Program
Program overview of the Vienna Workshop on Digital Humanism.
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
8:30-9:00 - Registration
9:00-9:15 - Welcome
9:15-13:00 - Session: History and Impact of Information Technology
- William Aspray (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) – “The Importance of Scrutiny to Digital Humanism”
- Marco Aiello (University of Stuttgart, Germany) – “The Implications of a Web Done by Amateurs”
- Allison Stanger (Middlebury College, USA) – “Consumers vs. Citizens: Freedom and Democracy’s Public Square in a Big Data World”
- Hans Akkermans (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands) – “The Internet as a Global Commons and the Design of TechnoSociality”
- Moderator: Edward A. Lee (UC Berkeley, USA)
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-18:00 - Session: Humans and Society, AI, and Ethics
- Mirjam de Bruijn (Leiden University, The Netherlands) – “The Digital Empire and Ways of Mobile Telephony in Africa”
- Moshe Y. Vardi (Rice University, USA) – “The Next Revolution of Work: Any Lessons Learned?”
- Guglielmo Tamburrini (University of Naples, Italy) – “Increasing Machine Autonomy and the Protection of Human Autonomy: Ethical Issues and Policies”
- James Larus (EPFL, Switzerland) – “Regulating Artificial Intelligence? Reflecting on Several International Recommendations”
- Moderator: Hilda Tellioğlu (TU Wien, Austria)
19:00-22:00 – Social Dinner
Friday, April 5, 2019
9:00-13:00 - Session: Dynamics of a New World – Issues and Answers
- Helga Nowotny (Chair of the ERA Council Forum Austria and Former President of the ERC, Austria) – “Imagining Our Digital Future - How Human Will It Be?”
- Nikolaus Forgó (University of Vienna, Austria) – “Internet Law in a Global Context”
- Geoffrey G. Parker (Dartmouth College, USA) – “The Transformative Powers of Platform Economies”
- Manfred Hauswirth (TU Berlin, Germany) – “Fostering Local Excellence in a Global Context”
- Moderator: Carlo Ghezzi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
13:00-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-16:00 – Panel: Lessons for the Future and Possible Next Steps
Panelists: Carlo Ghezzi, Edward A. Lee, Helga Nowotny, Hilda Tellioğlu Moderator: Hannes Werthner (TU Wien, Austria)