Roots for the Future of Ambient Intelligence

3rd European Conference on Ambient Intelligence (www.ami-09.org)

November 18th - 21st 2009, Salzburg, Austria

 

 

 

 

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Call for abstracts – Updated !

 

Workshop

Ethics in Ambient Intelligence

Research Projects

(21 November 2009)

(www.ingema.es/ethicami)

 

 

important dates

Intent to attend and abstract submission deadlines:

18^th September 2009 – Abstract submission deadline Extended: 2^nd October 2009

30^th September 2009 – Early registration !!!!

19 October – Final position paper deadline

 

Questions and abstracts should be emailed to:

Mr Gerardo Zamora ([log in to unmask]) , or

Ms Elena Urdaneta ([log in to unmask]), or

Ms Igone Etxeberria ([log in to unmask])

 

 

Submission (see attached file)

Participants are expected to hold either a social or medical research background or to work on technological development, ethics or projects linked to AmI.

They are requested to submit a 300-word abstract on a research project they are involved in or about the ethical AmiE-related activities they conduct.

After a careful selection, 10-15 abstracts will be drawn and accepted to take part in the workshop. Accepted authors are requested to send their final position paper (5 page max, 10.000 characters approx). All proposal authors are kindly requested to observe the deadlines aforementioned. All accepted authors must be registered for the AmI ‘09 Conference before November 18th, 2009 (www.ami-09.org). Paper presenters will benefit from a discount on the Conference fee.

Those participants willing to present their position paper as a poster presentation during the workshop must inform the Co-Chairs when submitting their paper as there will be a short poster session during the coffee break. Efforts will be made to publish accepted papers.

Abstracts should follow the Springer guidelines, which can be downloaded at: www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0

Check the Workshop home page for further information and up coming details: www.ingema.es/ethicami  

 

Workshop Goal and scope (see attached file)

e-Inclusion policy promotes the use of ICT to overcome social exclusion, and improve economic performance, employment opportunities, quality of life, social participation and cohesion[1]. Ethics are an integral part of the EU concept of e-Inclusion, which: “is necessary for social justice, ensuring equity in the knowledge society”[2].   Indeed, the Riga Declaration (2006) has already called for increasing ethical awareness. Ethical issues are at the core of the Ambient Intelligence Paradigm and are also central to ageing well in the Information and Communication Society. Research projects have to address also this fundamental issue and develop recommendations for the future.

The main goal of the workshop is to discuss ethical issues related to the widely-considered best Ambient Intelligence (AmI) solutions, which are aimed at providing benefits to users if they have access to basic ICT facilities, the appropriate training and are motivated, Hence, the relevance of social, cultural and economic contexts will be also dealt with regard to AmI-related ethical issues.

Moreover, particular attention must be paid to improving user motivation, trust and confidence towards Ambient Intelligence use, to increasing security and privacy protection, to furthering quality of life, autonomy and safety, as ethic norms are conspicuously observed.

The workshop will take place from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm.

 

^[1]1-2 European Commission, European i2010 initiative on e-Inclusion: “To be part of the information society”, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, COM(2007) 694 final, Brussels, 8 Nov 2007.

 

 

Gerardo Zamora I+D / R&D [log in to unmask]

Ingema Grupo Matia Usandizaga, 6     20002 Donostia - San Sebastián Tel.: (+34) 943 22 46 43     Fax: (+34) 943 31 29 37     www.ingema.es

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