4TU.Ethics and ESDiT thank all participants
The conference “Rethinking Ethics – Reimagining Technology” organized by the 4TU centre for ethics and technology and the ESDiT program took place from 02-10-2024 to 04-10-2024 at the University of Twente. Distributed over eight thematic tracks, more than 200 researchers presented their work and more than 270 people visited the conference.
The organization wishes to thank all who contributed.
Already two blogs in conference series published
Duuk Baten and John Walker have published a blog on their roundtable that will be held during parallelsession VIII Track 7. You can read their blog here.
Maaike Harmsen has published the second blog in the conference series called Two Kinds of Humans. You can read this blog here.
Like to publish a blog on your own presentation or do you have other interesting ideas that you would like to turn into a blog? You can send a blog to blog@ethicsandtechnology.eu. The blog writing guidelines can be found here.
Carl Mitcham as Keynote on Friday
Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem unfortunately had to cancel her keynote lecture that was planned for Friday. We are glad to report that Carl Mitcham will deliver a keynote address instead.
Carl Mitcham is Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines and Visiting International Professor of Philosophy of Technology at Renmin University of China. He is a longstanding and leading figure in the field of philosophy and ethics of engineering and technology. His seminal “Thinking through technology: The path between engineering and philosophy” is of continuing importance. He has published many interdisciplinary works on philosophy of technology, engineering, and STS.
Carl’s keynote is entitled “Ethics of socially Disruptive Technology in China: Observational Notes”. It will offer some informal interpretative observations by a 30-years long visitor about how China has been and is trying to manage socially disruptive technologies. The talk will profile a select few individuals and institutions.
Maintenance work Dutch railways in October
Please note that the Dutch railways have planned maintenance around Enschede at the time of our conference.
If you like to plan your journey from abroad, you can check the website of NS International.
If you like to plan your journey within The Netherlands, you can check the website of the Dutch Railways, or download their app.
If you are traveling by train, we recommend the following journey:
Amsterdam Airport --> Amsterdam Zuid --> Arnhem Centraal --> Zutphen --> Hengelo.
Or: Rotterdam Centraal --> Utrecht Centraal --> Arnhem Centraal --> Zutphen --> Hengelo.
From Hengelo you can take a train or bus 9 to Enschede. Halfway the route of the bus, you'll find the University of Twente. At the end of this route, you can find the center of Enschede.
More information about traveling to the University of Twente and parking on campus can be found here.
Maintenance work Dutch railways in October
The Dutch railways will conduct maintenance work at the beginning of October. For the latest information on the quickest routes to Enschede, please use the website or app of the Dutch railways (NS).
If you are traveling by public transport, we recommend the following route:
Amsterdam Airport --> Amsterdam Zuid --> Arnhem centraal --> Zutphen --> Hengelo. From Hengelo you can take bus 9 to Enschede. After a few stops you have reached the University. At the end of this route, you are in the centre of Enschede.
For information about travelling to the Netherlands, you can check NS International
For domestic travel within the Netherlands, you can also check the regular NS website or their app.
If you have any additional questions, please contact us at conference2024@ethicsandtechnology.eu
Everything on traveling to the campus of the University of Twente can be found here https://www.utwente.nl/en/campus/buildings-rules/accessibility/#accessibility-per-mode-of-transport
This conference will be jointly organized by the 4TU.Ethics and ESDiT
The 4TU.Center for Ethics and Technology is a collaboration between four technical Universities in The Netherlands: Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research and University of Twente. It is a community of researchers that aims to stimulate and perform research in the field of ethics and technology, both fundamental and applied. 4TU.Ethics aims to address societal challenges in the context of a globalized and inter-connected world, and to advance understanding of ethical issues in engineering and technology development.
The overall aim of the ESDiT research programme is to develop a comprehensive philosophical understanding of the socially disruptive technologies (SDTs) of the 21st century, and in particular their challenge to the very concepts and values that we normally appeal to in our moral thinking. These concepts and values form the basis of our current moral, political, and anthropological order. There is an urgency to this aim, as we need to develop new moral frameworks to guide these technologies for the betterment of humanity.