ERCIM Forum 2025: “Beyond Compliance”

29–31 October 2025 – Rennes, France

Deadline for registrations: 21 October 2021

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The 4th edition of the ERCIM “Beyond Compliance” Forum will take place from 29 to 31 October 2025 at the Inria Centre at Rennes University (IRISA) in Rennes, France. This international event focuses on research ethics in the digital age, offering a space for thought-provoking dialogue and collaborative exploration.

This year’s edition will address four pivotal themes:

Generative AI in research, teaching, and publishing
Geopolitics of digital ethics, including infrastructure and digital sovereignty
Data altruism and the promotion of open academic resources
Digital ethics for citizens, with special emphasis on youth, literacy, and research strategies

The forum is co-located with the European Informatics Leaders Summit (ECSS’25) of Informatics Europe, and will feature a joint opening session organized in collaboration with the digital ethics working groups of both ERCIM and Informatics Europe.

Wednesday 29/10/2025

13:00–13:30 — Welcome Coffee

13:30–14:30 — Keynote by Catherine Tessier
“Artificial intelligence”, research and education: some (new) ethical issues

14:30–16:30 — Joint Round Table with the Ethics WG of Informatics Europe
Addressing ethical challenges with security in the digital society
This session will address the responsible development and application of information systems, encompassing areas such as accountability, misinformation, ethical awareness, and best practices for digital security.
Co-chaired by Covadonga Rodrigo

Speakers confirmed:

Tatjana Welzer, “Ethics and Accountability”
Kristina Lapin, “Raising Ethical Awareness to Combat Dark Patterns”
Rafael Pastor, “GenAI: deepfakes, misinformation and risks in the digital society”
Marco Gerke

Thursday 30/10/2025

09:30–11:00 — Tutorial by Alexei Grinbaum
AI impact on human behavior, emotions, and cognition

11:00–11:30 — Coffee Break

11:30–12:30 — Talks & Discussion
Data altruism and open academic resources
Academics have a duty to deliver digital resources to the public, to inform citizens and policy, and foster fair innovations. This session will discuss practical issues with establishing data commons that enable open science and innovation: e.g., issues with privacy, trust, and regulatory frameworks.

Speakers confirmed:

Malte Beyer-Katzenberger
Éric Salobir

12:30–13:30 — Lunch Buffet (together with participants in other ERCIM activities)

13:30–14:30 — Keynote by Afonso Seixas Nunes

14:30–15:00 — Coffee Break

15:00–17:00 — Talks & Discussion
Geopolitics of digital ethics in academia
Recent geopolitical changes have impacted academia’s funding policy, and the implementation of research on digital ethics or with digital ethics implications. In this changing geopolitics, digital sovereignty is ever more important: dependencies to infrastructure and funding may constrain how digital ethics is implemented in academic research and practices.

Speakers confirmed:

Eric Germain, “What is behind ‘apolitical ethics’ and how academia can remain sovereign?”
Domagoj Juricic

Friday 31/10/2025 (morning)

09:30–11:30 — Talks
GenAI in research and teaching
Practices in academia have to rapidly adapt to generative AI. As educators, academics must wonder how genAI impacts human cognitive skills...

Speakers confirmed:

Michał Wieczorek
Laurynas Adomaitis, “An Oracle or an Intern? Using GenAI in Research”

11:30–11:45 — Break

11:45–12:30 — Closing Keynote by Mihalis Kritikos
Digital ethics in EU-funded projects

Organising Committee

Christos Alexakos (ISI/ATHENA RC, Greece)
Emma Beauxis-Aussalet (VU, Netherlands)
Gabriel David (INESC TEC, Portugal)
Alexei Grinbaum (CCNEN and CEA, France)
Claude Kirchner (CCNEN and Inria, France)
Guenter Koch (AARIT, Austria & Humboldt Cosmos Multiversity, Spain)
Anaelle Martin (CCNEN, France)
Sylvain Petitjean (Inria, France)
Vera Sarkol (CWI, Netherlands)