– July 2-8, 11th Ordinary session of UNESCO COMEST, Bangkok (Thailand), incl conference on Ethics of Science and Technology and Sustainable Development
– June 21, Bioethics Institute Yale: lectures on Bioethics and Philosophy of Technology, Yale Summer Institute on Bioethics
– June 14, lecture ‘Ethics of the Digital Transition’ plus stakeholder meeting: ‘Denkersprogramma Digitale Innovatie’ (‘Thinker Program Digital Innovation’) KVAB – Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium.
– June 13, lecture ‘Drone ethiek’, workshop ‘Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ontwerpen van Drones’, Space53 & Universiteit Twente
– June 7, 11th session of UNESCO-IGBC: the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee: presentation of the preliminary study on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence by the World Commission for the Ethics of Science and Technology (COMEST)
– May 17, PhD Defence Olya Kudina: The Technological Mediation of Morality (University of Twente, Waaier 4, 14h30)
– Apr 11 (Dutch), lezing en interview over de ethiek van mensverbetering, Talkshow De Idee (#24), Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam
– Apr 11 (Dutch), lezing over de ethiek van algoritmes bij NRC Live event ‘Winnen met AI’, Boom Chicago Amsterdam
– Apr 10, panelist at WSIS Forum 2019 on the ethics of artificial intelligence (Geneva)
– Apr 5, opening keynote Wellbeing by Design conference TU Delft
– Apr 4 (Dutch), Blended care en de ethiek van zorgtechnologie. Ambiq Symposium Zwolle
– Mar 14 (Dutch), De ethiek van medische technologie. Executive session, Health Valley Event 2019, Nijmegen.
– Feb 8, The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, presentation of UNESCO-COMEST preliminary study on the ethics of AI, World Government Summit, Dubai.
– Feb 6 (Dutch), lezing ‘Technofencing: meegaan of weerstand bieden aan de machine?’. TETEM Enschede, in interaction with the artwork Compass, by Lawrence Malstaf.
– Feb 1, A responsible future for AI? Panel contribution at NIAS Lorentz Center workshop on the future of AI.
– Jan 30 (Dutch), ‘Zorg en Technologie en Tijden van Digitalisering’: inaugurele rede CrossTalks project ‘Shake the Disease’, VUB (Free University of Brussels)
– Jan 21, De ethiek van technologische gedragsbeinvloeding. Paradiso Event ‘ Distraction by Design’, Amsterdam.
– Dec 5, masterclass ‘De ethiek van de digitale stad’, Future City Foundation / DesignLab Twente
– Nov 23, lezing over de ethiek van alledaagse technologie, congres ‘Gezonde leefomgeving: iedereen een thuis’, Hengelo.
– Nov 15, plenary lecture and two workshops on Ethics for the Digital Society, ECP jaarcongres, Den Haag
– Nov 10, public interview on The Boundaries of the Human, with Katrien Devolder. Nacht van de Vrijdenker, Gent, Belgium.
– Nov 8, talk and workshop on Responsible Innovation at the TEKNOWLOGY festival for technology, science, innovation and valorisation.
– Nov 1-2, two-day workshop on Techno-anthropology, postphenomenology, and philosophy of technology, Aalborg University campus Copenhagen
– Oct 19, ‘Art and technology as experimental philosophy’: keynote lecture at the PhDArts conference, Leiden.
– Oct 5, lezing ‘Hoe ver gaan we met het sleutelen aan de mens?’. Nacht van de Wetenschap / Night of Science. NWO: The Hague
– Sept 26, lecture Frankenstein and the ethics of technology, Studium Generale Leiden University
– Sept 20 / 21, workshops Technology and Healthcare, medical in-service training Medisch Spectrum Twente / huisartsen Enschede, Sardinia.
– Sept 12, presentation of concept note on the Ethics of the Internet of Things, World Commission for the Ethics of Science and Technology (COMEST), UNESCO Paris
– Sept 11, opening talk en moderation, Roundtable on AI and Society, UNESCO Paris.
– Sept 11, lecture ‘Science, technology, and societal change: what can UNESCO bring to the table?’, Partner Forum UNESCO, Paris: UNESCO headquarters.
– Jul 11-12-13, conference Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations, University of Twente
– Jul 3-7, Lecture and co-organization, Japanese-Dutch research seminar, Sendai & Tokyo, Japan.
– June 20-21, Lecture ‘Existentializing Technology’, at conference ‘Theoretical traditions and new technology’. Paris Nanterre.
– June 13, lecture ‘Technopolis and technopolitics: smart cities and the digitalization of democracy’. Philosophy of the city Summer Colloquium, University of Twente.
– June 11, lecture and workshop Philosophy of Technology and Design, Loughborough University, London, Institute for Design Innovation
– June 23, lecture ‘Technopolis and technopolitics: smart cities and the digitalization of democracy’. Philosophy of the city Summer Colloquium, University of Twente.
– May 24, Lecture and public discussion with Stelarc, DesignLab University of Twente
– May 18, Basel: invited lecture at conference ‘Critical by Design?’, Academy of Art and Design
– May 16, Copenhagen: keynote lecture at conference ‘Politics of Machines’, Aalborg University & IT University Copenhagen
– Mar 14-16, Enschede: workshop on the Ethics of the Internet of Things, UNECO-COMEST, DesignLab, University of Twente
– Feb 24, Enschede: talk and panel discussion on Frankenstein, at the opening of the Frankenstein exhibition at Museum Twentse Welle.
– Feb 3, Oosterbeek: panelist on New Technologies and Societal Challenges (Bilderbergconferentie 2018)
– Jan 31, Den Haag: reflection on results of Smart Working research project by FME, at presentation to Minister for Social Affairs (Nieuwspoort)
– Jan 12, Nijmegen: paper presentation, conference ‘Philosophy of Technology at the Crossroads again’, Nijmegen.
– Jan 11, Nijmegen: public lecture ‘Philosophy of human-technology relations’, with Don Ihde, Radboud University Nijmegen
2017
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Dec 15, Enschede: lecture ‘Smart Cities and the Ethics of the Internet of Things’. Symposium Data & Ethiek, gemeente Enschede
– Dec 14, Utrecht: lecture ‘Katalyzing the Ethics of Technology’, KNAW/MCEC symposium ‘Fueling the Future:
How catalysis may contribute to a more sustainable society’, Academiegebouw UU
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Dec 12, Delden: lecture ‘Homo Technologicus: over mens en technologie’. Het Nut, Delden
– Nov 30: workshop ‘Drone Ethics: Responsible Innovation in HighTech. Utrecht: Holland High Tech (with Nico Nijenhuis)
– Nov 28: reviewer at PhD defence Saskia Hendriks, AMC Amsterdam.
– Nov 10: lecture and panel chair ‘Robotics Ethics’. UNESCO General Assembly, Paris (with Vanessa Evers and Mark Coeckelbergh)
– Oct 30 – Nov 1, Stockholm: Endnote lecture at conference ‘Digital Existence: Precarious Media Life’
– Oct 12, Free University Brussels: lecture ‘Smart Cities and Smart Citizenship’
– Oct 9, Amsterdam: panel ‘Dawn of a New Age in Science?, Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, with Sarah Durston, Eveline Crone, Hilde Geurts
– Oct 7, Enschede: lecture at Twente Science Night
– Sept 29, Breda: lecture ‘Our technological condition’. At symposium 8th International Photo Festival Breda: To Infinity and Beyond. On humans and technologies
– Sept 10-15: meeting of UNESCO COMEST (World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology)
– Sept 7/8: inaugural lecture Aalborg University & Aalborg Campus Copenhagen, Techno-Anthropology program.
– Aug 30 – Sept 2: paper ‘Fake News and the Politics of Mediation’ / panel chair and discussant in 5 sessions on postphenomenological research, 4S conference, Boston.
– July 6: lecture ‘Next Generation Internet: Morality, Ethics, and Post-Privacy Concerns’. Next Generation Internet workshop, DesignLab Enschede (https://www.utwente.nl/en/designlab/Events/!/2017/7/145631/workshop-next-generation-internet)
– July 6: lecture ‘Smart Cities and Smart Citizenship: Philosophical Reflections on Technology and Public Space’. Living Smart Societies conference: Palo Alto, Heidelberg, Linkoping, Munster, Enschede; Enschede (July 5-7)
– June 16: paper ‘The Politics of Technological Mediation’, SPT conference 2017, Darmstadt
– June 16: paper ‘Domestic Drones from the Perspective of the Theory of Technological Mediation’, SPT conference 2017, Darmstadt (with Peter Novitzky)
– June 10: Grote Denkers van Bijzondere Nederlanders, DeLaMar Theater Amsterdam (HUMAN / School of Life
– May 14: ‘Homo Technologicus’. Paradiso lezing, reeks ‘Leven in ons heelal’, Amsterdam.
– May 10: “Het hedendaagse onbehagen – hoe ons mensbeeld door technologie en politieke verschuivingen onder druk komt te staan”. In discussie met Bas Heijne, Pakhuis De Zwijger, Amsterdam
– Apr 20: talk on moral mediation at symposium “How do life science technologies mediate moral understandings and responsibilities in food and health contexts?”, Wageningen University
– Mar 30-31: extraordinary meeting of the UNESCO-COMEST working group on Robot Ethics, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
– Mar 28-29: Conference ‘Robots and Society: What Transformations What Regulations?’, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
– Feb 18: keynote ‘Technologies of Transcendence: On the technological mediation of the sacred’. Conference ‘Seeking the Sacred in the Digital Age’, Gonzaga University, Spokane, USA.
– Feb 17: Rukavina Lecture ‘Moralizing Technology: on the morality of things and how to design it’, Gonzaga University, Spokane, USA.
– Feb 4: lecture ‘On the Origin of Androids’, with Floris Kaayk and Koert van Mensvoort, Transmediale, Berlin.
– Jan 30: reviewer / advisor PhD defense Julia Grillmayr, Universität Wien
– Jan 27: ‘On Populism and Disruptive Technologies: Academic Communication in the 21st Century’. Keynote at NACV 2017 conference (Netwerk Academische Communicatieve Vaardigheden).
– Jan 25: ‘Towards an Ethics of Things: Design Ethics and Moral Mediation’ Guest lecture, Design Academy Eindhoven
– Jan 23: reviewer PhD defense Robert Jan Geerts, Wageningen Agricultural University.
