Program

27 February, 2025 at Room 1, Conference Hall, Hokkaido University（北海道大学学術交流会館第一会議室）

9:30 – Reception Opens

10:00-10:10 – Opening Remarks (Katsunori Miyahara)

10:10-11:10 – General Presentations (1) (Chair: Kamil Mamak)

• Shinya Oie (National Institute of Technology, Kurume College): AI Should Coexist with Humans in a Way that Promotes Human Relational Autonomy

• Elay Shech (Auburn University): Bias, Conceptual Engineering, and Artificial Agents

11:20-12:20 – Invited Lecture (1) (Chair: Katsunori Miyahara)

• Tami Yanagisawa (Kwansei Gakuin University): AI and "God"

12:20-13:45 – Lunch Break

Lunch place suggestions

• Clark Memorial Student Center Cafeteria https://maps.app.goo.gl/QsUf1bBqwdeQK9mZ6

• Café de Gohan https://maps.app.goo.gl/nztKzXNoyFS3fc3z7

• Hokudai Marche Café & Labo https://maps.app.goo.gl/NcAiKrWde8sZ6GAz6

• Sapporo vegan/vegetarian restaurants https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZQAj7rUacor13UBx9

13:45-14:45 – General Presentations (2) (Chair: Elay Schech)

• Kamil Mamak (Jagiellonian University): In Defense of Artificial Suffering

• Sigurd Hovd (Peace Research Institute Oslo): Dawn of the Moral Dead: On the Conceivability of Artificial Moral Agents

15:00-16:00 – Invited Lecture (2) (Chair: Masashi Takeshita) 

• Minao Kukita (Nagoya University): Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Trust

16:00-16:30 – Coffee break

16:30-18:00 – Keynote Lecture (Chair: Hayate Shimizu)

• David J. Gunkel (Northern Illinois University): Person, Thing, Robot

18:00-18:10 – Closing remarks (Katsunori Miyahara)