Symposium: Technology, Humanity, and the Ethical Compass

Date
Time
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Venue
Hyvrid: NWU Potchefstroom Campus, Building C1, Room 135 & Youtube Stream
Description

You are warmly invited to attend a symposium focusing on "Technology, Humanity, and the Ethical Compass: Mapping the Path of Capability Development." This event endeavors to outline a direction for the ethical, human-centered, and socially responsible advancement of capabilities. It aims to facilitate discussions among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers across various domains to work together toward a more fair and compassionate technological future.

Topics

  1. AI as a mediator of human values: A dynamic sociotechnical systems perspective.
  2. Algorithmic Appreciation, aversion and algoactivism: Where we are now and where we are heading.
  3. Navigating knowledge frontiers: Digital storytelling for critical thinking and emotional learning.
  4. Tactile experience in merged reality for learning.
  5. Crossing wires: The ‘techtures’ that enable us.
  6. New approach in counseling and psychological service: Metaverse counseling.
  7. Technology-enabled decolonial practice: A state of translation.

Speakers

  • Dr Lance Bunt - North-West University
  • Prof. Hsiu-Ling (Shirley) Chen - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
  • Prof. Sufen Chen - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
  • Prof. Amandeep Dhir (DSc, PhD) - University of Agder, Norway
  • Prof. Japie Greeff - North-West University
  • Prof. Olya Kudina
  • Prof. Sang Min Lee - Korea University.

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Contact Details

For more information, kindly contact Lynn Booysen.