ICRES 2023 is the 8th issue of the International Conference Series on Robot Ethics and Standards. The conference will be organized in collaboration with the Utrecht University, The Netherlands, during 17 – 18 July 2023. The ICRES conference series provides a multidisciplinary forum for discussing the fundamental and pressing safety, ethical, legal, and societal issues in robotics, autonomous systems and related technologies. We invite full papers, posters and extended abstracts.

For further details, please visit https://clawar.org/icres2023/instructions-to-authors/. 

• _{Autonomy and liability}
• _{Ethical principles in robotics}
• _{Enhancement technologies: ethical issues}
• _{Defining ethical guidelines for the design, use, and operation of robots}
• _{Privacy & management of personal data}
• _{Ethical frameworks: universal or region-specific?}
• _{The role of industry and society in the definition of safety standards}
• _{AI technology to block unethical/mendacious social-media communication}
• _{Accountability in autonomous systems}
• _{Embedding values and norms into intelligent systems}
• _{Ethics and standardization}
• _{Raising ethical awareness among stakeholders}
• _{Transparency in autonomous systems}
• _{Political and legal frameworks}
• _{Formal and mathematical frameworks for robot ethics}
• _{Implementations and engineering studies}
• _{User and HCI/HRI studies at the intersection of the above issues}

Workshops/Special Sessions

Potential organisers are invited to submit their workshop/special session proposals to the conference secretariat by the key deadline date. The proposals will include the title, aim and scope of the session with a list of potential contributions. All papers submitted for inclusion in the session will go through the conference peer review process.

Committees

General Co-Chairs

• Roeland de Bruin, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

• Mohammad Osman Tokhi, London South Bank University, UK

• Maria Isabel A. Ferreira, University of Lisbon, Portugal

   

International Scientific Committee

• Naveen Sundar Govindarajulu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA

• Manuel F. Silva, ISEP & INESCTEC, Portugal

• Lucky Belder, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

   

International Advisory Committee

• Gurvinder S Virk, CLAWAR Association, UK

• Endre E. Kadar, University of Portsmouth, UK

   

Organising Committee

• Roeland de Bruin, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

• Sarah Fletcher, Cranfield University, UK

• Endre E. Kadar, University of Portsmouth, UK

• Philip Lance, PA Consultants, UK

   

Special/Workshop Sessions

• Maria Isabel A. Ferreira, University of Lisbon, Portugal

• Khaled M. Goher, University of Nottingham, UK

Publication

• Mohammad Osman Tokhi, London South Bank University, UK

• Manuel F. Silva, ISEP & INESCTEC, Portugal

Publicity

• Abdullah Almeshal, College of Technological Studies, Kuwait

• Gabriela Gallegos Garrido, London South Bank University, UK

Web-site

• Abdullah Almeshal, College of Technological Studies, Kuwait

• Louie Webb, London South Bank University, UK

Publication

ICRES 2023 proceedings will be submitted for indexing at SCOPUS and will be published by CLAWAR as open-access papers.

Venue

ICRES 2023 will be held in Utrecht University, The Netherlands, on 17th and 18th July 2023.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to icres2021 AT uu DOT nl