Between June 26 and June 29, 2012, Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam hosted the 11th edition of the
International Association of Bioethics: „Think ahead, Bioethics and the future, the future in bioethics”. At this
conference addressed the key issues relevant to the future, including artificial biology, life-prolonging strategies,
environmental problems, moral responsibility for future generations, future technologies in health, ethics and
research in developing countries, food and ethics, public health. Looking to the future, of course we need to look
back into the past, namely, what has been achieved in the field of bioethics, what has been learned in the past, the
lessons we haven‘t learned. In search for the necessary lessons and what must currently be done in bioethics, we