Research Ethics in the Digital Age
14-15 October 2024
HUN-REN SZTAKI - HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control, Budapest, Hungary and online
Researchers in digital sciences face tough ethical questions in their daily activity for which there aren't yet consensual answers among the research community. The ERCIM forum "Beyond Compliance" aims at advancing the discussion about those issues. The target audience is composed by researchers and Research Ethics Boards. The event consists of keynotes, presentations, tutorials and interactive sessions, and provides ample time for open discussions. Different outcomes are envisioned, including some which may be directed towards policy makers.
[previous editions: 2023, 2022]
Program
Monday 14 October
09:00-9:15 – Welcome and introduction
09:15-10:15 – Opening keynote: Julian Nida-Rümelin - Beyond Compliance: Digital Humanism, IRL
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:30 The making of regulations
10:45-11:05 – Melodena Stephens, IRL
11:05-11:25 – Julian Jaursch, tbc
11:25-11:45 – Regulating Artificial Intelligence: A Political Theory Perspective, Anna Ujlaki. IRL
11:45-12:05 – Nikolaus Forgo, online
12:05-12:30 – Panel discussion
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-15:00 Emerging topics
14:00-14:20 – Paradoxical effects of virtual reality, Anatole Lécuyer, online
14:20-14:40 – Ethical Considerations of Social Interactions in the Metaverse, Justyna Swidrak, Michele Barbier, Mel Slater, Maria Sanchez-Vives, Maria Roussou, Eleni Toli, Ferran Argelaguet, IRL
14:40-15:00 – tbc
15:00-15:30 – Panel discussion
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00-18:00 Cultural influences
16:00-16:45 – Keynote: Milad Doueihi - Beyond Intelligence: Imaginative Computing. A Minority report. online
16:45-17:05 – Towards a culturally responsive, psychologically realist approach to global AI ethics, Rockwell F. Clancy. online
17:05-17:25 – Algorithmic Discrimination in Hiring: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Marianna Capasso, online
17:25-18:00 – Panel discussion
19:00 FORUM DINNER
Tuesday 15 October
09:00-10:30 Cooperative agents
9:00-9:20 – Francisco C. Santos, tbc
9:20-9:40 – Good Robots Don’t Do That: Making and Breaking Social Norms in Human-Robot Interaction, Rebecca Stower, tbc
9:40-10:00 – Michael Fisher, tbc
10:00-10:30 – Panel discussion
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 – Tutorial – Alexei Grinbaum. IRL
12:30 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00-15:00 Unconference session
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Democracy
15:30-15:50 – tbc
15:50-16:10 – Do citizens trust trustworthy artificial intelligence? Examining the limitations of ethical AI measures in government, Bjorn Kleizen. online
16:10-16:30 – Misled by autonomy: AI and contemporary democratic challenges, Attila Gyulai. IRL
16:30-17:00 – Panel discussion
17:00-17:30 Closing discussion
17:30 END OF FORUM
Registration
Participation is free but registration is mandatory, both for on line and on site participation. Registration will open soon.
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The organizing committee of the Beyond Compliance Forum is the Digital Ethics Task Group of ERCIM:
• Christos Alexakos (ISI/ATHENA RC, Greece)
• Emma Beauxis-Aussalet (VU, Netherlands)
• Gabriel David (INESC TEC, Portugal)
• Claude Kirchner (CCNE and Inria, France)
• Guenter Koch (AARIT, Austria, and Humboldt Cosmos Multiversity, Spain)
• Sylvain Petitjean (Inria, France)
• Andreas Rauber (TU Wien, Austria)
• Vera Sarkol (CWI, Netherlands)
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