Programme

Schedule


Time

8:30 - 09:00 - Mingling - Time for file uploading, poster mounting etc. 


9:00 - 09:15 Introduction and motivation for the workshop


09:15 - 09:45 Session 1: Ethical, Legal and Technical Challenges and Considerations (Jim Torresen and co-organizers)


09:45 - 10:00 Poster teasers (3-5 minutes each)

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break + Putting up posters/interaction


10:30 - 11:30 Session 2: Interactive session with workshop participants on how we address user/social perspectives using empathy cards. Introduction and facilitation by Praminda Caleb-Solly


11:30 - 12:30  Contributed presentation and interaction (Chair:  Praminda Caleb-Solly and Yueh-Hsuan Weng)


12:30 – 13:30 Lunch


13:30 - 14:00 Session 3: Legal Perspectives – Regulatory Challenges (introduction and Q&A by Yueh-Hsuan Weng)


14:00 - 14:30 Invited talk by Paolo Dario: "Opportunities and New Responsibilities for Automation and for Robot Companions in the Coming Revolution of Industry 5.0". Chair: Jim Torresen 


14:30 - 14:50 Contributed presentations and interaction (Chair: Jim Torresen and Yueh-Hsuan Weng)


15:10 – 15:45 Coffee break Poster session and interaction: 


15:45 - 16:15 Session 4: Diversity and International Perspectives – standards and guidelines (intro by Ben Bland, chair of the IEEE P7014 Working Group Working Group Developing a Standard for Ethical considerations in Emulated Empathy in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (Affective Computing, Emotion AI))


16:15 - 16:45 Diversity and International Perspectives – diversity needs (selected speakers, representing diversity, will introduce their views on key questions about robot assistants with regard to their design, interaction skills, etc. + interaction with workshop attendees)


16:45 - 17:00 Wrap-up, concluding remarks and future directions (by workshop organizers)


17:00 Workshop Ends