Wednesday 29/10/2025

14:30–16:30 — Joint Round Table with the Ethics WG of Informatics Europe - Salle Markov (Building G)
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 Gercke, "From Lab to Law: Compliance Journeys of High-Risk AI Development and AP4AI self-assessments"

16:30–17:30 — Keynote by Catherine Tessier
“Artificial intelligence”, research and education: some (new) ethical issues

Thursday 30/10/2025

09:30–11:00 — Tutorial by Alexei Grinbaum - Amphi (Building G)
AI impact on human behavior and cognition

11:00–11:30 — Coffee Break

11:30–12:30 — Talks & Discussion - Amphi (Building G)
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:

• Roberto Dicosmo, “No Science Without Source: Collecting, Preserving and Sharing Software in a Risky World”
• Malte Beyer-Katzenberger
• Éric Salobir

12:30–13:30 — Lunch Buffet

13:30–14:30 — Keynote by Afonso Seixas Nunes - Salle Markov (Building G)

14:30–15:00 — Coffee Break

15:00–17:00 — Talks & Discussion - Salle Markov (Building G)
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 (e.g., to ensure privacy, inclusivity, transparency, sustainability). This session will discuss the (dis)alignment of political, economical and academic interests that underlie:

• Digital infrastructure in academia, and its dependency on the big tech industry
• University policy on digital ethics
• Funding strategies for research on digital ethics, or with digital ethics implications

Speakers confirmed:

• Eric Germain, “What is behind ‘apolitical ethics’ and how academia can remain sovereign?”
• Petru Dimitriu, "The emergence of international norms on digital ethics"
• Domagoj Juricic
• Kavé Salamatian, “Collaborative multidisciplinary research in cybersecurity in a changing geopolitical context: news from the front”

Friday 31/10/2025 (morning)

09:30–11:30 — Talks - Salle Markov (Building G)
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. In the long-term, the issue is about which non-essential skills can we delegate to GenAI, which essential skills must we not. This session will explore strategies for developing students’ essential skills for writing, reading, coding, ideating, and critical thinking. As this needs more than establishing fraud policies, we will revisit the design of learning goals, assessment methods, and learning activities.

Speakers confirmed:

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

11:30–11:45 — Break

11:45–12:30 — Keynote by Mihalis Kritikos - Salle Markov (Building G)
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)