15th January November 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Introduction and Dr. Nick Bostrom - Robots and Rights. Will artificial intelligence change the meaning of human rights?

Dr. Nick Bostrom is the Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy & James Martin 21st Century School, University of Oxford.

His presentation was entitled "The Ethics of Artificial Minds".

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15th January November 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn - Robots and Rights. Will artificial intelligence change the meaning of human rights?

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Hertfordshire.

She spoke on "Robots as Artificial Beings? – A Human-Robot Interaction Viewpoint".
[Due to technical difficulties, the first few minutes of her presentation are missing from the recording].

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15th January November 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Prof. Steve Torrance - Robots and Rights. Will artificial intelligence change the meaning of human rights?

Prof. Steve Torrance is Professor Emeritus in Cognitive Science at Middlesex University and Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science group at the University of Sussex.

His presentation was focused on "Robot Ethics - Fantasy or Necessity?".

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15th January November 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Q&A Session - Robots and Rights. Will artificial intelligence change the meaning of human rights?

Following all three presentations, a Q&A session took place moderated by Rachel Bell, Director of BioCentre and involved all three speakers.

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15th January November 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Closing remarks Prof. Nigel M. de S. Cameron - Robots and Rights. Will artificial intelligence change the meaning of human rights?

Before the symposium concluded, Prof. Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Executive Chairman of BioCentre made some closing comments.

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11th March 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Prof. Ruud ter Meulen - Transhuman minds: Is cognitive enhancement a human right?

Professor Ruud ter Meulen, Director of the Centre for Ethics in Medicine at the University of Bristol spoke on "Will enhancement make us better? Ethical issues of the use of biotechnology enhance our (cognitive) capacities?".

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11th March 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Dr. Donald Fitzmaurice - Transhuman minds: Is cognitive enhancement a human right?

Dr. Donald Fitzmaurice, Director of ePlanet Ventures and former professor of nanochemistry at University College Dublin, spoke on "Mind over Market - An Investor Perspective on Cognitive Enhancement?".

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11th March 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Dr. Anders Sandberg - Transhuman minds: Is cognitive enhancement a human right?

Dr. Anders Sandberg, James Martin Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University made the final presentation of the afternoon, entitled "Morphological freedom: best served by institutions or rights?".

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11th March 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Prof. Nigel M. de S. Cameron - Closing Remarks - Transhuman minds: Is cognitive enhancement a human right?

To close the afternoon's proceedings, Prof. Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Executive Chairman of BioCentre made some closing remarks.

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12th May 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Professor Nigel Gilbert - Privacy and Surveillance. Monitoring humans and monitoring human rights

Lord Neill of Bladen makes some introductory remarks before Professor Nigel Gilbert makes his presentation, "What’s wrong with a bit of high-tech surveillance? The social and individual benefits and costs of developments in surveillance technologies."

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12th May 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Mr. Simon Holloway - Privacy and Surveillance. Monitoring humans and monitoring human rights

Mr. Simon Holloway, Practice Leader for Bloor Research for RFID, brings an industry perspective to the afternoon's debate. His presentation is entitled, Making your life easier with RFID.

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12th May 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Professor Karen Yeung & Professor Roger Brownsword - Privacy and Surveillance. Monitoring humans and monitoring human rights

Professor Karen Yeung and Professor Roger Brownsword of School of Law, King's College London speak on Privacy, Fair Processing and Confidentiality in an Information Society.

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12th May 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Q and A session - Privacy and Surveillance. Monitoring humans and monitoring human rights

Following all three presentations, a panel Q&A discussion chaired by Lord Neill, concluded the afternoon's symposium .

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14th October 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Arts & Technology. The role of the arts in democratic policy making - Dr. Andy Miah

Dr. Andy Miah opens the symposium by addressing the topic "Art in an age of uncertainty".

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14th October 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Arts & Technology. The role of the arts in democratic policy making - Paul Meade

Paul Meade, Director and joint artistic director of Gúna Nua Theatre Company, Dublin and winner of the Irish Council on Bioethics arts competition, speaks on his commission entitled 'Begotten not made'.

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14th October 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Arts & Technology. The role of the arts in democratic policy making - Dr. Chamu Kuppuswamy

Dr. Chamu Kuppuswamy, lecturer at the School of Law, University of Sheffield and co-ordinator of the Arts Bioethics Network, speaks on 'Bioethics policy making- Is there a role for the Arts?'.

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14th October 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Arts & Technology. The role of the arts in democratic policy making - Justina Robson

Acclaimed UK sci-fi writer, Justina Robson, addresses the symposium on the topic of 'The Good, The Bad and The Indifferent: ethical explorations in Science Fiction'.

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14th October 2008 - BioCentre symposium :: Arts & Technology. The role of the arts in democratic policy making - Q&A session

Guest chair for the event, Dr. Rob la Frenais, curator with Arts Catalyst - the science art agency, chairs the Q&A session involving all four speakers.

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