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Confirmed Plenary Speakers in the 12th SES Conference


Dr. Darryl Macer, President of the American University of Sovereign Nations, leads the list of the confirmed Plenary Speakers in the 12th Social Ethics Society Annual Conference this coming October 29-30, 2021. Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc is Conference Chair.

Dr. Julio Teehankee, Full Professor at De La Salle University, will also speak in the virtual event. The theme of the conference is "Democratic Inclusion and Transdisciplinarity." The talks are divided into three sections: Philosophy, Bioethics and Political Theory.

Mr. Anton Heinrich Rennesland, a faculty at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Santo Tomas, will also give a plenary talk in the yearly gathering of scholars, teachers and graduate students in philosophy. The online confab will be hosted by Dr. Roger Bayod and Mr. Ian Clark Parcon.

Interested parties can send an abstract (300 words) to the secretariat. Please address all communications to Dr. Roger Bayod (roger.bayod@gmail.com). Papers must deal with the above theme. The deadline for abstract submission is August 15, 2021. Registration is free.

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