Emerging Technologies & Classical Liberalism

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND CLASSICAL LIBERALISM

Conference

The conference will explore classical liberal, ordoliberal and libertarian perspectives on emerging technologies, examining ethical, political, economic and regulatory aspects.

Date and Venue

October 25 & 26, 2024

TU Dortmund, Germany

Internatonales Begegnungszentraum (IBZ)

Emil-Figge-Str. 59, Dortmund

Organizers

Peter Königs (TU Dortmund, Germany)

Julian F. Müller (University of Graz, Austria)

Conference Programm

October 24

19.30: Welcome Dinner (tba)

October 25

09.30 – 10.00: Welcome/Registration

10.00 – 11.15: Giovanni Rubeis (Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Krems): “A libertarian utopia. The concept of democratizing AI in healthcare”

11.15 – 11.30: Coffee break

11.30 – 12.45: Benjamin Sachs-Cobbe (St. Andrews): “Sorry about Your Diagnosis, Here’s Your Pension Pot”

12.45 – 13:45: Lunch

13.45 – 14.45: Greg Bognar (Stockholm University): “Liberalism and Human Genetic Enhancement”

14.45 – 15.00: Coffee break

15:00 – 16.15: Peter Königs (TU Dortmund): “Negativity Bias in AI Ethics"

16.15 – 16.30: Coffee break

16.30 – 17.45: Anselm Küsters (Centrum für Europäische Politik, Berlin/Frankfurt): "Future-proofing the EU: Ordoliberal Governance and Algorithmic Regulation"

18.30: Conference Dinner

October 26

09.00 – 10.15: Matthias Uhl / Michael Haiden (TH Ingolstadt) „Folk Ethics of Markets and Algorithms“

10.15 – 10.30: Coffee break

10.30 – 11.45: Bartek Chomanski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań): "Why it's wrong to fight misinformation"

11.45 – 12.45: Lunch

12.45 – 14.00: Madeleine Donnelly (Université Catholique de Lille): "Neoliberalism, prediction and surveillance: revisiting the Lippmann-Dewey debate and Hayek's insights in light of Foucault’s legacy"

14.00 – 14.15: Coffee break

14.15 – 15.45: Vincent Czyrnik (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg): "What role does regulation play in the lack of success of additive manufacturing? An ordonomic perspective on barriers and adoption."

End of Conference

Please register by October 16 to [email protected].