Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 25/June/2025
12:30pm
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1:30pm
Registration
Location: Voorhof
1:30pm
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1:45pm
Word of Welcome
Location: Blauwe Zaal
1:45pm
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2:45pm
Keynote 1 - Sabina Leonelli - Environmental intelligence: Subverting the philosophical premises for AI
Location: Blauwe Zaal
3:00pm
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4:30pm
(Symposium) Intimate technologies, brain chips and cyborgs: revisting the bright-line argument
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Symposium) Democratic technologies in East Asia
Location: Auditorium 1
(Symposium) Design as a contested space: technological innovations, critical investigations, military interests
Location: Auditorium 2
(Symposium) The illusion of conversation. From the manipulation of language to the manipulation of the human
Location: Auditorium 3
(Workshop) Reviewing and publishing for early career researchers: a bridge towards scholarly expertise
Location: Auditorium 4
(Symposium) Engineering science, artificial intelligence and philosophy: an interdisciplinary dialogue
Location: Auditorium 5
(Symposium) Human, gender, and trust in AI ethics: addressing structural issues through Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects (ELSA) Lab approach
Location: Auditorium 6
(Symposium) Between mind and machine: symbolic and phenomenological roots of computation
Location: Auditorium 7
(Symposium) Ways of worldmaking and the languages of technology and art – Symposium on Nelson Goodman and the philosophy of technology
Location: Auditorium 8
             
4:30pm
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5:00pm
Coffee & Tea break
Location: Voorhof
5:00pm
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6:30pm
(Symposium) Uncanny desires: AI, psychoanalysis, and the future of human identity
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Quantified lives
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Disrupting digital industries
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Malfunction
Location: Auditorium 3
(Symposium) What is Intercultural Philosophy of Technology and why is it important?
Location: Auditorium 4
(Symposium) Engineering science, artificial intelligence and philosophy: an interdisciplinary dialogue
Location: Auditorium 5
(Symposium) Technologies at the limits of language – Symposium on conceptuality, metaphorisation & narration
Location: Auditorium 6
(Symposium) A code of conduct for technology ethics practitioners
Location: Auditorium 7
(Symposium) Teaching engineering ethics through aesthetic and embodied experiences
Location: Auditorium 8
             
6:30pm
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8:30pm
Social drinks
Location: Senaatszaal
Date: Thursday, 26/June/2025
8:15am
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8:45am
Registration
Location: Voorhof
8:45am
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10:00am
(Papers) Disruptive technology I
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Phenomenology I
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Human - Technology
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Virtue ethics I
Location: Auditorium 3
(Papers) Social media
Location: Auditorium 4
(Papers) Large Language Models I
Location: Auditorium 5
(Papers) Responsible innovation
Location: Auditorium 6
(Papers) Engineering ethics
Location: Auditorium 7
(Papers) Virtual
Location: Auditorium 8
(Symposium) Virtue ethics (SPT Special Interest Group on virtue ethics)
Location: Atlas 2.215
           
10:05am
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11:20am
(Papers) Disruptive technology II
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Phenomenology II
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Work
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Virtue ethics II
Location: Auditorium 3
(Papers) Democracy
Location: Auditorium 4
(Papers) Large Language Models II
Location: Auditorium 5
(Papers) Interpreting and engineering technology
Location: Auditorium 6
(Papers) Ethics I
Location: Auditorium 7
(Papers) Avatar
Location: Auditorium 8
(Symposium) Virtue ethics (SPT Special Interest Group on virtue ethics)
Location: Atlas 2.215
           
11:20am
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11:50am
Coffee & Tea break
Location: Voorhof
11:50am
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1:05pm
(Papers) Values
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Philosophy of technology I
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Well-being
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Emotions
Location: Auditorium 3
(Papers) Chatbots
Location: Auditorium 4
(Papers) Algorithms
Location: Auditorium 5
(Papers) Privacy
Location: Auditorium 6
(Papers) Ethics II
Location: Auditorium 7
(Papers) Digital age
Location: Auditorium 8
             
1:05pm
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2:30pm
Lunch break
Location: Senaatszaal
2:30pm
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3:30pm
Keynote 2 - Shannon Vallor - De-coding our humanity: Reflections on intimate and immanent technologies
Location: Blauwe Zaal
3:35pm
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4:50pm
(Papers) Sex robots
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Philosophy of technology II
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Personality, pediatrics and psychiatry
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Care I
Location: Auditorium 3
(Papers) Disruptive technology III
Location: Auditorium 4
(Papers) Machine Learning
Location: Auditorium 5
(Papers) Aligning values
Location: Auditorium 6
(Papers) Ethics III
Location: Auditorium 7
(People) Intimacy I
Location: Auditorium 8
             
4:50pm
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5:20pm
Coffee & Tea break
Location: Voorhof
5:20pm
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6:35pm
(People) Intimacy II
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Philosophy of technology III
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Gender and the self
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Care II
Location: Auditorium 3
(Papers) Anthropomorphism
Location: Auditorium 4
(Papers) Language
Location: Auditorium 5
(Papers) Decision-making
Location: Auditorium 6
(Papers) Ethics IV
Location: Auditorium 7
(Papers) Geo-engineering
Location: Auditorium 8
             
Date: Friday, 27/June/2025
8:15am
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8:45am
Registration
Location: Voorhof
8:45am
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10:00am
(Papers) Medical technology
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Philosophy of technology IV
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Responsibility
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Cyborgs
Location: Auditorium 3
(Papers) Trust
Location: Auditorium 4
(Papers) Generative AI
Location: Auditorium 5
(Papers) Risk
Location: Auditorium 6
(Papers) Ethics V
Location: Auditorium 7
(Papers) Justice
Location: Auditorium 8
             
10:05am
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11:20am
(Papers) Ontology
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Instrumentalism
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Mediation I
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Autonomous systems
Location: Auditorium 3
(Papers) Epistemology I
Location: Auditorium 4
(Papers) Computing and quantification
Location: Auditorium 5
(Papers) Politics I
Location: Auditorium 6
(Papers) Agency I
Location: Auditorium 7
(Papers) Intercultural philosophy
Location: Auditorium 8
             
11:20am
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11:50am
Coffee & Tea break
Location: Voorhof
11:50am
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1:05pm
(Papers) Climate change
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Symposium) Maintenance & repair: philosophy of technology after production
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Mediation II
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Authenticity
Location: Auditorium 3
(Papers) Epistemology II
Location: Auditorium 4
(Papers) Ethics VI
Location: Auditorium 5
(Papers) Politics II
Location: Auditorium 6
(Papers) Agency II
Location: Auditorium 7
(Papers) Education I
Location: Auditorium 8
             
1:05pm
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2:30pm
Lunch break
Location: Senaatszaal
2:30pm
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3:30pm
Keynote 3 - Jens Schlieter - Robots with empathy. Exploring buddhist ethics of technology and personhood in Asia
Location: Blauwe Zaal
3:35pm
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4:50pm
(Papers) Anthropocene
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Conceptual analysis
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Mediation III
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Artificial Intelligence
Location: Auditorium 3
(Papers) Epistemology III
Location: Auditorium 4
(Papers) Data II
Location: Auditorium 5
(Papers) Sovereignty
Location: Auditorium 6
(Papers) Autonomy
Location: Auditorium 7
(Papers) Education II
Location: Auditorium 8
             
4:50pm
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5:20pm
Coffee & Tea break
Location: Voorhof
5:20pm
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6:20pm
Keynote 4 - Robert Rosenberger - Sartre's letter opener and the hard problem in the philosophy of technology
Location: Blauwe Zaal
6:20pm
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6:50pm
Awards presentation
Location: Blauwe Zaal
7:00pm
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9:30pm
Conference dinner
Location: Markthal
Date: Saturday, 28/June/2025
8:15am
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8:45am
Registration
Location: Voorhof
8:45am
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9:45am
(Symposium) Third wave continental philosophy of technology
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Symposium) John Dewey and philosophy of technology: bridging the ethical epistemical and political
Location: Auditorium 1
(Symposium) Philosophy of technology in Latin America and SPT's global support
Location: Auditorium 2
(Symposium) Ethical lessons from the second quantum revolution
Location: Auditorium 3
(Symposium) In search of legitimation: the dynamic tensions in the regulation of privacy and data rights in Vietnam
Location: Auditorium 4
(Symposium) Virtue ethics (SPT Special Interest Group on virtue ethics)
Location: Auditorium 5
(Symposium) Postphenomenology I: artificial intelligence
Location: Auditorium 6
(Symposium) The History of the Philosophy of Technology: The German tradition
Location: Auditorium 7
(Symposium) A political (re-)turn in the philosophy of engineering and technology
Location: Auditorium 8
             
9:50am
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10:50am
(Symposium) Third wave continental philosophy of technology
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Symposium) John Dewey and philosophy of technology: bridging the ethical epistemical and political
Location: Auditorium 1
(Symposium) Philosophy of technology in Latin America and SPT's global support
Location: Auditorium 2
(Symposium) Ethical lessons from the second quantum revolution
Location: Auditorium 3
(Symposium) In search of legitimation: the dynamic tensions in the regulation of privacy and data rights in Vietnam
Location: Auditorium 4
(Symposium) Virtue ethics (SPT Special Interest Group on virtue ethics)
Location: Auditorium 5
(Symposium) Postphenomenology II: practical applications
Location: Auditorium 6
(Symposium) The History of the Philosophy of Technology: the French Tradition
Location: Auditorium 7
(Symposium) A political (re-)turn in the philosophy of engineering and technology
Location: Auditorium 8
             
10:50am
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11:50am
Coffee & Tea break
Location: Voorhof
Poster session
Location: Senaatszaal
11:50am
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12:50pm
(Symposium) Third wave continental philosophy of technology
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Phenomenology III
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Philosophy of Technology V
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Capability approach
Location: Auditorium 4
(Symposium) TechnoPedia - an online Philosophy and Ethics of Technology Encyclopedia
Location: Auditorium 5
(Symposium) Postphenomenology III: new theoretical horizons
Location: Auditorium 6
(Symposium) The History of the Philosophy of Technology: History and Historicity of the Empirical Turn
Location: Auditorium 7
(Symposium) A political (re-)turn in the philosophy of engineering and technology
Location: Auditorium 8
Author-Meets-Critics session
Location: Auditorium 16
             
12:50pm
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2:20pm
Lunch break
Location: Senaatszaal
Poster session
Location: Senaatszaal
2:20pm
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3:45pm
(Symposium) Third wave continental philosophy of technology
Location: Blauwe Zaal
(Papers) Engineering
Location: Auditorium 1
(Papers) Farming
Location: Auditorium 2
(Papers) Legislation
Location: Auditorium 3
(Papers) Sustainability and energy
Location: Auditorium 4
(Papers) Prediction
Location: Auditorium 5
(Papers) Genetics
Location: Auditorium 6
(Symposium) The History of the Philosophy of Technology: Hidden philosophers of technology
Location: Auditorium 7
(Symposium) A political (re-)turn in the philosophy of engineering and technology
Location: Auditorium 8
             
3:50pm
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4:30pm
Closing and Members Meeting
Location: Blauwe Zaal

 
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