  
• 2020 online seminar series: Revisiting past GFBR topics in the context of COVID-19
  
• 16th Forum – Cape Town, South Africa, 29-30 November 2022
  
• 17th Forum – Montreux, Switzerland, 28-29 November 2023
  
• 18th Forum – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 19-20 November 2024