Ethics of Human Interaction with Robotic, Bionic, and AI Systems
Concepts and Policies

workshop supported by the ETHICBOTS European Project
International Workshop - Naples , 17-18 October, 2006
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Programme

October 17 th 2006

9:00	9:30	Welcome and presentation
9:30	10:15	S. Rodotà Adventures of the human body
10:15	11:00	A. Mowshowitz Technology as excuse for questionable ethics
11:00	11:30	Coffee Break
11:30	12:15	R. Rosenberg The Social Impact of Intelligent Artifacts
12:15	13:00	D. Miller Piecemeal Decision Making
13:00	14:30	Lunch
14:30	15:15	A. Mackworth Can We Know The Robot Will Do The Right Thing?
15:15	16:00	R. Cordeschi Freedom of action in a robotic universe. A tutorial
16:00	16:20	Coffee Break
16:20	17:05	J. Weber Robots - From Slaves Towards Companions?
17:05	17:50	R. Chatila Human-aware robots: for the worse or for the better?
17:50	18:35	R. Von Schomberg From the Ethics of Technology to the Ethics of Knowledge Assessment
18:35	19:00	Discussion

October 18 th 2006

		AULA MAGNA	Room B
9:30	10:00	R. Capurro, M. Nagenborg, J. Weber, C. Pingel, Methodological Issues in the Ethics of Human-Robot Interactions	G.S. Virk, C. Sjöström, M. Engström, W. Trinius Standards and/or ethics for service robots?
10:00	10:30	Blay Whitby More or less human–like? Ethical Issues in human-robot interaction	S. Casalini, G. Dalle Mura, M. L. Sica, A. Fornai, M. Ferro, G. Pioggia, R. Igliozzi, A. Ahluwalia, F. Muratori, D. De Rossi Human-Robot Interaction in Autism
10:30	11:00	S. Gill, P. Duquenoy, C. Hyuck, A Techno-Ethics of Cognition and Communication	N. Patrignani NanoBots: The next frontier of Computer Ethics
11:00	11:30	Coffee break
11:30	12:00	G. Veruggio, F. Operto The Roboethics Roadmap	L. Montagnini The philosophical and existential roots of Norbert Wiener's ethical ideas about cybernetics
12:00	12:30	S. Torrance The Ethical Status of Artificial Agents – With or without consciousness	D. Marino, G. Tamburrini Learning robots and human responsibility
12:30	13:00	J. Galvan The symbolic transfer as a key for the ethical dimension of humanoids	C. Reynolds, M. Ishikawa Robot Trickery
13:00	15:00	Lunch
15:00	15:30	K. Warwick, D. Cerqui Therapy versus enhancement in brain-computer integration	M. Decker Replaceability of Humans by Autonomous Robots?
15:30	16:00	M.T. Russo Biomechatronics and Anthropology	T. Christaller, M. Mock, E. Datteri, C. Laschi, P. Salvini, G. Tamburrini, G. Veruggio, K. Warwick An approach to an ethically-driven survey of the state-of-the-art in artificial intelligence, robotics, and bionics
16:00	16:30	C.T.A. Schmidt Enticing a Scientist. About Mixture of Origins and Identity	P. Salvini, C. Laschi, P. Dario Exploring Techno-Ethical Issues in Bio-Robotics Technologies
16:30	17:00	Coffee break End of workshop!
17:00	19:00	Internal meetings of ETHICBOTS consortium members