Programme

Golden Keynote session

• Prof. Dr. Emile Aarts
  In 1998, Emile Aarts launched the concept of Ambient Intelligence (AmI). He explains why and how the concept must be updated.

• Prof. Dr. Kevin Warwick
  His research on robotics and biomedical engineering included experiments linking his own nervous system directly to a computer and to the internet. He is involved in the social debate of research.

Interaction Sessions / Lecture Sessions

• ICT, health and care

  1. Medical access to the human brain

  Direct brain-computer interfaces: individual, social, and ethical issues
  Elisabeth Hildt¹
  1 University of Mainz (Germany)

  Brain gene transfer and brain implants
  Rolando Meloni¹, Nicole Faucon Biguet², Jacques Mallet¹
  1 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
  2 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (France)

  Comment
  Mark Cutter¹
  1 Lancaster University (United Kingdom)

  2. Health care and mental care

  Responsibilities within an Ambient Assisted Living healthcare project
  Neelke Doorn¹
  1 Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)

  An Innovative Way of Learning: Adaptive Decision Mobile Learning System for People with Mental Disabilities
  Saeed Zare¹, Keidi Schelhowe¹
  1 Dimeb (Digital Media in Education), University of Bremen (Germany)

  Ambient intelligence for remote patient monitoring of chronic diseases
  Corina Pascu¹, Ioannis Maghiros¹, Fabienne Abadie¹
  1 European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (Spain)
  

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• Security & Biometrics

  1. Security in danger

  The Digitalization of the European Migration Policy
  Michiel Besters¹
  1 Rathenau Institute (Netherlands)

  New security technologies: beyond the privacy-security dilemma
  Vincenzo Pavone¹, Sara Degli Esposti²
  1 Institute of Public Policies (IPP) – CSIC (Spain)
  2 University Carlos III Madrid (Spain)
  

  Security in the Danger Zone: Normative Issues of Next Generation Biometrics
  Irma van der Ploeg¹
  1 Zuyd University (Netherlands)

  2. Emotional Biometrics

  Mission impossible? Security and Protecting personal data (including biometrics) of the vulnerable. Cases of theft and loss.
  Daniel Nagel¹
  1 Wirtschaftsrechtskanzlei, Bongen Renaud & Partner (Germany)

  Biometric monitoring of behaviour
  Dimitrios Tzovaras¹
  1 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

  Limits and possibilities for use of biometrics in public policy
  Peter Hustinx¹
  1 European Data Protection Supervisor, EPDS (Belgium)

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• Legal aspects

  1. RFID. Implants and the human body

  Legal aspects of ICT implants
  Stefano Rodotà¹, Diane Whitehouse², Penny Duquenoy³
  1 La Sapienza, Fondazione Basso, Rome (Italy)
  2 The Castlegate Consultancy, (CITY) (United Kingdom)
  3 Middlesex University (United Kingdom)

  2. Privacy. Toward an electronically identity?

  Legal concepts of human identity?
  Stefano Rodotà¹
  1 La Sapienza, Fondazione Basso, Rome (Italy)

  On Interpreting and Constructing (Non-)Human Identities
  Rafael Cappuro¹
  1 International Center for Information Ethics, Karlsruhe (Germany)

  DNA barcoding and personal genomics
  Giuseppe Novelli¹
  1 Tor Vergata University (Italy)

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• The future of the internet

  The Internet of X

  The social future of the "Internet of X"
  Jonathan Cave¹
  1 Rand Corporation (United Kingdom)

  The approach of the OASIS project
  Karel Van Isacker¹
  1 Access for All.eu - Marie Curie Association (Bulgaria)

  Ongoing changes in internet protocols
  Rudy Vansnick¹
  1 Board EURALO (ALAC - ICANN)

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• Real and virtual

  1. Robotics. Keynote session

  Roboethics: Social and Ethical Implications of Robotics
  Gianmarco Veruggio¹
  1 CNR-IEIIT, Genova (Italy)

  2. Robotics in daily life

  The future of Human Machine Interaction – Integrated Robots and Smart Homes
  Atta Badii¹, Daniel Thiemert¹
  1 University of Reading, Intelligent Media Systems & Services Research Centre (United Kingdom)
  

  Artificial Companions? Empathy and Vulnerability Mirroring in Kuman-Robot Relations
  Mark Coeckelbergh¹
  1 University of Twente (Netherlands)

  The robotic companion
  Gianmarco Veruggio¹
  1 CNR-IEIIT, Genova (Italy)

  3. Disappearing interfaces

  Implants, Chips and Transhumanism
  Fernand Doridot¹
  1 ICAM de Lille (Engineering School) (France)

  Brain-computer interfaces: the challenges ahead
  Bert Gordijn¹
  1 Dublin City University (Ireland)

  Interaction Metaphors for the Exploration of Ubiquitous Environments
  René Reiners¹, Marc Jentsch¹, Christian Prause¹
  1 Fraunhofer FIT (Germany)

  Learning and future challenges
  Luciano Floridi¹
  1 University of Hertfordshire, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Learning from Nanotech & Biotech

  A tentative methodology for responsible planning of nano-research
  Lieve Goorden¹, Marian Deblonde¹
  1 University of Antwerp (Belgium)

  Comment
  Bert Gordijn¹
  1 Dublin City University (Ireland)

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• Technology, its users and society

  1. Identifying new social issues

  A framework for identifying emerging ethical issues in future and emerging technologies
  Bernd Carsten Stahl¹, Kutoma Wakunuma¹
  1 De Montfort University (United Kingdom)

  Conditions for a Critical Perspective on Ambient Intelligence: Ethical and Social Issues
  Philippe Goujon¹, Catherine Flick¹
  1 Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix Namur (Belgium)

  An inquiry into the ethical analysis of ICTs: an innovation systems perspective
  Aygen Kurt¹, Penny Duquenoy¹
  1 Middlesex University (United Kingdom)

  2. Inclusion and exclusion

  The CONFIDENCE system: Older people’s input at the requirements and conceptual model evaluation stages
  Narciso González¹, Anna Kämäräinen¹, Outi Kalla¹, Igone Vélez²
  1 University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
  2 Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas de Gipuzkoa (Spain)

  Dealing With Disruptions: Providing Internet Access to Mobile Users on a Train
  Olaf Bergmann¹, Stefanie Gerdes¹, Jörg Ott², Nils Seifert³, Caleb Carroll⁴, Nigel Wallbridge⁴
  1 University of Bremen TZI (Germany)
  2 TKK Comnet (Finland)
  3 Lysatiq GmbK (Germany)
  4 Nomad Digital, Ltd. (United Kingdom)

  ICT that makes the difference for Marginalised Youngsters
  Jan Dekelver¹, Wouter Van den Bosch²,
  1 K.H.Kempen - K.U.Leuven (Belgium)
  2 K.H.Mechelen (Belgium)

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• Developing new research

  Work in Progress

  Forensics Software for Detecting Online Paedophile Activity
  James Walkerdine¹, Phil Greenwood¹, Awais Rashid¹, Paul Rayson¹, Corinne May-Chahal¹, Penny Duquenoy², Patrick Watson², Matt Jones³, Margaret Brennan⁴
  1 Lancaster University (United Kingdom)
  2 Middlesex University (United Kingdom)
  3 Swansea University (United Kingdom)
  4 University College Cork (Ireland)

  Beyond Good and Evil? Morality in Computer Games
  Geert Gooskens¹
  1 University of Antwerp (Belgium)
  

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• Open discussion session

  Uses of Ambient Intelligence

  Ambient Intelligence Approaches Water Management
  Peter Mikulecky¹
  1 University of Kradec Kralove (Czech Republic)

  A "human-or-bot" authentication means for VoIP systems in the AmI context
  Dimitris Gritzalis¹, Nikos Virvilis¹, Alexios Mylonas¹, Yannis Soupionis¹
  1 Athens University of Economics & Business (Greece)
  

  Context Grouping and Distribution in the MUSIC Middleware
  Yves Vanrompay¹, Yolande Berbers¹
  1 K.U.Leuven (Belgium)

  Discovery and Interaction in Smart Environments
  René Reiners¹, Marc Jentsch¹
  1 Fraunhofer FIT (Germany)

  Emulating the internet for QoE testing
  Sam Lefebvre¹, Brecht Vermeulen¹
  1 Ghent University, Intec ibcn – IBBT (Belgium)

  Managing Uncertainty in Business and Industrial Environments
  Daniella De Vos¹, Koen Vanhoof¹, Hendrik Van Landeghem²
  1 Hasselt University (Belgium)
  2 Ghent University (Belgium)

  uWear - Wearable Technology for You
  Alexandru Stan¹, Michael Weber¹, George Ioannidis¹, Roselyne van der Keul², Hugo Verweij², Richard van Tol²
  1 IN2 Search Interfaces Development ltd. (Germany)
  2 Utrecht School of the Arts (Netherlands)

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  Security

  Physical and digital security: getting the best of both worlds
  Roel Wieringa¹, Wolter Pieters¹, Andre van Cleeff¹
  1 University of Twente (The Netherlands)

  ICT, health and care

  Developing a novel service concept for wellbeing management: methodological perspective to the concept definition
  Veikko Ikonen¹
  1 VTT (Finland)

  Exploring the Crossroad between ICT and Life Sciences through modelling of Biochemical Data
  Wanda Guedens¹, Monique Reynders¹
  1 Hasselt University (Belgium)

  Ethical aspects

  A new participatory conception of technology: when ICT meets ethics
  Penny Duquenoy¹, Aygen Kurt¹, Norberto Patrignani²,Federico Rajola², Alessia Santuccio²
  1 Middlesex University (United Kingdom)
  2 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (Italy)

  Legal aspects and privacy

  Embracing the 'sousveillance state'
  Danny Weston¹, Penders Jacques¹,
  1 Sheffield Hallam University (United Kingdom)

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• European Research Area & ESLA of science

  1. Activities & plans

  Efforts of the European Commission to monitor the ESLA aspects of the research funded by its framework programmes
  Maurizio Salvi
  Head of the EGE Secretariat,
  Member of the Bureau of European Policy Advisors (BEPA)
  European Commission, Brussels

  2. Lessons learned & Recommendations

  Breakout groups
  Drawing conclusions for the implementation of Science and Science Analysis
  1. ICT research
  2. ESLA research
  3. Science education
  

  Recommendations to the European Commission, linked to its further Framework Programmes

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