Unika Soegijapranata Holds International Seminar on Global Health Law 2026
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- Unika Soegijapranata Semarang hosted the 4th Health Law International Online Seminar (HLIOS) 2026, focusing on adaptive legal solutions for global health challenges.
- The seminar addressed complex legal issues arising from advancements in medicine, health technology, and digitalization, including regulations, governance, and patient rights.
- Experts from various countries exchanged ideas on emerging global challenges in health and medical law, covering topics like health law governance, patient rights, bioethics, and digital health technology.
Universitas Katolik (Unika) Soegijapranata Semarang organized the 4th Health Law International Online Seminar (HLIOS) 2026, aiming to formulate adaptive legal solutions for pressing global health challenges. The online event convened experts from diverse nations to discuss the evolving landscape of health law.
The rapid development in medical science, health technology, and digitalization of health services has significantly changed the global health service system.
Dr. Endang Wahyati Yustina, Secretary of the Master of Health Law Study Program at Unika Soegijapranata, highlighted how rapid advancements in medical science, health technology, and digitalized healthcare services have significantly transformed global health systems. However, these changes have also introduced complex legal issues concerning regulations, governance, and the protection of patient rights.
However, these changes have also created complex legal problems such as regulation, governance, and patient rights protection.
Yustina pointed to telemedicine and palliative care as examples of new healthcare services in Indonesia. She noted that HLIOS 2026 provides a crucial academic platform for comprehensive, cross-border discussions on these challenges, particularly in the context of pandemics, aging populations, climate change, and technological developments in healthcare.
HLIOS 2026 provides an academic dialogue space that discusses these challenges comprehensively and across countries, especially in the context of pandemics, population aging, climate change, and health technology developments.
The seminar's theme, "Emerging Global Challenges in Health and Medical Law: Regulation, Governance, and Dispute Settlement," facilitated an exchange of ideas and the formulation of adaptive legal strategies. Dr. Susy Ariyanie Yusuf, Chairperson of the HLIOS 2026 Organizing Committee, stated the seminar's goal was to foster dialogue and develop solutions for global health law issues. The event also included a call for papers, inviting academics, researchers, and students to present their scholarly work on various aspects of health law.
Emerging Global Challenges in Health and Medical Law: Regulation, Governance, and Dispute Settlement
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