[ecrea] Call for Contributions: Workshop on the Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Robots in Therapy and Education

Call for Abstracts:Workshop on the Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of 
Robots in Therapy and Education

Held on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 in Barcelona (from 9.00 am-1.00pm)

/What is it about?/

This 4-hour workshop at the 2016 New Friends Conference 
<http://www.newfriends2016.org/> addresses the ethical, legal and social 
(ELS) implications of robots in therapy and education in a constructive 
and proactive manner. It takes up important ELS challenges that come 
with the introduction of robots in therapy and education. More 
specifically, it deals with human dignity, privacy and liability 
aspects. These overarching ELS issues – dignity, privacy, liability – 
shall be discussed in an open workshop format, laying the focus on 
solutions and leaving sufficient time for discussion. Researchers from 
all disciplines as well as practitioners are encouraged to submit 
abstracts (see below). We especially encourage media and communication 
scholars to participate and share their conceptual and empirical 
knowledge on this new topic. The workshop will be arranged in an 
interdisciplinary manner to allow participants from different 
backgrounds to explore issues directly connected to their own areas of 
expertise while also providing the opportunity to engage with 
professionals from different disciplines.

Please find more information here: 
https://legalaspectsofsocialrobots.wordpress.com/

/How can you contribute?/

Not only can you participate at the workshop by registering via the 
online form 
<https://legalaspectsofsocialrobots.wordpress.com/call-for-contributions/how-can-i-register/> 
but you can also actively contribute with a short input presentation on 
one of these four key topics: changing environment of healthcare and 
education with the introduction of robots (1), ethics and dignity 
implications for patients or students with the introduction of robots 
(2), privacy implications for patients or students with the introduction 
of robots (3), liability of robots in the context of therapy and 
education (4).

Your contribution must touch upon one of these four topics. Using 
concrete examples is welcomed, yet we are open for conceptual and 
theoretical pieces. The contribution should be a 1-2 page long abstract 
(minimum 350 words, maximum 1000 words). Please provide your abstract 
until July 15, 2016 by sending it to: (socialrobots2016 /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(socialrobots2016 /at/ gmail.com)>

We will notify the contributors by August 1, 2016if their presentation 
is accepted to the workshop.

The abstracts will be posted on the workshop website 
(https://legalaspectsofsocialrobots.wordpress.com/). Contributors will 
also be asked for a short author biography. Please don’t hesitate to 
contact us at (socialrobots2016 /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(socialrobots2016 /at/ gmail.com)> if you have further questions.

The organizing committee (Eduard Fosch Villaronga, Jo Bac, Aurelia Tamò, 
Christoph Lutz)

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