Invitation to the lecture series “Democracy Meets Medicine”
Magdeburg University Medical Center cordially invites you to attend the new lecture series “Democracy Meets Medicine.” In this series of lectures, leading experts from the fields of medicine, natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, politics, and industry will discuss the significance and responsibility of medicine for the future of our society.
Next lecture in the series
- February 23, 2026 | 5:00–7:00 p.m. | Lecture Hall 7
- Professor Hans-Jochen Heinze – Uncertainty: Democracy Meets Medicine
- Professor Felix Walcher – Resilience in Healthcare
What is it about?
Prof. Heinze – “Uncertainty: Democracy Meets Medicine”
In his lecture, Professor Heinze highlights the challenges that modern technologies such as artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and robotics pose for society and medicine. He discusses medicine's responsibility for the physical and mental integrity of human beings and shows how medicine and politics must work together to ensure freedom, responsibility, and humanity in times of growing uncertainty.
Prof. Felix Walcher – “Resilience in Healthcare”
Professor Walcher focuses on strategies for strengthening resilience in healthcare. Against the backdrop of increasing crises – from pandemics and natural disasters to geopolitical challenges – he explains measures that medical institutions can take to ensure their ability to act and prepare both patients and staff for unforeseen events.
Background information on the event series
Our society is at a turning point: technologies such as artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, robotics, and digital virtuality pose unprecedented challenges to the biological, cultural, and ethical integrity of human beings. Used correctly, they can pave the way to a stable and sustainable future. If misused, they threaten to shake the foundations of humanity, freedom, and responsibility.
The lecture series, therefore, focuses on the interface between medicine and democracy: while politics is responsible for shaping our world, medicine is responsible for the health of the brain and body—the prerequisite for conscious, empathetic, and responsible action.
Afterwards, we invite you to join us for refreshments in the foyer to promote exchange between science, medicine, and society.
We look forward to your participation and stimulating discussions.
Further dates for the lecture series
- March 23, 2026 | 5:00–7:00 p.m. | Lecture Hall 7
- Mr. Willer – Social Media
Further dates will follow shortly.