Panels

PLENARY PANELS

Terrence Deacon

1. INFORMATION, COMPUTATION, COGNITION: AN ETERNAL GOLDEN BRAID? 12 June 13:00

Moderator:
Terrence Deacon, University of California, Berkley, USA

Panelists:
Marcin MiłkowskiPolish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Peter Boltuc, University of Illinois, Springfield, USA and Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Marcin Schroeder, Akita International University Japan
Ron Chrisley, (University of Sussex), UK

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Bo Dahlbom

2. THE FUTURE OF WORK 12 June 18:00

Moderator:
Bo Dahlbom, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Panelists:
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Gunilla Bradley

3. THE GOOD INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SOCIETY – FROM THEORY TO ACTIONS 13 June 13:00

Moderator:
Gunilla Bradley, Professor Em. Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

Panelists:
Åse Victorin, Physician & Researcher, Specialist Pediatric medicine, Gothenburg
Darek Haftor, Gunilla Bradley Centre for Digital Business, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Olle Häggström, Chalmers University of Technology, & Institute for Future Studies, Sweden.

Piotr Bołtuć

4. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR A MACHINE TO HAVE NON-REDUCTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS? 13 June 17:00

Moderator: Piotr Bołtuć, University of Illinois, Springfield, USA and Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

Panelists:
Jack Copeland, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Ron Chrisley, (University of Sussex), UK
Igor Aleksander, Imperial College London, UK (TBC)
Keith W. Miller, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA

Rafael Capurro

Jared Bielby

5. INFORMATION ETHICS-DIGITAL ETHICS 14 June 13:00

Moderator:
Rafael Capurro, International Center for Information Ethics, Germany
Jared Bielby, Uversity of Alberta, Canada

Panelists:
Francesca Vidal, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Anna Suorsa, University of Oulu, Finland
Sarah Spiekermann,  Institute for Management Information Systems at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), Austria
John Holgate, Director Information Resources, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Marco Schneider, IBICT, Brazilian Institute of Information on Science and Technology, Brazil
Lyn Robinson, Head of Library & Information Science, (LIS), at City, University of London

Anna Nilsson-Ehle

Anna Dubois

6. SUSTAINABILITY IN THE DIGITAL WORLD 14 June 18:00

Moderator:
Anna Nilsson-Ehle, Board Chairman, Vinnova, Swedish Innovation Agency

Anna Dubois, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Panelists:
Ivica Crnkovic, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Patrizio Pelliccione, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Marco Fratarcangeli, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Carsten Sorensen

7. THE ROLE OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND INFRASTRUCTURES 15 June 13:00

Moderator:

Carsten Sorensen The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Ioanna Constantiou, Copenhagen Business School, and Applied Information Technology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Panelists:
Johan Stahre, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Lars Svensson, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
Jan Ljungberg, Applied Information Technology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Rafael Capurro

David Sands

8. DIGITAL IDENTITY IN SOCIETY AND ITS ETHICAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS 15 June 18:00

Moderators:

Rafael Capurro, International Center for Information Ethics, Germany
David Sands, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Panelists:
Göran Collste, Linköping University, Sweden
Marco Schneider, IBICT, Brazilian Institute of Information on Science and Technology, Brazil
Jared Bielby, Uversity of Alberta, Canada

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Mark Burgin

Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic

9. “THE GOTHENBURG BOOK SERIESBOOK PROJECT Gothenburg Book: A Compendium of Problems in Information Studies 16 June 9:00

Organizers: Mark Burgin, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Yixin Zhong

10. ECOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY IN INFORMATION STUDIES 16 June 15:30

Organizer: Yixin Zhong, University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China

Panelists:

Mark BURGIN, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Gordana DODIG-CRNKOVIC, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Pedro C MARIJUAN, IACS, Zaragoza, Spain

Wolfgang HOFKIRCHNERBertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science, Vienna, Austria; Institut für Design Science München, Germany

Joseph BRENNERXi’an Jiaotong University;
International Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Paris, France

Søren BRIERCBS – Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark

Kang OUYANG, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Jiyi YAN, University of China Academy of Sciences, China

PANELS IN PARALLEL SESSIONS

Jordi Vallverdú

1. WHY ROBOTS MUST HAVE SYNTHETIC EMOTIONS? THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS IN THE ARTIFICIAL COGNITIVE SYSTEMS 13 June 15:30

Moderator: Jordi Vallverdú, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Panelists:

Rodolphe Gelin, Chief Scientific Officer at Softbank Robotics, Aldebaran

Robert Lowe, University of Skövde and Gothenburg University, Sweden

Kathleen Richardson, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

Rafael Capurro

2. COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGIALISED WORLD: THE ROLE OF MESSAGES AND MESSENGERS 14 June 10:30

Moderator:

Rafael CapurroInternational Center for Information Ethics, Germany

Panelists: María Díaz Nafría, University of León, Spain; Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, Ecuador; Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Institut für Design Science

Jens Alwood, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

John Holgate, Director Information Resources, St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Joseph Brenner, Associate Director, International Center of Philosophy of Information, Xi’an Jiaotong University; International Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Paris, France

Lucia Crevani

Michela Cozza

3. AGEING AND TECHNOLOGIES 15 June 15:30

Moderators: Michela Cozza, Mälardalen University, Sweden
Lucia Crevani, Mälardalen University, Sweden

Panelists:
Christine Gustafsson, Mälardalens University, Sweden
Göran Collste, Linköping University, Sweden
Hilda Tellioglu, Vienna University, Austria
Alexander Peine, Utrecht University, Netherlands