This in-depth symposium of two days will be spent in a series of workshops, some of which are interactive, and a round table. Discussions will be on such vital questions as: Is technology driving us? What directions are we going in? Do we really want to go in these directions? Who is in charge? Who decides our future? What are the possible futures? What is our social responsibility in this regard? There are currently widely diverse views emerging on such issues as social, care, industrial and military robots, but also on many other contemporary and emerging technologies such as electric cars.
Preliminary programme
Thursday March 3rd 2016
9.30h
Registration
9.45h
Welcome and presentation of the symposium
10.15h
Round table brief presentation of the participants
10.30h
Invited talks and discussions
Ethical challenges of transhumanism and emerging human enhancement technologies
Miquel-Àngel SERRA, Laboratory of Neuropharmacology, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, and Albert CORTINA, Estudi DTUM, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain.
12.00h
Break and networking
12.30h
Position papers and discussions
How can we keep Social Informatics courses appropriate, relevant and assessable?
Richard TAYLOR, International Baccalaureate Organisation
“Fac[ing the]book”: Literature and Social Networking Sites
Beatriz REVELLES-BENAVENTE, UOC
Steps towards Digital Equity
Ramon PUIGJANER, IFIP.
13.30h
Lunch and networking
15.00h
Social and educational problems: challenging technological solutions and looking at who benefits
Interactive workshop
17.00h
Coffee and conclusions of the first day
Informal optional dinner (time and place, TBC: self-paying), includes brief discussion among 9.2ers of upcoming organisational challenges
Friday March 4th 2016
9.30h
Position papers and discussions
From educational and social problems to digital technology solutions: An unfathomable gap?
Juana M. SANCHO-GIL, UB.
Organising and holding envisioning exercises: Digital Futures.
Diane WHITEHOUSE, IFIP working group chair 9.2 and technical committee 9 chair.
Where are WE steering digital technologies?
Norberto PATRIGNANI, Politecnico of Torino and Uppsala University, norberto.patrignani@polito.it and Diane WHITEHOUSE, The Castlegate Consultancy, Malton, UK.
Upbringing to life in a modern, information-driven society
Malgorzata Alicja PLOTKA, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, PL
11.30h
Break and networking
12.00h
How to move forward? Ideas (and compromises) to develop and spread a critical approach to unsocial technological developments
Workshop
13.30h
Wrap up
13.45h
Lunch and networking
12.00h
Optional activity
Informal impromptu visit to the exhibition Human+: The Future of our Species (self-paying)
Invitees and other attendees
Invitees will be asked to provide a one-page position paper (an “abstract”) that describes your opinions on the subject and supports them by evidence and literature. Other attendees are welcome, and are also asked to submit a short abstract. The event is limited to 50 persons only. Enrollment is necessary. Please fill in the submission template and send it to esbrina@ub.edu.
Costs
There is no direct cost for the workshop; however, a small fee may be charged to cover catering. Dinners will be self-paying. Attendees will need to cover their own transportation/accommodation costs.
Publication
Possible publication of the workshop interventions is being explored with a number of journals.
Submission date for abstract
Monday 22nd February 2016. Please enroll and submit your abstract as soon as possible and certainly by Monday 22nd February 2016 at the very latest!
Accommodation
Suggested hotels:
- 987 Barcelona Hotel. Very close to the city center and to metro line 3 (green), which can take you to the campus in about 20 minutes.
- Hotel Lesseps. Placed in between the campus and city center, it is also close to metro line 3 (green).
- Hotel Alimara. Very close to University of Barcelona’s Mundet Campus and to Mundet Metro Station.
Hotel rooms are not guaranteed. Please book as soon as possible.
Relevant associated materials
Examples:
Other exciting events happening in Barcelona at the same time
This impressive exhibition will no doubt be of interest to invitees/attendees: Human+: The Future of Our Species
Programme committee
Carmen Alba, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
José Miguel Correa Gorospe, University of the Basque Country, Spain
Juana Sancho Gil, University of Barcelona, Spain
Diane Whitehouse, The Castlegate Consultancy, United Kingdom
Kai Kimppa, Turku University, Finland
Richard Taylor, International Baccalaureate, United Kingdom
Anna Vartapetience, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Fecha
3 y 4 de marzo de 2016
Lugar
Edifici Llevant, 2a planta
Departament de Didàctica i Organització Educativa, Aula 240
Facultat d’Educació
Universitat de Barcelona
Campus Mundet
Passeig de la Vall d’Hebron 171
Barcelona, CP 08035
Organiza
The two days are organised by IFIP WG9.2 on social accountability and computing in conjunction with Esbrina of University of Barcelona and REUNI+D.
Con el apoyo de
- University of Barcelona
- Department of Didactics and Educational Management
- Faculty of Education
