Listen to the ESDIT podcast or follow us on Twitter or YouTube!

Past Events

The ESDiT research consortium is regularly organizing events to discuss the ethics of disruptive technologies with other researchers and with stakeholders.

Book Launch: The Ethics of Surveillance in Times of Emergency

Date: May 17, 2024
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Room 1247, Ravelijn Building, University of Twente
Academic event
cover-

Adam Henschke (University of Twente) and Kevin Macnish will present their co-edited book “The Ethics Of Surveillance In Times Of Emergency” on 17 May at the University of Twente. The book’s editors Kevin Macnish and Adam Henschke will be discussing themes of the book, with a reflection on the disruption that was COVID-19 – how this […]

CEN Online Lectures: A Theory of Moral Conceptual Change with Philip Brey

Date: May 2, 2024
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Online
Academic event | Online Event
Screenshot 2024-04-17 at 08.48.34

How do moral concepts change over time? Philip Brey (University of Twente and ESDiT lead) answered this question by presenting a theory of moral conceptual change. The theory considers different types of changes that can occur in moral concepts, and also considers how these changes may be triggered. It also considers how new moral concepts […]

Diversity workshop: “Embracing diversity in ethics of technology”

Date: March 21, 2024
Time: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Utrecht University
Academic event | ESDIT event by invitation only | Free & fair society | Human condition | Intercultural track | Internal ESDIT event
esdit-logo-cropped-2

CEET Webinar Series: From AI Ethics to Governance

Date: March 19, 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Academic event | Online Event | Public ESDIT event
CEET Webinars-SM

The fifth session of the Winter 2024 Webinar Series organised by the Conceptual Engineering for Emerging Technologies (CEET) initiative will take place on 19 March at 10:00 am CET on Zoom.

Premiere of COBALT at InScience Film Festival

Date: March 16, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Nijmegen
Art track | Nature | Public ESDIT event | Relevant event by external organizer
Cobalt

CEET Webinar Series: Conceptual Design

Date: March 7, 2024
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Academic event | Online Event | Public ESDIT event
CEET Webinars-SM

The fourth session of the Winter 2024 Webinar Series organised by the Conceptual Engineering for Emerging Technologies (CEET) initiative will take place on 07 March at 11:00 am CET on Zoom.

CEET Webinar Series: Conceptual Disruption

Date: February 21, 2024
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Academic event | Online Event | Public ESDIT event
CEET Webinars-SM

The third session of the Winter 2024 Webinar Series organised by the Conceptual Engineering for Emerging Technologies (CEET) initiative will take place on 21 February at 13:00 CET on Zoom.

Value Experience, Value Change, and Design

Date: February 14, 2024
Time: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Social Impact Factory, Vredenburg 40, 3511 BD Utrecht
Academic event
GEYOyPAWsAAGpoh

The ERC-funded project Design for Changing Values is organising “Value Experience, Value Change, and Design” a one-day, in-person, conference on philosophy, moral psychology, and technology on 14 February at the Social Impact Factory in Utrecht. The Conference will focus on Value Experiences, their impact on design for values and their transformative effects into society. The […]

CEET Webinar Series: AI & Creativity

Date: February 6, 2024
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Zoom
Online Event
GEe_ErOWUAAzmXQ

The second session of the Winter 2024 Webinar Series organised by the Conceptual Engineering for Emerging Technologies (CEET) initiative will take place on 6 February at 09:00 am CET on Zoom. Lindsay Brainard (University of Alabama) will be the speaker of this session on AI and Creativity moderated by Matthew McKeever (HKU). Join the Webinar on […]

Workshop ‘Toward a systemic concept of attention for the attention economy, using Buddhist and Western ethics’

Start date: February 5, 2024
End date: February 7, 2024
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: TU/e campus and online
Academic event | Online Event
featured_hu28564c61677c3e27c62ebef81876ae71_733285_bd083675b1b45f9f60c5d2c82e97e030

To discuss how to adopt “Western” and Buddhist approaches to analyse what a broader systemic concept of attention could look like with a broader audience, the Workshop “Toward a systemic concept of attention for the attention economy, using Buddhist and Western ethics” was held on 5-7 February at the TU/e campus and online. On Day […]

Our event calendar features:

  • Internal ESDIT events (just for ESDIT fellows)
  • ESDIT events that are by invitation only
  • Public ESDIT events aimed at various target groups
  • Selected events by external organizers

So please check the event info to see if an event is also meant for you!