Call for Abstracts

International Conference on Virtue Ethics and Technology
September 19-20, 2024
KU Leuven, Belgium
https://hiw.kuleuven.be/wgpt/conference

Submission deadline (extended): April 15, 2024

The KU Leuven Working Group on Philosophy of Technology and the Belgian Royal Military Academy are delighted to announce a 2-day international conference on the interplay between virtue ethics and the philosophy of technology (with one day dedicated to military technologies), to be held (in-person) at the Institute of Philosophy in Leuven, Belgium 19-20 September 2024.

CONFERENCE THEMES:

The conference aims to explore the possibilities for understanding and addressing the ethical, political and societal challenges raised by new and emerging technologies through the lens of virtue ethics. One day of the conference will focus particularly on the challenges posed by new and emerging technologies in military contexts. We warmly invite philosophers, ethicists, and researchers from related fields to submit abstracts for papers or panels addressing a wide range of topics including, but not limited to:

• Technology and the (techno-moral) virtues
• Human flourishing in the digital age
• Virtue ethics and AI
• AI ethics guidelines: principles vs.

Call for Papers

37th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference
July 15-17, 2024
University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
https://bcshci.org/call-for-papers/

Submission deadline for long and short paper: April 11, 2024 (extended)

The International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference is a vibrant and established multidisciplinary HCI conference in its 37th year. The 2024 conference will be hosted by the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, UK on 15-17th July.

We welcome submissions that report original work that addresses areas relevant to HCI research and UX practice (see Areas of Interest listed below for examples).

The types of papers accepted are:

• Full Papers up to 10 pages excluding references in eWiC format.
• Short Papers up to 5 pages excluding references in eWiC format.

Calls for workshops, interactions gallery, research and design competition, and doctorial consortium can be found on the conference web site https://bcshci.org/

The papers submission deadline is Thursday 28th March 2024 Thursday 11^th April (Midnight in Anywhere on Earth).… read more. “Call: 37th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference”

Call for Papers

CONVERSATIONS 2024 – 8th International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Human-Centred AI
Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki, Greece [and online]
December 4-5, 2024
https://2024.conversations.ws

Submission deadline: (firm): September 25, 2024

Welcome to CONVERSATIONS 2024, a two-day workshop on chatbots and human-centred AI. This is the 8th workshop in the CONVERSATIONS series. We invite researchers and practitioners with an interest in the workshop topics to submit papers reporting research outcomes, preliminary findings or positions for sharing and discussion at the workshop. Accepted full papers will be published in the workshop proceedings at Springer LNCS.

This year the scope of the workshop extends beyond chatbot research to include also other highly relevant application areas of human-centred AI – including human-AI interaction, human-AI collaboration and decision making, trustworthy AI, human-centred research on generative AI and large language models.

Paper presentations will be conducted on-site at the workshop location.… read more. “Call: CONVERSATIONS 2024 – 8th International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Human-Centred AI”

Call for Papers:
Topical Collection on Trust and Opacity in Artificial Intelligence for Philosophy & Technology (Springer)
https://link.springer.com/collections/dibibiaidb

Guest Editors: Martin Hähnel (University of Bremen) and Rico Hauswald (TU Dresden)

Submission deadline: June 1, 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of our everyday lives, we are faced with the question of how to use it responsibly. In public discourse, this issue is often framed in terms of trust – for example by asking whether, to what extent, and under what conditions trusting AI systems is appropriate. In this context, the philosophical debates on practical, political, and epistemic trust that have been ongoing since the 1980s have recently been gaining momentum and developed within the philosophy of AI.

However, a number of fundamental questions remain unanswered. For example, some authors have argued that the concept of trust is interpersonal in nature and therefore entirely inapplicable to relationships with AI systems.… read more. “Call: Topical Collection on Trust and Opacity in AI for Philosophy and Technology Journal”

Call for Participation

IMMERSIVE FILMMAKING FOR SPHERES AND DOMES
An LA SIGGRAPH event
April 13, 2024, 12:00pm PDT
Free online via Zoom
https://lasiggraph.org/event/immersive-filmmaking-spheres-and-domes

You must register with ZOOM REGISTRATION to attend this event

Explore the forefront of immersive filmmaking with a global lineup of emerging and established artists sharing their experiences producing animated films for large-scale dome theaters. Produced by LA SIGGRAPH in cooperation with Dome Fest West.

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Explore the forefront of immersive filmmaking with a global lineup of emerging and established artists sharing their experiences producing animated films for large-scale dome theaters. Includes case studies showcasing select projects nominated for Dome Fest West awards in 2024. Join us for a glimpse into the future of cinematic storytelling in these groundbreaking immersive environments!

Moderator: Ed Lantz, President & CTO, Vortex Immersion and Board Chair, Dome Fest West

Panelists include:
Julius Horsthuis, Fractal Artist
Michael J.… read more. “Call: Immersive Filmmaking for Spheres and Domes – LA SIGGRAPH free online event”