Sixth International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry
July 17-19, 2005
University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Conference director: | Philip Brey, University of Twente, The Netherlands |
Conference co-directors | Luciano Floridi, Oxford University, United Kingdom Frances Grodzinsky, Sacred Heart University, United States Lucas Introna, Lancaster University, United Kingdom |
Keynote speakers: | James Moor Department of Philosophy, Dartmouth College, USA INSEIT Presidential Address Title: Why We Need Better Ethics for Emerging Technologies William Sims Bainbridge Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, National Science Foundation, USA Tentative title: Convergence of Privacy and Intimacy. |
Julian Savulescu Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University, United Kingdom Title: Technological Enhancement of Human Beings | |
Program Committee: | |
Alison Adam | University of Salford, UK |
Porfirio Barroso | Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain |
Jacques Berleur | University of Namur, Belgium |
Johannes Britz | University of Pretoria, South Africa |
Terrell Ward Bynum | Southern Connecticut State University, USA |
Rafael Capurro | University of Stuttgart, Germany |
Göran Collste | Linköping University, Sweden |
Wendy Gordon | Boston University, USA |
Don Gotterbarn | East Tennessee State University, USA |
Sven Ove Hansson | Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
Deborah G. Johnson | University of Virginia, USA |
Duncan Langford | University of Kent, UK |
Antonio Marturano | University of Exeter, UK |
Keith Miller | University of Illinois at Springfield, USA |
James Moor | Dartmouth College, USA |
Helen Nissenbaum | New York University, USA |
Charles D. Raab | Edinburgh University, UK |
Wade Robison | Rochester Institute of Technology, USA |
Simon Rogerson | De Montfort University, UK |
Richard Rosenberg | University of British Columbia, Canada |
Richard Spinello | Boston College, USA |
Lucy Suchman | Lancaster University UK |
Herman Tavani | Rivier College, USA |
Jeroen van den Hoven | Erasmus University, Netherlands |
Anton Vedder | Tilburg University, Netherlands |
Richard Volkman | Southern Connecticut State University, USA |
John Weckert | Charles Sturt University, Australia |
The CEPE conference series is recognized as one of the premier international events on computer and information ethics attended by delegates from all over the world. Conferences are held about every 24 months, alternating between Europe and the United States. CEPE 2005 is the sixth conference in the series.
Information technology is currently moving well beyond the familiar mainframe, PC and laptop computer paradigms. We are witnessing the mobile revolution, the ubiquitous computing revolution, as well as revolutionary new uses of IT in biomedicine, education, the fight against crime and terrorism, entertainment and other areas. We are anticipating a nanotechnology revolution, as well as a convergence between information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology. These new developments require ethical reflection, possibly even before their consequences become visible.
The special theme of CEPE2005 is
Ethics of New Information Technologies
Papers of an ethical or philosophical nature within the following areas are particularly welcomed:
-Virtual and augmented reality and shared virtual environments
-Nanotechnology and nanocomputing
-Ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence
-Converging technologies (the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science)
-New surveillance technologies and new technologies for security and privacy
-New uses of information technology in biomedicine and bioengineering
-New military applications of IT
-New uses of information technology in education
-New IT solutions to environmental problems
-New communication technologies and mobile computing devices
-New developments in artificial intelligence, artificial agents, embedded systems and artificial life
-Models for the ethical assessment of new and future information technologies
We particularly welcome papers from applied ethics fields other than computer ethics that focus on any of the above areas, as well as papers from computer science professionals who combine their state-of-the-art knowledge of IT with ethical analysis. As in previous CEPE conferences, original papers on computing and ethics outside the scope of the conference theme will also be considered for acceptance.
Papers will be accepted on the basis of a submitted abstract, which will be refereed.
An abstract must be between 1200 and 1400 words in length (references included) and submitted via email as embedded plain text or an attachment in RTF or WORD 6 format.
Abstracts must be submitted no later than 10 November 2004 to cepe@utwente.nl. Authors will be informed of the decision of the referees by 15 January 2005.
Full papers must be submitted by 1 May 2005.
We will also accept proposals for panel discussions, also to be submitted by 10 November 2004.
CEPE 2005 will take place in conjunction with the 14th Biennial International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT), which will be held from July 20-22 at Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.