International Symposium on Ethics in Information Technology and Robotics

Poster of the event on October, 2024 with the picture of a robot in a thinking pose

The rapid global advancement in information and communication technologies including AI impacts societies beyond borders. To enable responsible and ethical implementation of new technologies on a global level, international exchange and cooperation are crucial.
At a satellite symposium to the German-Japanese-French conference on "Generative AI: Pathways to Democratization, Transparency and Sustainability" two experts from Germany and Japan will introduce and discuss approaches toward the ethical use of AI.

Event Information

Organizer(s)DFG, Deutsches Wissenschafts- und Innovationshaus Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo, German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo), Center for Applied Philosophy and Ethics (CAPE), Kyoto University
Date October 21, 2024 (Mo)
Time 17:00 – 18:45 (doors open 16:30) Symposium
19:00 – 20:00 Networking Reception
Language English
Place Faculty of Letters Main Bldg. Room 3, Kyoto University

Programme
 

17:00-17:05 Opening Remarks
17:05-17:35 Keynote Lecture Prof. Dr. Judith Simon, Hamburg University
“Human-Machine-Relations: Challenges of Artificial Intelligence – The Opinion of the German Ethics Council on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence”
17:35-18:05 Keynote Lecture Prof. Dr. Nobutsugu Kanzaki, Nanzan University
“Four Decades Since Moore (1985): What Was Computer Ethics and What Is AI Ethics?”
18:05-18:45 Moderated Discussion
19:00 Networking Reception

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Speaker information

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon, Professor for Ethics and Information Technologies, University of Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon, Professor for Ethics and Information Technologies, University of Hamburg

© Judith Simon

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon, Professor for Ethics and Information Technologies, University of Hamburg
Judith Simon is Full Professor for Ethics in Information Technologies at the Universität Hamburg. She is interested in ethical, epistemological and political questions arising in the context of digital technologies, in particular in regards to big data and artificial intelligence. Judith Simon is a member of the German Ethics Council, where she was the spokesperson for the report on the ethics of AI. She currently serves on various other committees of scientific policy advice and has been a member of the Data Ethics Commission of the German Federal Government (2018-2019). She is the editor of the Routledge Handbook of Trust and Philosophy (2020).

Prof. Dr. Nobutsugu Kanzaki, Faculty of Global Liberal Studies, Department of Global Liberal Studies, Nanzan University

Prof. Dr. Nobutsugu Kanzaki, Faculty of Global Liberal Studies, Department of Global Liberal Studies, Nanzan University

© Nobutsugu Kanzaki

Prof. Dr. Nobutsugu Kanzaki, Professor, Faculty of Global Liberal Studies, Department of Global Liberal Studies, Nanzan University
Since April 2016 Nobutsugu Kanzaki is professor at Nanzan University.
He is a member of the Ethics Committee of Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence (JSAI) Since June 2022.