ROBOWAR RESPONSIBILITY Project – Starting Workshop

28-29 March 2014, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

http://robowarresponsibility.com/

INVITED SPEAKERS

Battaglia, Fiorella (Munich) – “Ethical analysis of robots in war”

Bock, Veronika (Hamburg) – title tba

Coeckelbergh, Mark (Twente) – “Automatic weapon systems and moral responsibility”

de Greef, Tjerk (Delft) – “The ethical boundary agent & the moral implications on autonomy and distance”

Kasher, Asa (Tel Aviv) – title tba

Koch, Bernhard (Hamburg) – title tba

Saxon, Dan (Leiden) – “Individual Criminal Responsibility (of Humans) for Actions of Autonomous Weapons”

Tamburrini, Guglielmo (Napoli) – title tba

THE PROJECT

The ROBOWAR RESPONSIBILITY Project aims to bring together researchers from the areas of philosophy, law, politics, psychology as well as military personnel, experts in robotics and information technology to study the conceptual and ethical implications of recent development of automatic weapon systems (e.g. drones) in warfare. At a conceptual level, the project addresses questions like: What does it take for an automatic weapon system to count as an autonomous agent? In what ways (if any) may automatic weapons of new generation put humans out-of-the-loop in warfare? At a normative level, the project addresses questions like: What kind of moral and legal consequences may the employment of new generation automatic weapon systems have for attributions of responsibility? How should future automatic weapon systems be designed to avoid unwanted responsibility gaps and other unwanted risks?

STARTING WORKSHOP

We invite expressions of interest from researchers and practitioners in relevant areas who would like to participate in an upcoming workshop that will take place on 28-29 March 2014 at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

CALL FOR INTEREST

Interested parties should send an email to info@robowarresponsibility.com, explaining in 350-500 words why they are interested in participating in the workshop. Expressions of interest must be received by 30th Nov. 2013, and applicants will be advised in writing by 31st Jan. 2014 of the success of their application.

As Ashgate Publishing has expressed interest in publishing a collection arising from the workshop, please state with your application whether you would like to also be considered for this.

Places will be allocated on the basis of how well the applicants’ interests and background align with the central themes of the ROBOWAR RESPONSIBILITY Project. There is no registration fee, but vacancies will be limited to ensure that there is ample time for discussion. Participants must fund their own travel and accommodation should this be required.

In case you are interested in the project while not able to apply for this workshop,please email info@robowarresponsibility.com – we will be happy to keep you updated about future events and the progress of the project.

Warm regards, Filippo Santoni de Sio & Ezio Di Nucci