Workshop on Ethics, Technology, and the Future (14-15 June 2024)

The Mimir Center is going to Hong Kong to participate in a workshop on Ethics, Technology, and the Future. The workshop is organized by the Hong Kong Catastrophic Risk Centre at Lingnam University, in collaboration with Projects Innovative Ethics at Kobe University and the Mimir Center at the Institute for Futures Studies.

Venue: Hybrid, MPL130567, 13/F, M+, West Kowloon Cultural District, and on Zoom.

Schedule

Saturday 15 June

09:15–09:30 Coffee/refreshments

09:30-10:30 Julia Mosquera, Accidental panspermia: animal population ethics in space.

10:35-11:35 Julia Adler, Climate, Conflict, and Democratic Decline 

11:40-12:40 Adam Gibbons

12:45-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00 Snow Li and Takuya Niikawa, Phenomenology of caring for loved ones with Dementia

15:00-15:15 Coffee Break

15:15-16:15 Karim Jebari, What is the value of animal welfare?  [Chair: Andrea Sauchelli]

16:15–16:45 Wrap-up, souvenir presentation, photo taking

Friday 14 June

09:30-9:50 Registration / coffee

09:50-10:00 Welcoming speech by HKCRC Director

10:00-11:00 Anders Sandberg, Law, AI, and Leviathan (Q&A included) [Chair: Andrea Sauchelli]

11:05-12:05 Eiji Maruyama and Takuya Niikawa, Privacy of smart glasses.

12:15-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00 Adam Bradley, AI moral agency 

15:00-15:15 Coffee Break

15:15-16:15 Joe Roussos, Unawareness, longtermism and pure time discounting

16:20-17:20 Song Fei, Risk imposition and sequence

17:25-17:45 Wrap-up 

This is part of Mimir's efforts to build connections with similar research centers around the world. We will also have meetings about future collaborations between Mimir and HKCRC.