An international conference organized on occasion of the 10th anniversary of the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology (4TU.Ethics)
University of Twente – June 12 & 13, 2017
Building: Waaier, room 4.
General information:
- All talks consist of 25 minutes presentation and 10 minutes discussion/questions
- Due to the special nature of the event, no call for papers has been issued
- The conference is fully booked, in case you are interested in a spot on the waiting list, please contact Mees Hellinga (contact information below)
- In case you have any questions, please contact our intern Mees Hellinga at m.a.hellinga@student.utwente.nl
Monday, June 12th, 2017
09:00 Registration
09:30 Official opening
Session 1: The past, presence, and future of Ethics of Technology
Chair: Philip BREY
9:45 Carl MITCHAM: The Ethics of Technology: Thinking Big and Small ‑ and Big Again
10:20 Jeroen VAN DEN HOVEN: Design and Responsible Innovation
10:55 Andrew FEENBERG: A Critical Theory of Technology
11:30 Plenary Panel
12:15 Lunch
Session 2: Technology and Life (science)
Chair: Michael NAGENBORG
13:15 Ronald SANDLER: The Ethics of Engineering Species in Conservation: Gene Drives, Synthetic Biology, and Deextinction
13:50 Mark COECKELBERGH: Technology games
14:25 Plenary Panel
14.45 Break
Session 3: Technology and the public sphere
Chair: Philip BREY
15:00 Deborah JOHNSON, Why robots should not be treated like animals
15:35 Shannon VALLOR, Artificial Intelligence and Public Trust
16.10 Judith SIMON, Trust & Big Data
16:45 Plenary Discussion
17:05 Break
Session 4: Technology and Moral Philosophy
Chair: Sabine ROESER
17:20 Don IHDE: Should Philosophies have Shelf Lives?
17:55 Plenary Discussion
18:15 End of first day
18:45 Dinner at the Rodenbach Restaurant, address: Parkweg 37-39, 7513 AR Enschede
Tuesday, June 13th, 2017
08:45 Registrations (only for participants who haven’t registered yet)
Session 5: Technology and risk
Chair: Michael NAGENBORG
9:00 Sven OVE HANSSON: Ethical Risk Analysis
9:35 Paul THOMPSON: The Social Amplification of Risk: Neglected Philosophical Questions and the Agenda for Technological Ethics
10:10 John WECKERT: The Ethics of AI: back to the future?
10:45 Plenary Discussion
11.15 Break
Session 6: Parallel workshops on Robotics and Risk, Safety and Security
Workshop 1: Robotics (11:40-13:15) – Room: Waaier 3
“The Ethical Robot or the Ethical Designer?”
Organized by: 4TU.Ethics Task “Force Robotics and ICT”
Chair: Aimee VAN WYNSBERGHE
Participants: Mark COECKELBERGH, Deborah JOHNSON, and Shannon VALLOR
Workshop 2: Risk, Safety, and Security (11:40-13:15) – Room: Carre 2K
“Ethics and management of technological risks: what are the main challenges for the future?”
Organized by: 4TU.Ethics Task Force “Risk, Safety, and Security”
Chair: Sabine ROESER
Participants: Sven OVE HANSSON, Rafaela HILLERBRAND and Arjan MOL
13.15 Lunch
Session 7: Ethics in Design and Engineering
Chair: Anthonie MEIJERS
14:00 Rafaela HILLERBRAND, Technology and human wellbeing. Towards a values sensitive design of the German Energiewende
14:35 James MOOR, Why An AI Code of Ethics May Not Be a Typical Code of Ethics
15:10 Plenary Discussion
15:40 Break
Session 8: Towards a future agenda
Chair: Philip BREY
16:10 Program TBA
17:00 End of conference