Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Friday, 27/June/2025 | |
8:15am - 8:45am | Registration Location: Voorhof |
8:45am - 10:00am | (Papers) Medical technology Location: Blauwe Zaal |
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Matters of the Heart: Ethical Considerations in the development of a Soft Biocompatible Artificial Heart 1Saxion UAS, research group Ethics & Technology, Deventer, the Netherlands; 2Saxion UAS, research group Industrial Design, Enschede, the Netherlands The Pull-Factor of Metaphors in Technology Development - a conceptual Vehicle for Ethical Vision Design Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Personal & prosthetic, historical & surgical Virginia Tech, United States of America |
8:45am - 10:00am | (Papers) Philosophy of technology IV Location: Auditorium 1 |
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REX with AI? Challenges for the return on experience in the digitized lifeworld Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Cognitive maps and the quantitative-qualitative divide University of Virginia, United States of America Semiotics, technology, and the Infosphere College of Charleston, United States of America |
8:45am - 10:00am | (Papers) Responsibility Location: Auditorium 2 |
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Beyond acceptance: expanding the desirability assessment of potable water reuse TU Delft, Netherlands, The Responsibility Gaps and Engineers’ Obligations in the Design of AI Systems Nagoya University, Japan Mapping the ethics landscape: moral distance in geospatial AI research University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of America |
8:45am - 10:00am | (Papers) Cyborgs Location: Auditorium 3 |
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Homo Translator: From biological models to to bio-inspired robots TU Darmstadt, Germany A two-dimensional conceptualization of human-technology intimacy: against the notion of cyborg-relations 1TU Eindhoven, UMC Utrecht, TU Delft, Netherlands, The; 2TU Eindhoven To be a Cyborg - an autobiographical Narrative about the intimate Impact of Neurotechnology TUDelft, Netherlands, The |
8:45am - 10:00am | (Papers) Trust Location: Auditorium 4 |
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‘Trust the Machine?’: Conceptualising Trust in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence University of Vienna, Austria Human Trust and Artificial Intelligence Is an alignment possible? 1Lumsa University, Italy; 2Utrecht University; 3Solaris Project A Foul Stain? Trust in digital data reconsidered with Zuboff and Kant Roskilde University, Denmark |
8:45am - 10:00am | (Papers) Generative AI Location: Auditorium 5 |
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A network approach to public trust in generative AI 1University of Amsterdam; 2Utrecht University Memes, generative AI, humor, and intimacy: collective empowerment through shared laughter 1Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France; 2University of Paris Nanterre, France Creative AI and human achievement Northeastern University London, United Kingdom |
8:45am - 10:00am | (Papers) Risk Location: Auditorium 6 |
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Ethical risks of Artificial Intelligence applications in civil engineering 1Dalian University of Technology, China, People's Republic of; 2Central South University, China, People's Republic of Hidden risks: artificial intelligence and hermeneutic harm 1KU Leuven, Belgium; 2Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium The Concept of ai Risk University of Hamburg, Germany |
8:45am - 10:00am | (Papers) Ethics V Location: Auditorium 7 |
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Transcendental Technology Ethics Tilburg University, Netherlands, The Sustainable AI and the third wave of AI ethics: a structural turn University of Bonn, Germany Against an ideal theory of justice for AI ethics Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain |
8:45am - 10:00am | (Papers) Justice Location: Auditorium 8 |
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Technopolitical mediation and gezi park of istanbul University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Rethinking data ownership : Towards relational approaches to property University of Edinburgh |
10:05am - 11:20am | (Papers) Ontology Location: Blauwe Zaal |
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Information as dispositions: an ontological analysis Texas A&M University, United States of America The Picture of Existence: Ontological commitments and existential trade-offs in the age of intimate technologies University of Évora, Portugal - Praxis: Centre of Philosophy, Politics and Culture Re-ontologising psychiatric illness using deep learning: ethical concerns beyond the clinic University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
10:05am - 11:20am | (Papers) Instrumentalism Location: Auditorium 1 |
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Categories, institutions, instruments: technology as a category? University of Siegen, Germany Instrumental rationality, value trade-offs, and medical AI Monash University, Australia Beyond Instrumentalism: reframing human-centered AI through Simondon's philosophy of technical objects Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands, The |
10:05am - 11:20am | (Papers) Mediation I Location: Auditorium 2 |
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Can interpersonal trust be digitally mediated? A panoramic view of trust relations on Airbnb Roskilde University, Denmark Representations in low vision technologies and their implications about social inclusion Independent Scholar/National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Design and the Contemporary Self as Extimate Form Eindhoven University of Technology |
10:05am - 11:20am | (Papers) Autonomous systems Location: Auditorium 3 |
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Vicarious responsibility and autonomous systems University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Ensuring Transparency and Accepting Failure in the Application of Autonomous Driving Technology in Smart City FormationーUtilization of Special Zones in Japan Hitotsubashi University, Japan |
10:05am - 11:20am | (Papers) Epistemology I Location: Auditorium 4 |
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The Sullenberger case and the epistemic role of simulations and digital twin technologies University of Vienna, Austria (In)visibility reductions: a feminist epistemology critique of online ‘shadowbanning’ Independent, United Arab Emirates Epistemological imbalances in assessment of surveillance technologies: what CCTV cameras show us University of Twente, Spain |
10:05am - 11:20am | (Papers) Computing and quantification Location: Auditorium 5 |
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The productive function of technology with regard to subjectification and the example of affective computing FernUniversität Hagen, Germany The Soylent Mentality: "Efficiency Fundamentalism" and the Future of Food Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, United States of America The ethical fabric of computational social science research: norms, practices, and values TU Delft, Netherlands, The |
10:05am - 11:20am | (Papers) Politics I Location: Auditorium 6 |
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Ontic capture and technofascism University of Twente, Germany The Politics of social XAI 1Paderborn University, Germany; 2University of Vienna, Austria Algorithmic politics and totalitarianism: a critical analysis of ai politics from hannah arendt’s perspective Virginia Tech, United States of America / Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea |
10:05am - 11:20am | (Papers) Agency I Location: Auditorium 7 |
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Welcoming the other: More-than-human agency in regenerative design 1University of Twente; 2Wageningen University; 3Delft University of Technology Philosophical reflections on agency in the making Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom Enactive agency in the technological world: rethinking human-technology relationships Dalian University of Technology, China, People's Republic of |
10:05am - 11:20am | (Papers) Intercultural philosophy Location: Auditorium 8 |
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A Critique of technological Ideology in Taiwanese folk religion Aletheia University, Taiwan, Taiwan Development paths in the philosophy of technology in Latin America 1Santo Tomas University, Colombia; 2Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD Beyond the walls of intelligence: the counterinsurgent genealogy of artificial intelligence and the necessity of an ai anti-ethics as revelation of death Columbia University, United States of America |
11:20am - 11:50am | Coffee & Tea break Location: Voorhof |
11:50am - 1:05pm | (Papers) Climate change Location: Blauwe Zaal |
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Backgrounding in climate engineering: a multispecies perspective for carbon dioxide removal University of Twente, Netherlands, The Geo-engineering revisited: A reformational critique Vu Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Epistemic justice in climate adaptation: balancing technological data and human experience across socioeconomic divides Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, The |
11:50am - 1:05pm | (Symposium) Maintenance & repair: philosophy of technology after production Location: Auditorium 1 |
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Maintenance & repair: philosophy of technology after production Presentations of the Symposium Artifact metabolisms: the material flows of an iphone Maintenance of ethnological artifacts: from preservation to reconciliation Brokedown tractors and the existential need for a right to repair |
11:50am - 1:05pm | (Papers) Mediation II Location: Auditorium 2 |
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Outside-in: rethinking technologically mediated moral enhancement National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Technological immersion and automatism Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil Autonomy, moralization of technology, and human enhancement Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile |
11:50am - 1:05pm | (Papers) Authenticity Location: Auditorium 3 |
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AI-produced research in the humanities: Am I the author? Does it matter? 1Institute for Science and Ethics, University of Bonn, Germany; 2Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, United States From Automation to Authenticity: Rethinking AI through the MEAT framework Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab, India, India Autonomy, relationality and emancipation in the digital age University of Hamburg, Germany |
11:50am - 1:05pm | (Papers) Epistemology II Location: Auditorium 4 |
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The epistemology of AI: public perceptions and interventions for responsible use Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, The The epistemic competences needed for Human Machine Interaction: Dealing with individual, social, and other factors to solve the engineering problem of interface design 1Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; 2Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Intimate compression: AI systems and the personal nature of architectural knowledge University of Applied Sciences Trier, Germany |
11:50am - 1:05pm | (Papers) Ethics VI Location: Auditorium 5 |
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From artificial wombs to lab grown embryos: technologies and the myth of the ex-utero human 1The University of Edinburgh; 2University of Washington AI agency in medical practices: The case of pathology Universite Cote d'Azur, France Could Artificial Intelligence Assuage Loneliness? If so, which kind? University of Oregon, United States of America |
11:50am - 1:05pm | (Papers) Politics II Location: Auditorium 6 |
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The Drivers of technological Hegemony: the political Dynamic of the Computerization of the French National Health Insurance Fund (1963-1979) 1Université Technologique de Compiègne, France; 2Sciences Po, France Political instability and technological society Handong Global University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) Beyond technopolitics: presuppositions of a redeemed future IIT Delhi, India |
11:50am - 1:05pm | (Papers) Agency II Location: Auditorium 7 |
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Temporal intimacy. Near-term expectations of a driverless future Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany "Agency, alienation, and recognition in the AI-mediated workplace" Utrecht University, Netherlands, The Technical objects as adaptive mediators Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway |
11:50am - 1:05pm | (Papers) Education I Location: Auditorium 8 |
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A conceptual framework for defining the responsibilities of engineers and situating them in education practice University College London, United Kingdom Philosophical pedagogy and the role of board games: a cross-disciplinary exploration Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan Technological designs as possibility operators ITM Institucion Universitaria, Colombia |
1:05pm - 2:30pm | Lunch break Location: Senaatszaal |
2:30pm - 3:30pm | Keynote 3 - Jens Schlieter - Robots with empathy. Exploring buddhist ethics of technology and personhood in Asia Location: Blauwe Zaal |
3:35pm - 4:50pm | (Papers) Anthropocene Location: Blauwe Zaal |
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Programming with Care: AI as Non-Anthropocentric and Entangled Koç University, Turkiye Shipwrecks as adaptive mediators: a new media reality of the Anthropocene NTNU Trondheim, Norway From anthropocene to technocene. The story of our fate 1Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Germany; 2Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management IFF, University of Stuttgart, Germany |
3:35pm - 4:50pm | (Papers) Conceptual analysis Location: Auditorium 1 |
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Phronesis for AI systems: conceptual foundations Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland One possible definition of technology- an approach from Don Ihde Nagoya University, Japan Queering 'the Times of AI' Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
3:35pm - 4:50pm | (Papers) Mediation III Location: Auditorium 2 |
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On Escape: breaking free from technological mediation University of Twente, Netherlands, The The ‘Technological Environmentality Compass’: factors to consider when designing technological mediations across humans, technologies, and the environment. University of Twente, Netherlands, The |
3:35pm - 4:50pm | (Papers) Artificial Intelligence Location: Auditorium 3 |
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Towards friendship among nonhumans: human, dog and robot Hokkaido University, Japan Artificial intelligence aided resolution of moral disagreement TU/e, Netherlands, The Befriending AI: a cybernetic view New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States of America |
3:35pm - 4:50pm | (Papers) Epistemology III Location: Auditorium 4 |
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Epistemic (in)justice in self-monitoring platforms for mental health Tilburg University, Netherlands, The Crip expertise and technological knowledge Virginia Tech, United States of America |
3:35pm - 4:50pm | (Papers) Data II Location: Auditorium 5 |
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Rediscover Bodily Experience in the Era of Digital Intelligence through Data Privacy issues Fudan University, China, People's Republic of Epistemology of ignorance and datafication – To interrogate the necessity for secrecy in AI through marginalised groups’ experiences Utrecht University, Netherlands, The Reclaiming control of thought and behavior data through the right to freedom of thought. University of Vienna, Austria |
3:35pm - 4:50pm | (Papers) Sovereignty Location: Auditorium 6 |
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On technological Sovereignty and innovation Sovereignty RWTH Aachen University, Germany Digital technologies and social sustainability: from data governances’ perspective Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori, Italy Rethinking sovereignty in a digital age Texas A&M University, United States of America |
3:35pm - 4:50pm | (Papers) Autonomy Location: Auditorium 7 |
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AI outsourcing and the value of autonomy Centre for Philosophy and AI Research {PAIR}, Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Analysis of the problem of human autonomy from the perspective of authenticity ethics University of Science and Technology of China, China, People's Republic of Driving for Values: Exploring the experience of autonomy with speculative design 1Eindhoven University of Technology; 2University of Twente |
3:35pm - 4:50pm | (Papers) Education II Location: Auditorium 8 |
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AI and democratic education: A critical pragmatist perspective Dublin City University, Ireland AI in primary and secondary education: Sphere transgressions and value disruptions based on a scoping review of policy documents 1Nationaal Onderwijslab AI, Netherlands, The; 2Radboud Universiteit Navigating civic education in the digital era Tel Aviv University, Israel |
4:50pm - 5:20pm | Coffee & Tea break Location: Voorhof |
5:20pm - 6:20pm | Keynote 4 - Robert Rosenberger - Sartre's letter opener and the hard problem in the philosophy of technology Location: Blauwe Zaal |
6:20pm - 6:50pm | Awards presentation Location: Blauwe Zaal |
7:00pm - 9:30pm | Conference dinner Location: Markthal |
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