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Chair of the day and speakers include:

And many more, see the descriptions of the various sessions.

11:15 - 12:30 hrs : Parallel sessions | round 1

Team Science Table 1:

Media and Democracy

Description

Active civic participation is a key public value in a democratic state. Digitalization poses many challenges for modern democracies in terms of inclusion and exclusion of civic participation. In this roundtable discussion, we will explore issues on the most pressing issues of digital citizenship: the skills needed to actively participate in social debates, the ethics and data security of online participation, and the (possible) impacts and costs of employing digital tools to strengthen democracy. We are especially interested in digital civic participation on a local and municipal level, as well as catering to the needs of also non-digitally literate citizens. Our speakers will bring in varied expertise from the municipalities, NGOs, and academia to find common threads that help with strengthening participation at the local, regional, and national levels. 

 

Moderator

Olga Pasitselka, assistant professor, University of Groningen

Speakers

Team Science Table 2:

Health and Wellbeing

Description

As our world becomes increasingly interconnected through digital technologies, understanding the implications and opportunities for health and well-being is paramount. In the first part of this conference session, early career researchers from diverse Dutch universities will present emerging topics and (interdisciplinary) research projects within this domain. From personalization, accessibility and implementation, to perspectives on added value of AI-medical devices, our speakers will explore health and well-being in a progressively digitized world.

 

Moreover, broad collaboration between different stakeholders is necessary to overcome challenges and develop (scalable) solutions for healthcare and society in the digital age. Therefore, in the last part of the session, we invite you to share your ideas, experiences, and aspirations regarding this theme. Together, we will explore strategies to address existing challenges and pave the way for a healthier, more equitable future.

 

Speakers

  • Saar Hommes, postdoctoral researcher, Academic Center for Digital Health and Mental Wellbeing, Tilburg University

  • Esther Metting, assistant professor, University of Groningen/UMCG

  • Jolien van de Sande, postdoctoral researcher TILT, Tilburg University

  • Michelle Servaas, senior researcher and GZ-psycholoog, UMCG

  • Rachelle de Vries, postdoctoral researcher Department of Communication & Cognition, Tilburg University

 

Panel discussion: Health and well-being in the Digital Society

Saar Hommes, Esther Metting, Pieter Rohrbach, Jolien van de Sande, Michelle Servaas, Rachelle de Vries

Team Science Table 3:

Meaningful Human-AI Interaction

Description

Ensuring that our interactions with AI systems are responsible requires collaborations across the different worlds of legislation, academia, and practice. This panel brings together representatives from each of these worlds, to ask questions at their intersections. What obstacles appear when advances in one world are applied to another? What opportunities are there for fruitful collaboration towards meaningful human-AI interaction? And what can we learn from each other's recent experiences in building cross-discipline bridges in the digital society?

Invited Talks:

  • Payal Arora (professor, digital anthropology, Utrecht University)

  • Linda Li (AI ethics lead, Netherlands Police)

Roundtable Participants:

If you are interested in this topic, TU Delft Digital Society members are organizing a monthly event series on meaningful human-AI interaction. For more information, please click here.

SSH-council

Inspiration session

Description

During this session, a spotlight will be given to three researchers, each involved in different large-scale interdisciplinary research projects. The three speakers will talk a little about the research project in question, their involvement and specific research angle within the project, the ways in which interdisciplinary collaboration is carried out and the challenges they have had to overcome in doing so. The three successful examples covered here offer inspiration for young researchers in the audience who are interested in being part of an interdisciplinary research project. The KIC call session in the afternoon, organized by NWO and the SSH Council, follows on from this inspiration session.

Speakers

  • The first presentation will be given by Dr Patrik Hummel (TU/e). He is involved in the Gravity program 'Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies' (ESDIT) and his presentation will be about how digitalisation confronts societies with vexed choices about which values to strive for.

  • The second presentation will be given by Prof Floris Bex (UU) and will talk about his involvement in the Gravity programme 'Public Values in the Algorithmic Society' (AlgoSoc).

  • The last presentation will be given by Dr Els de Busser (Leiden University) and her presentation will be on how the Cyber Security by Integrated Design project (NWO-NWA) contributes to safer software by extending security-by-design to include organisational aspects and human behaviour.

NWO | MVI

Designing for public values

Responsible innovation in the digital society

Description

How do you ensure that public values such as human rights, privacy, democracy and the rule of law are safeguarded in the digital society? Researchers have been working on that question in various projects within the NWO MVI programme 'Responsible innovation. Designing for public values in a digital world'. In this session, they will share their research and (preliminary) insights, after an introduction to the MVI programme by Prof Jeroen van den Hoven. The session provides an opportunity to discuss, connect with, and learn from researchers in the MVI community.

Within the NWO programme Responsible Innovation (MVI), the subprogramme 'Responsible Innovation. Designing for public values in a digital world' was launched in 2018 - a collaboration between NWO, the municipality of The Hague and several ministries (Interior & Kingdom Relations, Defence, Foreign Affairs and Security & Justice). The five ongoing projects awarded within this programme have spent the past few years considering how public values could be embedded in the digital society. The projects focus on topics ranging from the military deployment of AI, blockchain and geographic data and disaster management to digital democracy and the establishment of digital standards.

Moderator

  • Prof. Jeroen van den Hoven, Delft University of Technology

Speakers

  • Brian Masinde, University of Twente

  • Dr. Antonia Stanojević, Tilburg University

  • Effy Xue Li, University of Amsterdam

  • Taylor Woodcock, Asser Institute/University of Amsterdam

  • Fabio Votta, University of Amsterdam

13:15 - 14:00 hrs : Panel discussion

Panel discussion

Responsible Human-AI Interactions for a Digital Society: From Principles to Implementation

With the increasing design, use, and implementation of AI in society, we must ensure that AI complements us by providing meaningful engagement and control. In addition, these interactions must be responsible, robust, and ethical. During this plenary panel, the national Digital Society programme brings together diverse stakeholders from across disciplines and sectors to discuss what principles human-AI interaction should uphold, what these interactions should entail, and how AI should be implemented to ensure a beneficial digital future.

Panelists include:

  • Payal Arora (Utrecht University)

  • Abraham Bernstein (University of Zurich)

  • Floris Kreiken (Ministry of Interior)

  • Jie Yang (TU Delft)

14:00 - 15:15 hrs : Parallel sessions | round 2

KIC Mission Digital Trust

SSH-council & NWO

“Building digital trust together”

 

This summer, the new KIC Mission Call for proposals ''Digital Identities - a foundation for trust in the digital world'' (working title) is expected. This is an interdisciplinary call which offers many opportunities for SSH researchers. Digital trust is the expectation of individuals that digital technologies and services – and the organizations and open source ecosystems that provide them - will protect the interests of all stakeholders and safeguard societal expectations and values. Crucial building blocks for digital trust are digital identities with verifiable information.

To inspire SSH researchers to write a KIC-application, the application process and specific opportunities for SSH researchers will be clarified. During the session, ideas, notions and associations will be collected through brainstorm sessions that will serve as inspiration for the framework of the call for proposals. In this way, the SSH community can prepare for this call at an early stage by considering how this topic is relevant to them and which other parties can be involved. The session offers a unique opportunity to gain information about the creation of the upcoming KIC Mission call and contribute to this in an interactive way.

UNL - Universities of the Netherlands

Round tables on AI

in research and educations

Description

What does the advent of generative AI mean for research and education? Should universities integrate AI in education and research – and if so, why and how? What tools can we use and what not? Can we regulate these developments by updating existing policies or is this so revolutionary that it requires a new vision and policy on AI?

 

This interactive panel explores these questions and seeks to explore the opportunities of AI for universities in the Netherlands and beyond. We especially seek to hear your perspectives and bring those back to our national working group on AI.

 

Speakers

  • Willem Jan Knibbe, Wageningen University and Research

  • Malvina Nissim, University of Groningen

  • Max van Duijn, Leiden University

  • Nava Tintarev, Maastricht University

  • Anno Bunnik, Universities of the Netherlands

Cybersecurity and public values

Description

ICT security firm Fox-IT appears to be disappearing. According to insiders, the British owner NCC Group (which acquired Fox-IT in 2015) has decided to break up the originally Dutch company. Fox Crypto, the division responsible for securing state secrets, is likely to be sold. Knowledge is at risk of disappearing.

Should we establish a Key Technology Evaluation and Action Committee to proactively retain essential knowledge? Or should we protect our public values, such as cybersecurity in this case, in a different way?

Join this interactive breakout session where we generate ideas and solutions to retain essential knowledge to protect our public values. 

 

Moderator

  • Bernold Nieuwesteeg, Erasmus University Rotterdam

16:15 - 16:35 hrs : Rathenau Institute

Rathenau Scan Immersive technologies

 

Recently the Rathenau Instituut launched a Rathenau Scan on the impact of immersive technologies, such as VR and AR. With immersive technologies, it becomes possible to experience a new kind of "realness" that can also be considered reality, even if the experience is fully or partially virtual. The technology literally comes a lot closer to the skin and to the senses than smartphones or computers.

In this scan, the Rathenau Instituut identifies several risks involved in the further development and possibly widespread adoption of immersive technologies. When accompanied by the large-scale collection of physical and behavioral data by companies, immersive technologies can have a major impact on privacy, self-determination, democracy, and security. Furthermore, the far-reaching digitisation of society, of which immersive technologies are a part, also carries more generic risks that have an impact on inclusivity, participation and non-discrimination, and possibly sustainability.

16:35 - 16:50 hrs : AWTI

Rathenau Scan Immersive technologies

 

Presentation and interview with Dr. Eppo Bruins, Chair of the Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (AWTI).

Recently the AWTI published a report called "Vanzelfsprekende verbinding. Veranker sociaal- en geesteswetenschappelijk onderzoek in innovatie". The AWTI believes it is very important that social sciences and humanities research is more firmly anchored in innovation practice. The current research and innovation policy does not sufficiently involve the domain and even creates obstacles. Conversely, innovation is not sufficiently commonplace within the domain of the social sciences and humanities.

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