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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:58:42 +0100
From: Bernd Carsten Stahl <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Cfp: 1st International Workshop on Ethical Design of Ambient
     Intelligence (EDAmI), 19.7.2009

You are invited to submit papers to the

1st International Workshop on Ethical Design of Ambient Intelligence
(EDAmI), 19.7.2009

Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
In conjunction with IE09, 5th International Conference on Intelligent
Environments, July 20-21, 2009
http://intelligentenvironments.org/conferences/ie09

Theme
The purpose of the workshop is to present research and studies that have
tackled with issues related to new technologies, ethics and user experience
of ambient intelligence. Another goal of the workshop is to focus on ethical
guidelines that have been produced especially for the design of new
technologies. The whole-day workshop is organised in conjunction with IE
2009 conference.

List of workshop themes include, but are not limited to:
* Ethical issues of Ambient Intelligence
* Ethical guidelines for design of Intelligent Environments
* User and/or usability/user experience studies related to the design of
Intelligent Environments
* Privacy, Security and safety in the design of Intelligent Environments
* Scenario-Based Design of Ambient Intelligence
* Design for All, Inclusive Design
* Sustainable design (ecological, social and economical)
* Activity Centered Design
* Human Driven Design of  Space and Architecture
* Art and Design
* Ethical Theories
* Value Based Design
* Value Centered Design
* Special Groups (e.g. elderly, disabled)
* Social Aspects
* Legal Aspects

ETICA  project (www.etica-project.eu )
The ETICA project will identify emerging Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) and their potential application areas in order to
analyse and evaluate ethical issues arising from these. By including a
variety of stakeholders and disciplinary perspectives, it will grade and
rank foreseeable ethical risks. Based on the study governance arrangements
currently used to address ICT ethics in Europe, ETICA will recommend
concrete governance structures to address the most salient ethical issues
identified. These recommendations will form the basis of more general policy
recommendations aimed at addressing ethical issues in emerging ICTs before
or as they arise.

Minami project (http://www.fp6-minami.org/ )
MINAmI (Micro-Nano integrated platform for transverse Ambient Intelligence
applications) is an European Commission FP6 supported IP project developing
an open technology platform for mobile phone based ambient intelligence
(mobile AmI). The platform extends the users' personal mobile phone with
wireless connections to tags and sensors, thus enabling access to ambient
applications and services. The platform concept enables a wide variety of
usages for mobile AmI - but what do the users want and accept and what are
the social and ethical issues raising from these concepts? Ethical concerns
regarding the vision and products of the project are handled in special task
dedicated to this.
Call for participation


You are cordially invited to participate to the workshop. We are looking for
research and studies that have tackled with issues related to new
technologies, ethics and user experience of ambient intelligence.  You are
invited to present your experiences or studies related to the theme. We ask
you to give short description of your presentation in the form of position
paper, abstract or full paper due 15th of May. The form of the position
paper is quite free and informal at this stage but basically we are waiting
for 2-8 pages descriptions of the theme.
Submissions

Submit your presentation to the workshop organisers as an attached file by
15th May at latest.

Important dates:

Submission deadline for position papers/abstracts/full
papers:..............May 15, 2009
Notification of
acceptance:.................................................May 28, 2009
Final/full
papers...........................................................June 15,
2009
Workshop
Day................................................................July  19,
2009

Workshop chairs:
Veikko Ikonen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Philippe Goujon, University of Namur
Eija Kaasinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Bernd Stahl, De Montfort University
Kutoma Wakunuma, De Montfort University

Contact and submissions:
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Workshop is organised by Etica and Minami projects in collaboration with IE
2009.

Workshop blog:
http://ethicaldesignofambientintelligence.blogspot.com/