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Session Overview

Date: Wednesday, 25/June/2025
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Registration Location: Voorhof
1:30pm - 1:45pm	Word of Welcome Location: Blauwe Zaal
1:45pm - 2:45pm	Keynote 1 - Sabina Leonelli - Environmental intelligence: Subverting the philosophical premises for AI Location: Blauwe Zaal
3:00pm - 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) Technologies at the limits of language – Symposium on conceptuality, metaphorisation & narration Location: Auditorium 6	(Symposium) Between mind and machine: symbolic and phenomenological roots of computation Location: Auditorium 7
4:30pm - 5:00pm	Coffee & Tea break Location: Voorhof
5:00pm - 6:30pm	(Symposium) Uncanny desires: AI, psychoanalysis, and the future of human identity Location: Blauwe Zaal	(Papers) Disrupting digital industries Location: Auditorium 2 Chair: Richard Heersmink	(Papers) Malfunction Location: Auditorium 3 Chair: Samuela Marchiori	(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) Human, gender, and trust in AI ethics: addressing structural issues through Ethical, Legal, and Social Aspects (ELSA) Lab approach 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 - 8:00pm	Social drinks Location: Senaatszaal

Date: Thursday, 26/June/2025
8:15am - 8:45am	Registration Location: Voorhof
8:45am - 10:00am	(Papers) Disruptive technology I Location: Blauwe Zaal Chair: Philip Antoon Emiel Brey	(Papers) Postphenomenology Location: Auditorium 1 Chair: Udo Pesch	(Papers) Human - Technology Location: Auditorium 2 Chair: Julia Hermann	(Papers) Virtue ethics I Location: Auditorium 3 Chair: Maaike Eline Harmsen	(Papers) Social media Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Luca Possati	(Papers) Large Language Models I Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Alexandra Prégent	(Papers) Responsible innovation Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Kaush Kalidindi	(Papers) Engineering ethics Location: Auditorium 7 Chair: Andreas Spahn	(Symposium) Virtue ethics (SPT Special Interest Group on virtue ethics) Location: Atlas 2.215
10:05am - 11:20am	(Papers) Disruptive technology II Location: Blauwe Zaal Chair: Jeroen Hopster	(Papers) Phenomenology I Location: Auditorium 1 Chair: Wouter Eggink	(Papers) Work Location: Auditorium 2 Chair: Aarón Moreno Inglés	(Symposium) Ways of Worldmaking and the Languages of Technology and art – Symposium on Nelson Goodman and the philosophy of technology Location: Auditorium 3	(Papers) Democracy Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Daphne Brandenburg	(Papers) Large Language Models II Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Alexandra Prégent	(Papers) Interpreting and engineering technology Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Hans Voordijk	(Papers) Ethics I Location: Auditorium 7 Chair: Andrea Gammon	(Papers) Avatar Location: Auditorium 8 Chair: Robin Hillenbrink	(Symposium) Virtue ethics (SPT Special Interest Group on virtue ethics) Location: Atlas 2.215
11:20am - 11:50am	Coffee & Tea break Location: Voorhof
11:50am - 1:05pm	(Papers) Values Location: Blauwe Zaal Chair: Pieter Vermaas	(Papers) Philosophy of technology I Location: Auditorium 1 Chair: Krist Vaesen	(Papers) Well-being Location: Auditorium 2 Chair: Mariska Bosschaert	(Papers) Emotions Location: Auditorium 3 Chair: Maaike van der Horst	(Papers) Algorithms Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Sage Cammers-Goodwin	(Papers) Privacy Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Donovan van der Haak	(Papers) Ethics II Location: Auditorium 7 Chair: Maren Behrensen	(Papers) Digital age Location: Auditorium 8 Chair: Martin Sand
1:05pm - 2:30pm	Lunch break Location: Senaatszaal
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Keynote 2 - Shannon Vallor - De-coding our humanity: Reflections on intimate and immanent technologies Location: Blauwe Zaal Chair: Lambèr Royakkers
3:35pm - 4:50pm	(Papers) Sex robots Location: Blauwe Zaal Chair: Lily Frank	(Papers) Philosophy of technology II Location: Auditorium 1 Chair: Olya Kudina	(Papers) Personality, pediatrics and psychiatry Location: Auditorium 2 Chair: Luca Possati	(Papers) Care I Location: Auditorium 3 Chair: Matthew Dennis	(Papers) Disruptive technology III Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Nolen Gertz	(Papers) Machine Learning Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Vlasta Sikimić	(Papers) Aligning values Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Donovan van der Haak	(Papers) Ethics III Location: Auditorium 7 Chair: Daphne Brandenburg	(Papers) Intimacy I Location: Auditorium 8 Chair: Samuele Murtinu
4:50pm - 5:20pm	Coffee & Tea break Location: Voorhof
5:20pm - 6:35pm	(Papers) Intimacy II Location: Blauwe Zaal Chair: Lily Frank	(Papers) Philosophy of technology III Location: Auditorium 1 Chair: Anna Melnyk	(Papers) Gender and the self Location: Auditorium 2 Chair: Julia Hermann	(Papers) Care II Location: Auditorium 3 Chair: Maaike van der Horst	(Papers) Anthropomorphism Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Ibo van de Poel	(Papers) Language Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Diego Morales	(Papers) Decision-making Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Bouke van Balen	(Papers) Virtue ethics II Location: Auditorium 7 Chair: Matthew Dennis	(Papers) Geo-engineering Location: Auditorium 8 Chair: Aarón Moreno Inglés

Date: Friday, 27/June/2025
8:15am - 8:45am	Registration Location: Voorhof
8:45am - 10:00am	(Papers) Medical technology Location: Blauwe Zaal Chair: Katleen Gabriels	(Papers) Philosophy of technology IV Location: Auditorium 1 Chair: Udo Pesch	(Papers) Responsibility Location: Auditorium 2 Chair: Jordi Viader Guerrero	(Papers) Cyborgs Location: Auditorium 3 Chair: Lotte Asveld	(Papers) Trust Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Federica Russo	(Papers) Generative AI and risk Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Christa Laurens	(Papers) Quantified lives Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Wybo Houkes	(Papers) Ethics V Location: Auditorium 7 Chair: Andrea Gammon	(Papers) Justice Location: Auditorium 8 Chair: Andreas Spahn
10:05am - 11:20am	(Papers) Ontology Location: Blauwe Zaal Chair: Ibo van de Poel	(Papers) Instrumentalism Location: Auditorium 1 Chair: Wybo Houkes	(Papers) Mediation I Location: Auditorium 2 Chair: Bouke van Balen	(Papers) Autonomous systems Location: Auditorium 3 Chair: Hans Voordijk	(Papers) Epistemology I Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Maaike Eline Harmsen	(Papers) Computing and quantification Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Chirag Arora	(Papers) Politics I Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Michael Nagenborg	(Papers) Agency I Location: Auditorium 7 Chair: Lotte Asveld
11:20am - 11:50am	Coffee & Tea break Location: Voorhof
11:50am - 1:05pm	(Papers) Climate change Location: Blauwe Zaal Chair: Kaush Kalidindi	(Symposium) Maintenance & repair: philosophy of technology after production Location: Auditorium 1	(Papers) System Design Location: Auditorium 2 Chair: Wybo Houkes	(Papers) Authenticity Location: Auditorium 3 Chair: Filippo Santoni de Sio	(Papers) Epistemology II Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Philip Nickel	(Papers) Ethics VI Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Nynke van Uffelen	(Papers) Politics II Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Alessio Gerola	(Papers) Agency II Location: Auditorium 7 Chair: Pieter Vermaas	(Papers) Education I Location: Auditorium 8 Chair: Gunter Bombaerts
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 Chair: Tom Hannes
3:35pm - 4:50pm	(Papers) Anthropocene Location: Blauwe Zaal Chair: Gunter Bombaerts	(Papers) Conceptual analysis Location: Auditorium 1 Chair: Krist Vaesen	(Papers) Mediation III Location: Auditorium 2 Chair: Maren Behrensen	(Papers) Artificial Intelligence Location: Auditorium 3 Chair: Luuk Stellinga	(Papers) Epistemology III Location: Auditorium 4 Chair: Philip Nickel	(Papers) Data II Location: Auditorium 5 Chair: Sage Cammers-Goodwin	(Papers) Sovereignty Location: Auditorium 6 Chair: Sabine Roeser	(Papers) Autonomy Location: Auditorium 7 Chair: Mariska Bosschaert	(Papers) Education II Location: Auditorium 8 Chair: Andreas Spahn
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 Chair: Gunter Bombaerts
6:20pm - 6:50pm	Awards presentation Location: Blauwe Zaal
7:00pm - 9:30pm	Conference dinner Location: Markthal

Date: Saturday, 28/June/2025
8:15am - 8:45am	Registration Location: Voorhof
8:45am - 9:45am	(Symposium) Third wave continental philosophy of technology Location: Blauwe Zaal	(Symposium) The History of the Philosophy of Technology: The German tradition Location: Auditorium 15	(Symposium) John Dewey and philosophy of technology: bridging the ethical epistemical and political Location: Auditorium 13	(Symposium) In search of legitimation: the dynamic tensions in the regulation of privacy and data rights in Vietnam Location: Auditorium 12	(Symposium) Ethical lessons from the second quantum revolution Location: Auditorium 11	(Symposium) Philosophy of technology in Latin America and SPT's global support Location: Auditorium 10	(Symposium) A political (re-)turn in the philosophy of engineering and technology Location: Auditorium 9
9:50am - 10:50am	(Symposium) Third wave continental philosophy of technology Location: Blauwe Zaal	(Symposium) The History of the Philosophy of Technology: the French Tradition Location: Auditorium 15	(Symposium) Postphenomenology II: practical applications Location: Auditorium 14	(Symposium) John Dewey and philosophy of technology: bridging the ethical epistemical and political Location: Auditorium 13	(Symposium) In search of legitimation: the dynamic tensions in the regulation of privacy and data rights in Vietnam Location: Auditorium 12	(Symposium) Ethical lessons from the second quantum revolution Location: Auditorium 11	(Symposium) A political (re-)turn in the philosophy of engineering and technology Location: Auditorium 9
10:50am - 11:50am	Coffee & Tea break Location: Voorhof			Poster session Location: Senaatszaal
11:50am - 12:50pm	(Symposium) Third wave continental philosophy of technology Location: Blauwe Zaal	(Symposium) The History of the Philosophy of Technology: History and Historicity of the Empirical Turn Location: Auditorium 15	(Symposium) Postphenomenology III: new theoretical horizons Location: Auditorium 14	(Symposium) TechnoPedia - an online Philosophy and Ethics of Technology Encyclopedia Location: Auditorium 13	(Papers) Phenomenology II Location: Auditorium 12 Chair: Tom Hannes	(Symposium) A political (re-)turn in the philosophy of engineering and technology Location: Auditorium 9	Author-Meets-Critics session Location: Forum
12:50pm - 2:20pm	Lunch break Location: Senaatszaal			Poster session Location: Senaatszaal
2:20pm - 3:45pm	(Symposium) Third wave continental philosophy of technology Location: Blauwe Zaal	(Symposium) The History of the Philosophy of Technology: Hidden philosophers of technology Location: Auditorium 15	(Papers) Prediction Location: Auditorium 13 Chair: Wouter Eggink	(Papers) Sustainability and energy Location: Auditorium 12 Chair: Gunter Bombaerts	(Papers) Legislation Location: Auditorium 11 Chair: Lambèr Royakkers	(Papers) Farming Location: Auditorium 10 Chair: Tijn Borghuis	(Symposium) A political (re-)turn in the philosophy of engineering and technology Location: Auditorium 9
3:50pm - 4:30pm	Closing and Members Meeting Location: Blauwe Zaal