Wednesday, April 21, 2010
3TU.Ethics Research Day
Huize Molenaar, Korte Nieuwstraat 6, 3512 NM Utrecht
For the second consecutive year, 3TU.Ethics staff members will gather in Utrecht to discuss about the current & future developments of the organization and for interacting on the research work done by senior as well as junior staff members. The day will conclude with a key-note lecture by Guy Kahane (Oxford University), after which there’ll be some time for interacting on a more informal level.
Programme of the day:
10.00-10.30: Registration
Plenary Session (10.30-12.15) , Moderator: Dr Sabine Roeser, 3TU.Ethics Managing Director
10.30-11.00 3TU.Ethics: Mission, Achievements and Perspectives, Professor Jeroen van den Hoven, 3TU.Ethics Scientific Director
11.00-11.30: Deliberating Soft Impacts. An Experiment in Ethical Technology Assessment , Professor Tsjalling Swierstra, Twente University
11.30-11.50: And Lead Us Not Into Persuasion: Persuasive Technology and the Ethics of Communication, Andreas Spahn, Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University
11.50-12.15: Questions and discussion
12.15-13.30: LUNCH
Parallel Session - Session I: Moral issues in engineering design, use and regulation of technology. Moderator: Dr David Koepsell, Delft University
13.30-13.50: Carebots and the Good Life, Aimee van Wynsberghe (PhD student, Twente University)
13.50-14.00: Questions and discussion
14.00-14.20: Human Diversity and the ‘Appropriateness’ of Technological Artifacts, Ilse Oosterlaken (PhD student, Delft University)
14.20-14.30: Questions and discussion
14.30-14.50: An Agenda for Development Ethics, Dr Otto Kroesen (Assistant Professor, Delft University)
14.50-15.00: Questions and discussion
Parallel Session - Session II: Values in Engineering and Society. Moderator: Dr Marianne Boenink, Twente University
13.30-13.50: Responsible innovation in food technology: the framing of impacts, Dirk Haen (PhD student, Twente University)
13.50-14.00: Questions and discussion
14.00-14.20: Formal Methods and Value Sensitive Design, Dr Francien Dechesne (Post-doc, Delft University)
14.20-14.30: Questions and discussion
14.30-14.50: The Ethics of Modelling, Sven Diekmann (PhD Student, Eindhoven):
14.50-15.00 Questions and discussion
15.00-15.30: Coffee break
Plenary Session (15.30-17.00), Moderator: Dr Sabine Roeser, 3TU.Ethics Managing Director
15.30-16.15: Keynote Lecture, Dr Guy Kahane (Oxford University, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics)
16.15-16.45: Discussion and conclusions
16.45-17.30: Borrel
To registrate to the event, please write to the Coordinator of 3TU.Ethics within March 15, 2010.
