ESDIT2022 Conference (Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies)

06 oktober 2022 09:30 t/m 07 oktober 2022 20:30 - Locatie: CORPUS Congress Centre, Oegstgeest (near) Leiden | Zet in mijn agenda

The focus of ESDIT is on those new technologies that are disruptive & transformative of society: artificial intelligence, robotics, neurotechnology, synthetic biology, 3D printing, energy transition technologies, and others. The objective of the conference is to study and ethically assess the transformative consequences of these emerging technologies, of social institutions, the environment, human relations, personal identities, thought and language. There is a particular focus on challenges of disruptive technologies to key concepts and values, like “truth”, “agency”, “democracy”, “human nature” and “life”. This conference is organized by a consortium of 7 universities in the Netherlands. The Department of Values, Technology & Innovation, Section Ethics & Philosophy of Technology at TU Delft is one of these consortium partners.

The International Conference Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies (ESDIT2022) will be held on 6&7 October in the Netherlands.

This is a major academic conference in 2022, organized by a consortium of 7 universities in the Netherlands. The Department of Values, Technology & Innovation, Section Ethics & Philosophy of Technology at TU Delft is one of these consortium partners.

About the conference

The focus of ESDIT is on those new technologies that are disruptive & transformative of society: artificial intelligence, robotics, neurotechnology, synthetic biology, 3D printing, energy transition technologies, and others. The objective of the conference is to study and ethically assess the transformative consequences of these emerging technologies, of social institutions, the environment, human relations, personal identities, thought and language. There is a particular focus on challenges of disruptive technologies to key concepts and values, like “truth”, “agency”, “democracy”, “human nature” and “life”.