Programme

3rd International Conference on Decision Making in Medicine and Law: Opportunities and pitfalls of information technologies
(DMM&L 2025)
Thursday December 11, 2025
Main hall
Thu 09:30
Registration
-> 10:00
Thu 10:00
Welcome
Giovanna Parmigiani
Department of Law, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Gerben Meynen
Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Faculty of Humanities, Moral and Political Philosophy, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Toni Mancini
Department of Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
-> 10:15
AI and clinical decision-making
Thu 10:15
The MUAItrix paradigm: reframing criminal complexity in the age of AI
Arije Antinori
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
-> 10:35
Thu 10:35
Large language models and diagnostic reasoning in neurology and psychiatry
Graziella Orrù
Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular & Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Italy
Giuseppe Sartori
Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Italy
-> 10:55
Thu 10:55
The legal challenges of quantum technology in healthcare
Rui Cascão
Center of Advanced Studies in Law Francisco Suárez, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona, Porto, Portugal
-> 11:15
-> 11:15
Thu 11:15
Coffee break
Coffee-break served in the hall foyer
-> 11:35
Dangerousness and Preventive Sentencing in Criminal Law: Legal, Ethical, and Epistemic Limits
Session chair
Gerben Meynen
Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Faculty of Humanities, Moral and Political Philosophy, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Thu 11:35
The limits of constructing the dangerous offender
Esko Yli-Hemminki
University of Helsinki, Finland
-> 11:55
Thu 11:55
The normative limits of preventive sanctioning: a utilitarian perspective
Thijs Steenhuijsen
Tilburg University, Netherlands
-> 12:15
Thu 12:15
Risk – A representative construction?
Martin Mindestrømmen
University of Bergen, Norway
-> 12:35
Thu 12:35
Dangerously vague: the indeterminacy of dangerousness criteria in Dutch preventive criminal law
Max de Vries
University of Groningen, Netherlands
-> 12:55
-> 12:55
Lunch and poster session
Thu 12:55
Lunch
-> 13:55
Poster session
Thu 12:55
AI in healthcare and health-Insurance: its transformative role and its legal challenges
Stefania Pia Perrino
University of Milan - Bicocca, Italy
-> 12:55
Thu 12:55
Decision-making capacity in patients with primary or secondary brain tumors: preliminary findings from a systematic review
Luigi Buongiorno, Gabriele Mandarelli
Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Michela Crisau
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Elena Patruno
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
-> 12:55
-> 12:55
Lunch served and posters displayed in the hall foyer
-> 13:55
Decision-making in forensic psychiatry
Thu 13:55
Same words, different worlds: polysemy and translational shoehorning in “insanity” expressions
Daniil Butenko
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway
Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway
-> 14:15
Thu 14:15
To frame, or not to frame? A vignette study on using frameworks for assessing criminal responsibility
Lucia Mebius
Netherlands Institute for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
Merel Prinsen
Netherlands Institute for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
Michiel van der Wolf
Leiden University, Netherlands
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
Maaike Kempes
Netherlands Institute for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
Leiden University, Netherlands
-> 14:35
Thu 14:35
Exploring differences, nuilding unity: a cross-national comparative study on forensic psychiatric evaluation in Switzerland and Italy
Ambra D'Imperio
Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Universitäre Klinik für Forensische Psychiatrie, Bern, Switzerland
Giovanna Parmigiani
Department of Law, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Stefano Ferracuti
Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Philippe Delacrausaz
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Marcello Ienca
School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Germany
-> 14:55
Thu 14:55
Assessment of sexual consent capacity: forensic psychopathological insights from a systematic review and case comments
Benedetta Barchielli
Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
-> 15:15
-> 15:15
Thu 15:15
Coffee break
-> 15:35
Judges and judgments
Thu 15:35
Advised, but also followed? The relationship between behavioral experts and the judge
Eleni Georgaki
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Netherlands Institute for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
Anna Goldberg
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Laura van Oploo
Netherlands Institute for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
Tilburg University, Netherlands
Michiel van der Wolf
Leiden University, Netherlands
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
Maaike Kempes
Netherlands Institute for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
Leiden University, Netherlands
-> 15:55
Thu 15:55
Robotic surgery and criminal liability
Vagia Polyzoidou
University of Nicosia, Cyprus
-> 16:15
Thu 16:15
Civil liability in cosmetic surgery
Anabela Susana de Sousa Gonçalves
University of Minho, Portugal
-> 16:35
Thu 16:35
The protection and participation of child victims in the criminal justice system: emerging challenges and the potential of implementing the Barnahus model
Margarida Santos
School of Law / JusGov, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Marlene Matos
School of Psychology/CIPsi, University of Minho, Portugal
-> 16:55
Thu 16:55
The future of neuroscience in the criminal justice system: views from academia in the field
Sandy Xie, Colleen M. Berryessa
School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
-> 17:15
-> 17:15
Thu 17:15
End of the day
-> 17:15
Thu 20:00
Social dinner
-> 22:00
Friday December 12, 2025
Main hall
Fri 09:30
Registration
-> 10:00
Keynote
Session chair
Gerben Meynen
Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Faculty of Humanities, Moral and Political Philosophy, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fri 10:00
Violence risk assessment and management in psychiatry
Stefano Ferracuti
Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
-> 10:20
-> 10:20
Violence Risk Assessment
Fri 10:20
Ethical opportunities and challenges of virtual reality in forensic violence risk assessment: a qualitative study with service users and other stakeholders
Julius Ferber, Stefanie Solar, Matthé Scholten
Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Jakov Gather
Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, LWL University Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Boris Schiffer
Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, LWL University Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
-> 10:40
Fri 10:40
Artificial Intelligence is more accurate and quicker in the structured assessment of the risk of recidivism as compared to human professionals
David Vinkers
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
-> 11:00
-> 11:00
Fri 11:00
Coffee break
Coffee-break served in the hall foyer
-> 11:20
Justice, Power, and Control in Medical AI Symposium
Session chair
Giorgia Pozzi
Technical University Delft, Netherlands
Fri 11:20
Introduction
Giorgia Pozzi
Technical University Delft, Netherlands
Sanaa Abrahams
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, Netherlands
-> 11:30
Fri 11:30
MHC over AI for health: patient testimony and epistemic privilege
Patrik Hummel
University of Lucerne, Switzerland
-> 11:40
Fri 11:40
Epistemic justice as an enabler of meaningful human control over medical AI
Giorgia Pozzi
Technical University Delft, Netherlands
Filippo Santoni de Sio
Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands
-> 11:50
Fri 11:50
Moderator AI: strengthening patient participation in clinical decision-making
Banu Buruk, Sanaa Abrahams, Simon Fischer, Giulio Mecacci
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, Netherlands
-> 12:00
Fri 12:00
Moral deskilling in forensic psychiatry through use of artificial intelligence
Anco Peeters
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, Netherlands
-> 12:10
Fri 12:10
Mind the log: AI Act legal requirements as contributing factors of structural testimonial injustice in the medical domain
Gabriele Nanino
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
-> 12:20
Fri 12:20
Plenary Discussion
-> 13:00
-> 13:00
Lunch and poster session
Fri 13:00
Lunch
-> 14:00
Poster session
Fri 13:00
AI systems in criminal law – potential for (further) discrimination and othering
Maria Inês Costa
University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
-> 13:00
Fri 13:00
The implementation of the Barnahus model in Portugal: challenges and perspectives
Margarida Santos
School of Law / JusGov, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Marlene Matos
School of Psychology/CIPsi, University of Minho, Portugal
Chandra Gracias
Judge
Isabel Santos
Family doctor
-> 13:00
-> 13:00
Lunch served and posters displayed in the hall foyer
-> 14:00
Keynote
Session chair
Giovanna Parmigiani
Department of Law, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Fri 14:00
Human in the loop: balancing artificial intelligence, clinical judgment, and legal responsibility
Brendan D. Kelly
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
-> 14:20
-> 14:20
AI and law
Fri 14:20
Forensic genetic phenotyping and the limits of algorithmic justice: ethical and legal challenges of statistical inference in criminal proceedings
Sílvia de Carvalho Homem
JusGov, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
-> 14:40
Fri 14:40
The (in)admissibility of some IT/AI tools in courts of law
Sónia Moreira
School of Law / JusGov, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
-> 15:00
Fri 15:00
Navigating accountability: a threshold typology for healthcare worker liability in AI-assisted medical decision-making under EU law
Marija Ampovska
Goce Delcev University, Stip, North Macedonia
-> 15:20
-> 15:20
Fri 15:20
Coffee break and poster session
Coffee-break served in the hall foyer
-> 15:40
AI and neurotechnologies: opportunity and risks
Fri 15:40
Neurointerventions in criminal justice: the protection provided by the right to personal identity
Naomi van de Pol
Utrecht University, Netherlands
-> 16:00
Fri 16:00
How AI-related accuracy and confidence shape human reliance on AI-based veracity judgments
Riccardo Loconte
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy
Tilburg University, Netherlands
Merylin Monaro
University of Padova, Italy
Pietro Pietrini
Molecular Mind Laboratory, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy
Bruno Verschuere
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bennett Kleinberg
Tilburg University, Netherlands
University College London, UK
-> 16:20
Fri 16:20
Effective faking of verbal deception detection with target-aligned adversarial attacks
Bennett Kleinberg
Tilburg University, Netherlands
University College London, UK
Riccardo Loconte
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy
Tilburg University, Netherlands
Bruno Verschuere
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
-> 16:40
-> 16:40
Fri 16:40
Closing remarks
Giovanna Parmigiani
Department of Law, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Gerben Meynen
Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Faculty of Humanities, Moral and Political Philosophy, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Toni Mancini
Department of Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
-> 16:50
Fri 16:50
End of the conference
-> 16:50