1. ETHICBOTS Kick-off Internal Meeting
Guglielmo Tamburrini

2. ETHICBOTS
Emerging Technoethics of Human Interaction with Communication, Bionic, and Robotic Systems
6th Framework Programme
Programme Science and Society
Duration: November 1st, 2005  October 31st, 2007

3. Objectives
To identify techno-ethical case-studies on the basis of a state-of-the-art survey in human-machine integration based on Robotics, Bionics, and AI for IA
To identify and analyze techno-ethical issues concerning these forms of human-machine integration by reference to case-studies analysis.
To establish a techno-ethically aware community of researchers, by promoting workshops, dissemination, training activities, and the construction of an internet knowledge-base
To generate inputs to EU for techno-ethical monitoring, warning, and opinion generation

4. Varieties of human-machine integration
Human-softbot integration: AI for information & communication.
distributed computing for human assistance
intelligent agents for information and communication management
edutainment AI
Human-robot, non-invasive integration: Autonomous robotics.
personal and assistance robotics
edutainment robotics
warfare application of robotics
Physical, invasive integration: Bionics.
prosthesis
enhancement of human sensorimotor capabilities
ICT implants

5. Ethical themes Personal integrity and identity Responsibility Autonomy
Fair access
application of precautionary principles, impact of human-machine cognitive and affective bonds, trust, delegation, accountability, warfare applications…

6. Contributions to standards
shifting attention from limitation to encouragement, guidance, and promotion of responsible scientific and technological research.

7. Roadmaps for techno-ethical research
The “Roadmap for Techno-Ethical Research” on the integration of human beings and artificial (hardware/software) entities will take the form of a comprehensive document (task 5.4; deliverable D10).
It will be based on the charting of extant scientific and technological work in robotics, bionics, and Artificial Intelligence for information and communication systems, on projections about near future developments, on the triage of techno-ethical issues in view of European society objectives, needs, and problems

8. Agenda (1/5) Introduction Consortium 09:00 09:15 Guglielmo Tamburrini
Welcome and presentation of the agenda
Project summary:
Objectives (Towards a Roadmap for Techno-Ethical Research)
WPs, and timeline
09:45
David Coles
Related EU projects
Consortium
Short presentation of each partner. Each partner should present their work on techno-ethical issues or their technological activities which give rise to techno-ethical issues.
10:00
DSF
10:15
Thomas Christaller
FhG/AIS
10:30
Fiorella Operto
SdR
10:45
Giovanni Ventimiglia (Alessandro Giordani)
IsFA
11:00
Kevin Warwick
UNIRDG
11:15
Coffee break

9. Agenda (2/5) Active Workpackages
11:15
11:30
Rafael Capurro (flight cancelled)
HdM
11:45
Cecilia Laschi
SSSA
12:00
Edoardo Datteri
UNIPI
12:15
Satinder Gill UM
Active Workpackages
WP2 - Joint analysis of the state of the art in emerging technologies for the integration of human beings and artificial entities
12:15
12:45
Thomas Christaller
Objectives and description of sub-tasks
Contents of the 3 tutorials on technological states of the art
Identification of persons in charge for each sub-task
Timeline for the first 6 months (dates for reports to be merged into the first deliverable, due at month 7, and dates for internal meetings)
13:00
Discussion
14:00
Lunch

10. Agenda (3/5) WP1 - Project coordination and management
14:00
14:30
Guglielmo Tamburrini
Structure of project management: boards, activities, participants
Composition and role of the Coordination Unit; timeline of internal meetings for checking if the project is on schedule.
Composition and role of the Quality Assurance Board
Presentation of templates for deliverables and reports
Financial management
14:45
Discussion
WP5 – Dissemination
15:15
Fiorella Operto
Objectives and timeline
Description of work: how to achieve WP5 objectives, description of sub-tasks, identification of persons in charge for each sub-task.
Setting up of the Plan for Using and Disseminating Knowledge
15:30

11. WP2 and WP5 organization WP2 (on technological states of the art)
Contents of the 3 tutorials on technological states of the art
Identification of persons in charge for each sub-task
Identification of workgroups for the 3 tutorials
Important dates:
intermediate internal check (February 2006?)
first workshop (spring 2006)
Deliverable D1 (due at month 6)
WP5 (on dissemination)
how to achieve WP5 objectives
identification of persons in charge for each sub-task.
setting up of the Plan for Using and Disseminating Knowledge (Deliverable D12, to be updated through the lifetime of the project)

12. Agenda (4/5) Forthcoming ETHICBOTS activities 15:30 16:50
Initial discussion about WP3 activities, to be started at month 6:
Towards a methodology for techno-ethical issues identification
Initial list of techno-ethical issues
Talks :
Sergio Bartolommei (bioethics and techno-ethics)
Thomas Christaller (edutainment robotics)
Satinder Gill (computer-human interaction)
Cecilia Laschi (biomedical robotics)
Guglielmo Tamburrini
Giovanni Ventimiglia (virtuality)
Gianmarco Veruggio (Roboethics)
Kevin Warwick (bionics)
17:20
Discussion
17:40
Coffee break
18:00
Internal meeting: organization of the Internet-based information system
Coordinator: Gianmarco Veruggio
Structure, contents, implementation.

13. Agenda (5/5) coffee breaks & lunch: first floor! 18:00 18:20
Initial discussion about WP4:
Charting international and national techno-ethical regulations
Opinion generation for EU and national techno-ethical regulation
Talks (10’):
Rafael Capurro
Gianmarco Veruggio
18:20
18:40
Discussion
18:50
Guglielmo Tamburrini
Preparation of the first workshop:
Objectives and organization
Venue
Talks
Internal meetings to be held at the workshop
19:30
coffee breaks & lunch: first floor!

14. Consortium 1
University “Federico II”, Naples, Department of Physical Sciences and Department of Computer and Systems Engineering
DSF
Italy 2
Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous intelligent Systems, Sankt Augustin,
FhG/AIS
Germany 3
Scuola di Robotica, Genova,
SdR 4
Institute of Applied Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, Lugano,
IsFA
Switzerland 5
University of Reading, department of Cybernetics
UNIRDG UK 6
Hochschule der Medien University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart
HdM 7
LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse
CNRS
France 8
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa
SSSA 9
University of Pisa, Department of Philosophy
UNIPI 10
Middlesex University, Interaction Design Centre, School of Computing, London UM