CPG 10th Annual Conference ‘Digitalization, Artificial intelligence, Dataism’

Date: 18-20 October 2019

Venue: Lebua at State Tower, Silom, Bangkok

Jointly organized by Asian Governance Foundation (AGF)

Agenda

Agenda

Saturday, 19 October 2019 at Pushkara Ballroom, Mozu Floor, Lebua at State Tower

8.30-9.00 am  Registration

9.00-9.15 am  Welcoming words

9.15-10.45 am

Session 1

“Computional Power in the Digital World”

Massimo Durante, Department of Law, University of Turin

“Superintelligence and the Orthogonality Thesis”

Vincent Mueller, Eindhoven University of Technology

Q & A

10.45-11.15 am    Group photo & coffee break

11.15 am-12.45 pm 

Session 2

“Transformations Between People and AI Systems: Chatbots, Talk and the Re-engineering of Identity”

Anthony Elliott, Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of South Australia

“Hello New World of ‘Artificial Intelligence’”

Erik Vermeulen, Tilburg Law and Economics Center, Tilburg University

Q & A

12.30-1.45 pm  Lunch break

1.45-3.15 pm   

Session 3

“Global Culture for Global Technology”

Robert Geraci, Department of Religious Studies, Manhattan College, New York City

“The Utopia of Universal Control: Critical Thoughts on Transhumanism and Technological Posthumanism”

Janina Loh, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna

 Q & A

3.15-3.30 pm  Coffee break

3.30-5.00 pm 

Session 4

“Why sex robots should fear us”

Nicholas Agar, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington

“Machine Supererogation and Deontic Bias”

Jonathan Pengelly, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington

Q & A

 

Sunday, 20 October 2019 at Pushkara Ballroom, Mozu Floor, Lebua at State Tower

8.30-9.15 am  Registration

9.15-10.45 am 

Session 5

“Law, Governance and Artificial Intelligence”

John Zeleznikow, College of Business, Victoria University

 “AI in Deliberative Democracy”

Chris Reed, Centre for Argument Technology, SSE, University of Dundee

Q & A

10.45-11.00 am  Coffee break

11.00 am-1.00 pm

Session 6

“Globalization, Big Technology, and Public Health Surveillance Ethics”

Michael J. Selgelid, Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University

“Taking Care of Business: International Law and Industrial Cyber Espionage”

Russell Buchan, School of Law, The University of Sheffield

“Eastphalia: Poly-Centric Governance in the Age of Networks not Nations”

Pindar Wong, VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd

Q & A

1.00-2.15 pm  Lunch break

2.15-3.45 pm 

Session 7

“Autonomous Intelligent Weapons Systems and Meaningful Human Control: An Uneasy Alliance?”

Elke Schwarz, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London

“Future Options for the Regulation of Autonomous Weapon System”

 Markus Wagner, School of Law, University of Wollongong

Q & A

3.45-4.00 pm  Conference closing remarks