Chairs: Erica Baffelli, Minoru Asada and Angelo Cangelosi

Speakers and Topics:

• Minoru Asada (Osaka University): Cognitive Robotics and AI
• Erica Baffelli (The University of Manchester): Robots, Religion, Buddhism
• Paolo Benanti (Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome): Ethics, Technology, Religion
• Angelo Cangelosi (The University of Manchester): Cognitive Robots, Human-robot Interaction
• Antonio Chella (Università di Palermo): Machine and Robot Consciousness
• Fumiya Iida (University of Cambridge): Embodied Intelligence and Bio-robotics
• Scott Midson (The University of Manchester): Robot, Religion, Ethics
• Yukie Nagai (Tokyo University): Human-robot Interaction
• Beth Singler (University of Zurich:) Digital Religion and AI
• Gabriele Trovato (Shibaura Institute of Technology): Robots and Religion

Agenda:

9.15-9.30am Welcome greetings (Baffelli and Cangelosi)

9.30-11am Roundtable 1: Robots and Religion

Chair: Baffelli

Speakers: Midson, Benanti, Trovato, Singler

11-11.30am Coffee break

11.30am-1pm Roundtable 2: Ethics and AI human-robots Interactions

Chair: Midson

Speakers: Chella, Asada, Singler, Trovato

1-2.30pm Lunch

2.30-4pm Roundtable 3: Human-robots Interactions

Chair: Cangelosi

Speakers: Nagai, Iida, Chella, Asada

4-4.30pm Final discussion 

Chair: Asada

4.30-5pm Presentation of JSPS Programmes

Organisers: FeRN (Fear Research Network) and Centre for Robotics and AI

Sponsor: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

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