The goal of the International Congress of Medical Law is to discuss a wide range of topics from the intersection of law and medicine, including topics related to healthcare law, medical malpractice, patient rights, bioethics, health policy, and regulatory compliance.

Presentations may focus on recent legal-medical cases and their implications, emerging legal and medical trends, and best practices in legal, medical and ethical decision-making. Presentations may touch upon problems from any geographical location.

Examples of presentation topics:

• Medical malpractice laws
• Liability of healthcare providers
• Patient rights (e.g., informed consent)
• The legal implications of emerging healthcare technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, gene editing, telemedicine)
• Healthcare fraud and abuse laws
• Ethical issues in clinical research and drug development
• The intersection of medical and disability law
• Legal issues related to end-of-life care and euthanasia
• Health policy in various countries (e.g. Poland, Germany, China, Brazil, the United States)
• Healthcare reform
• Legal considerations for healthcare organizations and administrators
• The role of medical malpractice insurance in healthcare delivery and quality. And many more!

The thematic areas indicated above are only exemplary.

We strongly encourage you to go beyond them. In addition, the speeches may be interdisciplinary, combining various fields of science.

We believe in academic freedom. Original presentations will always gain interest from the Conference Committee.

We accept presentations in the following languages:

- English

- Polish

Panels (sessions) of the conference will be arranged accordingly.

• Students, Ph.D. students, experienced researchers, as well as legal and medical professionals and all others interested in the above-indicated fields of research can actively participate in the conference as speakers.
• Passive participants (audience) do not need to possess any prior academic knowledge or background.

• Prof. Christopher Kelley, LL.M. (University of Arkansas School of Law) – Chairman of the Committee.
• Prof. Monika Rejdak, Ph.D. (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin) – Vice-Chairman of the Committee.
• Prof. Błażej Kmieciak, Ph.D. (Academy of Special Pedagogy in Warsaw) – 2nd Vice-Chairman of the Committee.
• Miroslawa Dulczewska-Miller, M.D., Ph.D. (Miroslawa Dulczewska-Miller, M.D., Ph.D. Pediatrics & Dermatology Clinic, Chicago, Illinois, USA) – Member of the Committee.
• Attorney Valery Loumber, J.D. (Gavrilov & Brooks Law Firm, Sacramento/Los Angeles; Center for American Studies Director of Academic Affairs) – Member of the Committee.
• Luke Darby Bartosik, LL.M. (President of the Center for American & European Studies) – Secretary of the Committee.

➤ ACTIVE PARTICIPATION (INFORMATION FOR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS)

Steps necessary to register for the Congress as an active participant (conference speaker):

1️⃣Submit an abstract (200-300 words) and register via the Speaker Application Form at:

https://forms.gle/dds49d63PTTssSTC8

2️⃣Register via the Speaker Application Form by 23.59 on November 17, 2027 (we will not extend this deadline).

🔒We reserve the right to select abstracts.

🎉The results of the abstract selection process will be announced by November 18, 2027.

3️⃣Pay the congress fee to the bank account number that will be provided to the qualified speakers via email. The fee must be paid by November 20, 2027 at the latest.

➤ PASSIVE PARTICIPATION (CONFERENCE AUDIENCE)

Steps necessary to register for the conference by a passive participant (audience):

1️⃣Register via the Audience Registration Form at: https://forms.gle/HguZ5ehcCCwfEr4f7

2️⃣Register using the Audience Registration Form by midnight on November 20, 2027 (we will not extend this deadline). Failure to register using the form will result in the inability to passively participate in the Congress (and thus the inability to receive a conference audience certificate).

3️⃣Pay the audience fee to the bank account number that will be provided to the audience via email. The fee must be paid by November 22, 2027, at the latest.

Audience will have a chance to see the conference schedule before paying the fee. The schedule with a full list of speakers and their presentation titles will be delivered via email.

➤ SPEAKERS – 2 options:

• 249 PLN / 70 EUR – participation as a speaker + PDF electronic certificate sent via email (the electronic certificate bears the digital signatures of the members of the Conference Committee and the qualified Szafir electronic signature – the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature – of the President of the Board).

– OR –

• 279 PLN / 80 EUR – participation as a speaker + digital PDF certificate + traditional certificate with a handwritten signature sent via post.

➤ AUDIENCE – 2 options:

• 139 PLN / 45 EUR – audience participation + PDF electronic certificate sent via email (the electronic certificate bears the digital signatures of the members of the Conference Committee and the qualified Szafir electronic signature – the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature – of the President of the Board).

– OR –

• 169 PLN / 55 EUR – audience participation + digital PDF certificate + traditional certificate with a handwritten signature sent via post.

Important! Please use the following pattern when filling in the transfer title field when making the payment of your conference fee*:

"First name and last name – fee for active / passive participation (select the appropriate one) –

* Failure to do so may result in delays in posting the fee on the appropriate account and, consequently, even exclude your participation in the conference.

In the case of a co-authorship of a presentation by two, three or more speakers, please pay the fee for each of the co-speakers separately.

The organizers anticipate the possibility of publication in the form of a monograph. However, such possibility will depend on the number of authors willing to publish their text (chapter) in a monograph. The price for participation in the conference does not include the publication fee.

• Our certificates are widely recognized in scholarship and grant procedures by public and private universities and other entities.
• It is possible to receive a VAT invoice (please request it in the registration form).
• If your participation in the conference is to be financed by the university (or other institution/company), we suggest that you pay for your participation from your personal funds and then obtain reimbursement from the university (institution/company) on the basis of an invoice issued by the Center to your university (institution/company).
• The fee is non-refundable (since it grants you the right of entry to the conference).
• The link to the online conference room will be made available to registered participants within 24 hours before the start of the conference.
• It is possible to deliver a conference presentation by two or more speakers (the fee should be multiplied by the number of speakers).
• Your presentation time is 15-25 minutes (depending on the fact of giving a solo or duet presentation and the total number of presentations during the conference).
• Certificates are usually sent via traditional post within 2 months after the conference.
• Digital certificates are sent to *all* participants within one week from the conference.
• All Participants will receive an affidavit confirming the composition of the Academic Committee.
• All Participants will receive a certificate of the status of the Center for American Studies scientific society as an entity conducting primarily scientific activities in an independent and continuous manner, along with a full list of members of the Scientific Council.
• The Center for American Studies arranges the order of presentations. The exact time of speaking at the conference is pre-determined by CFAS (it will be not possible to change the time of your conference presentation set in the conference schedule).