Ethical and Legal Perspectives on Explainable AI

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This symposium will address explainable AI from ethical and legal perspectives, with speakers from AI, philosophy and law. The primary target audience is students and researchers at Utrecht University, from various backgrounds, interested in explainable AI. There is also limited room for participants from outside Utrecht University.

This symposium organised by the Special Interest Group on AI, Ethics & Law of the Utrecht University Focus Area Human-Centered AI.

Preliminary programme

  • 12.00-13.00: Lunch + opening speech
    Sybe de Vries, Professor of Public Economic Law and Co-director of the RENFORCE research programme -- Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe, Utrecht University School of Law
  • 13.00-13.45am: keynote speaker 1
    Nadya Purtova, School of Law, Utrecht University. When cognitive legal dreams and syntactic information machines collide. Abstract.
  • 13.45-14.00: Short Break
  • 14.00-14.45pm: keynote speaker 2
    Wijnand van Woerkom, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany (see also his former UU webpage).
  • 14.45-15.15: Coffee Break
  • 15.15-16.00pm: keynote speaker 3
    Kate Vredenburg, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. What should we explain with explainable AI?. Abstract.
  • 16.00-16.15: Short Break
  • 16.15-17.00: Panel Discussion
    Chair: Henry Prakken
    Panelists:
    • Jan Broersen, Department of Philosophy, Utrecht University.
    • Evelien Brouwer, School of Law, Utrecht University.
    • Nadya Purtova, School of Law, Utrecht University.
    • Kate Vredenburg, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
    • Wijnand van Woerkom, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany.
  • 17:00-18:00: Drinks

Organisers

  • Hein Duijf, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University.
  • Henry Prakken, Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University.
  • Cristiana Santos, Utrecht University School of Law

Contact

Send an email to h.w.a.duijf@uu.nl, h.prakken@uu.nl or c.teixeirasantos@uu.nl

Start date and time
End date and time
Location
Alex Brenninkmeijer room, Johanna Hudig Building, Achter Sint Pieter 200, Utrecht.
Entrance fee
Free of charge
Registration

Registration is free but Utrecht University staff and students have priority. To register, send an email by October 1st to secretariaatiersbr@uu.nl with the following information:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your UU department
  • Your status (Staff, Postdoc, PhD student, Bsc or Msc student, other)
  • Whether you want your email address to be added to the mailing list of the AI, Ethics & Law special interest group.
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