Gilbert Hottois

Gilbert Hottois (29 March 1946 – 16 March 2019) was a Belgian professor of philosophy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles who specialised in Bioethics.

Hottois was born in Brussels. His positions included: * Vice-Président of the ''Association des Sociétés de Philosophie de Langue Française'' (ASPLF) (2002–) ; * Member of the Advisory Board of " Utopean studies " (St Louis, Miss., USA) ; * President of the ''Société Belge de Philosophie'' (1990–1993) ; * Founder member and vice-président (1990–) of the ''Société pour la philosophie de la technique'' (Paris) ; Président (1997–1999) ; * Member of the Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (2003–) ;

He was chair of the programme committee of the 2008 World Congress of Philosophy Provided by Wikipedia