4IR:PhEL: 4IR:Philosophical, Ethical, Legal Dimensions University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa, September 3-5, 2019 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=4irphel |
Conference program | https://easychair.org/smart-program/4IRPhEL/ |
Submission deadline | June 15, 2019 |
The conference aims to bring together scholars from a range of disciplines to discuss the philosophical, ethical, and legal questions raised by the onset of the so-called ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ and its emerging technologies. In some cases, the questions are long standing and recent technologies are leading to a novel reconsideration of them. In other cases, seemingly new questions are arising – questions that range from the ethical and legal to the epistemological and foundational.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions are invited on the philosophical, ethical, and legal dimensions of, among others,
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Submissions from the following disciplines are especially encouraged.
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Interdisciplinary submissions from the following disciplines are equally encouraged.
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Short (180-200 word) and extended (800-1000 word) abstracts should be prepared for blind review and submitted by 15 June 2019.
Committees
Organising committee
- Helen Robertson (Wits)
- Turgay Celik (NEPTTP, Wits)
- Rod Alence (Wits)
- Casey Sparkes (NEPTTP)
- Anwar Vahed (DIRISA)
Keynote Speakers
- Brent Mittelstadt (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford)
Publication
A conference special issue with selected papers is being planned for 2020 (Springer). Details of the publication will be announced in due course.
Venue
The conference will be held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Contact
Queries regarding abstract submission or the conference more generally can be directed to Helen Robertson at <helen.robertson@wits.ac.za>.