Committed Locally, Engaged Globally: Global Faith-Based Healthcare Systems

PROGRAM

November 20th, 2025 – Aula Piccola – FBK, via S. Croce, 77 – Trento

09:30 – 10:00 am | Bette Jacobs – Introduction
10:00 – 11:00 am | Therese Lysaught – Summary of the Pontifical Academy for Life Meeting “AI and Medicine” (10-12 November 2025)
11:00 – 11:20 am | Break
11:30 am – 01:30 pm | Sr. Leah, Sr. Mary, Sr. Beena, Father Matthew – Updates on Local Communities

03:00 – 04:30 pm | Local Commitment and Technology Challenges
References: Pellegrino and AI in Healthcare
04:30 – 04:45 pm | Break
04:45 – 05:30 pm | Summary on Human Dignity

November 21st, 2025 – Aula Piccola – FBK, via S. Croce, 77 – Trento

09:30 – 09.50 am | Massimo Leone – Welcome to FBK
09:50 – 10:15 am | Bette Jacobs – Recap
10:15 – 11:00 am | Infrastructures: National and Local Health Systems, Collaborations, Workforce, Logistics
11:00 – 11:20 am | Break
11:30 am – 01:30 pm | Patient Centered Practice and Community Needs

03:00 – 04:30 pm | Healthcare Financing: Current and Future
04:30 – 04:45 pm | Break
04:45 – 05:30 pm | Closing Remarks and Wrap up

HOSTS

Bette Jacobs | Georgetown University
Massimo Leone | Bruno Kessler Foundation – Center for religious Studies

STEERING COMMITTEE

Bette Jacobs | Georgetown University
Kevin FitzGerald | Creighton University
M. Therese Lysaught | Loyola University Chicago
Lucia Galvagni | Fondazione Bruno Kessler

PARTICIPANTS

Fr. Mathew Abraham Putenchirayil | Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI)
Bruce Compton | Catholic Health Association (CHA) of the US
Massimo Leone | Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Sister Mary Okumu | Religious Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy
Sister Leah Dolina Drong | Salesian Sisters Nursing College – Bangladesh
Sister Beena Madavath | Sisters Doctors Forum India