CFP: SPT 2027 (Society for Philosophy and Technology)

SPT 2027 focuses on the philosophical issues of artificial intelligence and welcomes paper submissions from all areas of the philosophy of technology. All submissions are welcome that engage in philosophical reflections on relevant aspects of technology, including those from disciplines other than philosophy (e.g., STS, history, anthropology, and sociology). These include but are not limited to:

·       Being, Agency, and Human-Machine Relations

·       Cognition, Consciousness, and the Machine Mind

·       Ethical Alignment and Value Embedding

·       Responsibility, Justice, and Algorithmic Governance

·       Language, Meaning, and Generative AI

·       Data, Privacy, and Digital Subjectivity

·       Citizenship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

·       Technology, Power, and Political Ecology

·       Life, the Posthuman, and Future Visions

·       Play, Science Fiction, and Visionary Engineering

·       Ontology and Epistemology of Engineering Science

·       Design, Engineering, and Proactive Ethics

·       Disruptive Technologies and Conceptual Revolutions

·       Cross-Cultural Dialogue on the Governance of Hyper Technologies

·       Integrating Philosophy and Engineering Education

·       Virtue, Wisdom, and the Good Life

 Submissions from practitioners, including entrepreneurs, engineers, and engineering faculty, are also welcome. The Program Committee will strive for quality, variety, and diversity within the program. Please submit your abstract before January 15, 2027. All submissions should be in English (presentations can also be in Chinese with bilingual slides and translation support). Since we would like to enable as many people as possible to present their work, we can accept no more than one submission per person for a presentation, though it is possible to assume further roles, such as convener, moderator, or discussant.

All speakers are expected to present on-site. Keynote presentations and selected sessions from the main hall will be live-streamed (no registration required). If the scheduled attendance for a symposium contribution proves impossible, the only possible alternative is the presentation of a prerecorded talk.

Proposals for papers:

Contributed papers will be allocated 25 minutes (including time for discussion). Contributed papers will be clustered into parallel sessions focusing on particular themes. Proposals for contributed papers should consist of a 350-500 word  abstract (excl. references), prepared for blind review. Please indicate keywords in the submission form.

Proposals for a full symposium: 

Symposia/panels will be allocated (at least) 90 minutes, including discussion. They can have any format, including roundtables and author-meets-critics sessions. Symposium proposals can be submitted by the coordinating author, and should include the symposium title, a description of the symposium's rationale (up to 500 words, excl. references), the title, and abstract (350-500 words, excl. references) of each of the individual presentations that will constitute the session, prepared for blind review. Please indicate keywords in the submission form.

Proposals for posters:

In addition to classical keynotes, presentations in parallel sessions and symposia, SPT2027 will organize dedicated and thematic poster sessions with expert panels. Whereas poster sessions are often seen as a less desirable opportunity, this session type will use poster presentations as a strong method to increase interaction. Posters will be clustered around a particular topic. An expert panel will facilitate the debates and will further discuss the topic linking posters they considered thought provoking. Poster proposals should consist of a 350-500 word abstract (excl. references), prepared for blind review. The abstract should clearly indicate the structure you plan to use on your poster.  Please also provide relevant topics and keywords in the submission form.

Submissions for the conference will be handled through the website SPT2027.cn. The first time you enter the website you will be asked to create an account, after which you can submit your contribution in the appropriate form.If you have any trouble in submitting your contributions through the website, please direct your questions to [email protected]