PHTR conference 2020 | understanding the relations between humans and technology
Project overview
The Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations conference (PHTR) was a four-day conference loaded with interesting and inspiring plenary sessions of speakers. These speakers helped us to understand, evaluate and shape the relations between humans and technology. This conference was in the beginning of the pandemic, so it was done as a live stream. 100% humans and technology, how fitting was that?
- Full name: Philosophy of Human Technologies Conference
- Duration: November 4 - 7, 2020
- Status: Project Closed
The PHTR conference was held for anyone interested in understanding, evaluating and shaping the relations between humans and technology, ranging from philosophers and ethicists of technology to social scientists, humanities scholars, artists, designers, and engineers. The goal was to bring together a community of people to foster dialogue and creative collaborations on the interactions between humans, technologied and society.
- Bring together a community of people to foster dialogue and creative collaborations on the interactions between humans, technologied and society.
- Since the pandemic just hit, the goal was to do so 100% digitally.
From process to realisation This conference was held in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, so some different steps needed to be taken. The entire conference was held via zoom. Over 500 people joined digitally over the course of 4 days to join the inspiring plenary sessions. It ended up being much bigger than anticipated. It attracted people from design, philosophy, social sciences and ethics to work on improving technology worldwide. It was so, because it showed that the University of Twente had become the hub for doing these kind of things.
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