15 September 2025, 2pm - 5pm
Czech Academy of Sciences, Národní 3, Prague 1, Hall 205

Attendance is open and free for anyone affiliated with any research institution. Please notify us in advance by email: dorsch@flu.cas.cz

Active participation: if you are interested in giving a short (15-minute) presentation of work in progress to receive feedback from Shannon Vallor, please contact dorsch@flu.cas.cz

Organiser: John Dorsch

Programme:

14:00–15:00
Keynote Talk:
Shannon Vallor (University of Edinburgh): Immanent and Intimate Technologies 
Q&A 

15:00 – 15:10
Coffee break

15:10 – 17:00
Talks from CETE-P and Guests:

Friderike Spang (CETE-P) 
“Representing Animals in Democratic Institutions”

Geoffrey Dierckxsens (CETE-P/IRLaB) 
“The Use of AI in Palliative Care: A Phenomenological Perspective”

Tuğba Yoldaş (CETE-P) 
“Moral Responsibility and AI”

Federica Dalla Costa (Recent Graduate from University of Milan) (10+10)
“AI Hates Us (and We Deserve It): Misanthropy in AI Narratives"

Paula Gürtler (CETE-P)
“AI, Capabilities, and Democracy: Voice and Aspiration under Threat”

Prof. Shannon Vallor is an American philosopher of technology. She is the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, Director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures in EFI, and co-Director of the BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) programme. Her research explores how new technologies, especially AI, robotics, and data science, reshape human moral character, habits, and practices. 

Funded by Strategy AV 21 (Czech Academy of Sciences, Akademie věd České republiky) and CEVAST (Karel Čapek Center for Values in Science and Technology).