CONFERÊNCIA | ETHICOMP 2025 | FORMANDO A ÉTICA DIGITAL JUNTOS

16 Sep 2025 - 17:00 | 19 Sep 2025 - 16:30

Auditorium 2

A ETHICOMP promoveu uma comunidade internacional de acadêmicos, tecnólogos e profissionais da indústria dedicados a explorar as dimensões éticas da computação. A ETHICOMP serve como plataforma de diálogo interdisciplinar, abordando aspectos filosóficos, profissionais e práticos da ética computacional. Nossas conferências moldaram significativamente os padrões e práticas éticas na era digital.

17:00-19:00 Early Registration and Welcome Party

08:30-09:30
Reception

09:30-10:00
Session 1: Opening
Presidente de Sessão: José Amado da Silva
Location: Auditorium 2

10:00-11:30
Session 2: AI: panacea or pain?
Location: Auditorium 2
Participants: Kiyoshi Murata, Shalini Kesar, Xenia Ziouvelou and António Duarte Santos

11:30-12:00
Coffee Break

Session 3 (12:00-13:30) — Parallels

12:00
Session Chair: Adrian Horia Dediu
Location: Auditorium 3
Kiyoshi Murata, Yohko Orito, Yasunori Fukuta, Andrew Adams and Tatsuya Yamazaki
Information Ethics Education for Business People
HOST: Kiyoshi Murata

12:30 p.m.
Yohko Orito, Tomonori Yamamoto, Shizuka Suzuki, Hidenobu Sai, Kiyoshi Murata, Yasunori Fukuta, Taichi Isobe and Masashi Hori
Social Risks of Brain Machine Interface Usage: Questionnaire Survey for People with and Without Disabilities
PRESENTER: Yohko Orito

1:00 p.m.
William Fleischman and Leah Rosenbloom
Beyond Regulation and Moderation: a Forster-Inspired Framework for Machine Evolution
HOST: Leah Rosenbloom

Session 3B: Education in AI era 1
Session President: Olli I. Heimo
Location: Room 28

12:00
Laercio Cruvinel, Héctor Orrillo and Mario Marques da Silva
AI Ethics in Higher Education: a Review of Ethical Challenges
PRESENTER: Laercio Cruvinel

12:30
Katerina Zdravkova and Bojan Ilijoski
Students' Perception of the Integration of GenAI in Academic Paper Assignment Preparation
PRESENTER: Katerina Zdravkova

13:00
Michael Kirkpatrick
Challenging AI as Critical Thinking

Session 3C: AI Literacy 1
Session President: Jacopo Ciani
Location: Room 29

12:00
Franziska Poszler
Research-Based Theater as an Engaging and Effective Method for Promoting AI Literacy? – Insights from Audience Responses
12:30
Ludovica Paseri
Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Research: the Missing Link of Literacy for Security Concerns
13:00
Eleonora Bassi and Ugo Pagallo
Just Hallucinations? the Problem of AI Literacy with a New Digital Divide
PRESENTER: Ugo Pagallo

13:30-15:00
Lunch Break

Session 4 (3:00 PM - 4:30 PM) — Parallels

Session 4A: O2
Session Chair: Kiyoshi Murata
Location: Auditorium 3

15:00
Bo Kampmann Walther and Anne Gerdes
A Case Against the Feasibility of AI Consciousness (AIC)
PRESENTER: Anne Gerdes

15:30
Yoshiaki Fukami and Sako Kazue
User Engagement and Barriers in the Standardization Processes of Digital ID Architectures
PRESENTER: Yoshiaki Fukami

16:00
Klara Källström, Marie Eneman and Jan Ljungberg
Beyond Deletion: the Afterlife of Images in Algorithmic Governance
PRESENTER: Klara Källström

Session 4B: Education in the Age of AI 2
Session Chair: Michael Kirkpatrick
Location: Room 28

15:00
Tara Miranović and Parag Mehta
Who Am I in the Age of AI? Exploring the Epistemic and Ethical Implications of Automation on Academics' Identity and Intellectual Virtues
PRESENTER: Tara Miranović

15:30
Olli I. Heimo and Teijo Lehtonen
Ethical Aspects of Distributed Extended Reality Training
PRESENTER: Olli I. Heimo

16:00
Miguel Guillén-Pujadas, David Alaminos, Alvaro Carrasco-Aguilar and Mar Souto-Romero
Corporate Financial Statement Analysis in Education 4.0
PRESENTER: Alvaro Carrasco-Aguilar

Session 4C: AI Literacy 2
Session President: Ludovica Paseri
Location: Room 29

15:00
Jacopo Ciani
A Realistic Approach to the Obviousness Concept Within the AI Act: a Matter of AI Literacy

15:30
Fasiha Sajjad and Gosia Plotka
Normative Issues of AI Literacy in Construction Project Risk Management
PRESENTER: Fasiha Sajjad

16:00
Filipa Pais D'Aguiar, Fernanda Duarte and Nuno Silva
GenAI and Proportionality: European and Portuguese Ethical-Legal Framework
PRESENTER: Nuno Silva

16:30-17:00 coffee break

Session 5 (17:00-18:30) — Parallels

Session 5A: O3
Session Chair: Anne Gerdes
Location: Auditorium 3

17:00
Lidia Monteiro, Orlando Lima Rua, Mar Souto-Romero and Rafael Canorea-García
Sustainable Fashion Trends on Second-Hand Shopping: the Role of Social Media
PRESENTER: Orlando Lima Rua

17:30
Luana Coelho, Orlando Lima Rua and Felipe Debasa
The Nexus Between Artificial Chatbots and Individual Creativity
PRESENTER: Orlando Lima Rua

18:00
Héctor Orrillo, Laercio Cruvinel and Mario Marques Da Silva
Systematic Review on AI Ethics in Privacy for V2X Communication
PRESENTER: Héctor Orrillo

Session 5B: Education in the Age of AI 3
Session President: Tara Miranović
Location: Room 28

17:00
Álvaro Carrasco Aguilar, María Concepción Parra Meroño and María Mercedes Carmona Martínez
AI Ethics in Content Creation in Higher Education
PRESENTER: Alvaro Carrasco Aguilar

17:30
Mario Arias-Oliva, Antonio Pérez-Portabella, Manuel Ollé Sesé and Jorge de Andrés Sánchez
Rethinking Educational Assessment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
PRESENTER: Mario Arias-Oliva

18:00
Teresa Torres-Coronas
Comparative Analysis between Teacher-Based and AI-Based Assessments: Objectivity, Trends, and Impact on Academic Ranking

Session 5C: Values
Session Chair: Kirsten Wahlstrom
Location: Room 29

17:00
Adrian Gavornik and Juraj Podrouzek
Adopting Moral Sensitivity for Evaluation of Trustworthy AI Frameworks
HOST: Adrian Gavornik

17:30
Anisha Fernando, Kathy Darzanos, Nina Evans and Siaw Mei Sim
Towards a Value Sensitive Design (VSD) Based Learning Tool to Facilitate Ethical Considerations When Developing Responsible Technologies
PRESENTER: Anisha Fernando

18:00
Stefano Calzati
On the Current (Im)Possibility to Achieve Public Value Through the EU Digital Strategy: an Ethics Method to Seek a “Collectual” Equilibrium

19:00-20:00
Lisbon Walking Tour

08:30-09:00
Reception

09:00-10:30 Session 6A: O4

Session President: Orlando Lima Rua
Location: Auditorium 3

09:00
Ahmed Qayyum and Stacy Doore
Digital Identity and Control: How AI Replicas Challenge Performance Rights
PRESENTER: Ahmed Qayyum

09:30
Yasunori Fukuta, Kiyoshi Murata, Yohko Orito, Vanessa Bracamonte and Takamasa Isohara
Symbolic Aspects of Online Privacy Protection Behavior: from a Social Communication Perspective
PRESENTER: Yasunori Fukuta

10:00
Anne Gerdes
Ethical Issues in the Use of Generative AI Chatbots for Therapeutic Purposes

 

09:00-10:30 Session 6B: Cybersecurity 1

Session Chair: Olga Siedlecka-Lamch
Location: Room 28

09:00
Mario Marques da Silva, Fernando Correia, Hector Dave Orrillo Ascama, Laercio Cruvinel Junior, Guilherme Lopes Fernandes, Tomás Viana and Afonso Frasquilho
Cybersecurity 2030: the Synergy Between Machine Learning and Generative Artificial Intelligence

09:30
Sabina Szymoniak and Mariusz Kubanek
Comprehensive Approaches to Personal Data Protection amid Evolving Cyber Threats
PRESENTER: Sabina Szymoniak

10:00
Natalija Zeko, Darko Galinec and William Steingartner
Enhancing Health Information Access via ChatGPT and the E-Citizens Portal**
PRESENTER: Natalija Zeko

 

09:00-10:30 Session 6C: Business 1

Session President: Juan Carlos Yáñez Luna
Location: Room 29

09:00
Frederic Heymans
Constructing AI Governance: a Study of Policy Development in the HR Sector

09:30
Martha Wilcoxson
Too Good to Be True? Business Students' Ethical Use of AI for Research – Today and Beyond

10:00
Flavio Gonzalez
The Role of Great Powers in International Politics. Trump and Ethics in the International Arena

 

10:30-11:00
Coffee Break

11:00-13:00 Session 7A: O5

Session President: Teresa Torres
Location: Auditorium 3

11:00
Richard Cozzens and Cathy Chang
Implementing AI into Engineering Technology and Computer Science Courses
HOST: Richard Cozzens

11:30
Kai Kimppa and Juhani Naskali
Gamer's Dilemma: Intentions Matter
HOST: Kai Kimppa

12:00
Haleh Asgarinia
Epistemic Injustice in AI-Driven Healthcare

12:30
Antero Karvonen, Jaana Leikas, Nina Wessberg, Anton Sigfrids and Sanni Pöntinen
Some Problems in the Ethical Impact Assessment of Emerging Technologies and Socio-Technical Visions: Case CityVerse
PRESENTER: Antero Karvonen

11:00-13:00 Session 7B: Cybersecurity 2

Session President: Laercio Cruvinel
Location: Room 28

11:00
Shalini Kesar
Cybersecurity Curriculum to Include Ethics and Privacy

11:30
Olga Siedlecka-Lamch
Digital Agriculture Under Threat: Cybersecurity Challenges and Policy Gaps

12:00
Sabina Szymoniak and Shalini Kesar
Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Responsibility: the Impact of Algorithmic Decisions on Cybersecurity
PRESENTER: Sabina Szymoniak

12:30
Pedro Brandao
Cybersecurity Best Practices: a Comprehensive Guide

 

11:00-13:00 Session 7C: Interpretability and Measurements

Session President: Héctor Orrillo
Location: Room 29

11:00
Antonio Segura and Belén Zapata-Barrero
Decision-Making Ability: Recommendation Engine Exposition
PRESENTER: Antonio Segura

11:30
Elisabet Bolarín Miró, Mercedes Carmona Martinez and Asunción López Arranz
Inclusive Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Towards an Ethical Framework for Neurodivergence
PRESENTER: Elisabet Bolarín Miró

12:00
Miguel Houghton Torralba, Ziwei Shu, Ramón Alberto Carrasco and María Francisca Blasco López
Interpretability and the Measurement of Ethical Foundations in Artificial Intelligence
PRESENTER: Ramón Alberto Carrasco

12:30
Jorge-Eusebio Velasco-López, Ramón-Alberto Carrasco-González, Gema Fernández-Avilés and José-María Montero-Lorenzo
Ethical Principles for the Production of Official Statistics Using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Techniques
PRESENTER: Ramón-Alberto Carrasco-González

13:00-14:30
Lunch Break

 

14:30-16:00 Session 8A: O6

Session President: Antero Karvonen
Location: Auditorium 3

14:30
Kazuyuki Shimizu
ESG Investment, Industry 4.0, and Blockchain: the Beauty of Imperfection

15:00
Akiko Orita
Parental Memory and Digital Traces of School Closures During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Is Remembered, What Fades, and What Is Left Behind

15:30
Laercio Cruvinel, António Cabeças and Adriana Fernandes
Security and Ethics in the Use of Computing Technologies and the Internet
PRESENTER: Laercio Cruvine

 

14:30-16:00 Session 8B: Cybersecurity 3

Session Chair: William Steingartner
Location: Room 28

14:30
Nikita Godinho
The Ethical Dilemmas of AI-Powered Cybersecurity: Balancing Privacy and Protection

15:00
Nuno Silva and Pedro Brandao
In the Hands of AI: a Cybersecurity Philosophical Approach
PRESENTER: Pedro Brandao

15:30
Mariusz Kubanek and Sabina Szymoniak
Deepfake Manipulation and Ethical Dilemmas: a Comprehensive Risk Assessment
PRESENTER: Sabina Szymoniak

14:30-16:00 Session 8C: Youth 1

Session President: Maria Albertina Rodrigues
Location: Room 29

14:30
John Gonçalves
Ethical Challenges of AI-Driven Targeted Ads for Youth

15:00
Joana M. Matos and Adrian-Horia Dediu
Using AI for Research and Educational Support: Enhancing the Design of Computer-Based Evaluations
PRESENTER: Joana M. Matos

15:30
Paula M. Núñez-Guerra
The Use of Social Media and Artificial Intelligence to Radicalize Young People in Jihadist Terrorism

16:00-16:30
Coffee Break

16:30-18:30 Session 9A: O7

Session Chair: Sabina Szymoniak
Location: Auditorium 3

16:30
Hiroshi Koga
On the Consumer Expectations and Concerns of Consumers Regarding Personal Data Use and Collection: Insights from Web Survey Results (abstract)

17:00
Hiroshi Koga
**Consumer Perceptions of Personal Data Trust Banks in Japan: Results of Web-Based Questionnaire Survey (abstract)

17:30
Ryoko Asai, Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos, Kiyoshi Murata and Mineko Wada
Supporting Independent Living for Older Adults: the Role of Digital Technology and AI in Sweden and Japan (abstract)
HOST: Kiyoshi Murata

16:30-18:30 Session 9B: Genre 1 & O

Session President: Ramón Alberto Carrasco
Location: Room 28

16:30
Magda Dawidziuk
Ethical and Moral Implications of Sexbots in Contemporary Society

17:00
Shalini Kesar
Next Steps to Reduce the Gender Gap in Cybersecurity

17:30
Sarah Hosell
Impact of Gender Bias in the Output of AI Language Models on Heavy Users

18:00
Marie Eneman and Jan Ljungberg
The Epistemic Politics of Biometric Border Control
PRESENTER: Marie Eneman

 

16:30-18:30 Session 9C: Youth 2

Session President: Joana Matos
Location: Room 29

16:30
Anna Maria Piskopani, Liz Dowthwaite, Richard Hyde, Aislinn Bergin, Boriana Koleva, Nicholas Gervassis, Dominic Price and Hannah Heilbuth
The Impact of Misogynistic, Sexist and Anti-Feministic Speech in Social Media on Youth and the Role of AI
PRESENTER: Anna Maria Piskopani

17:00
Maria Albertina Rodrigues and Ana Cristina Saraiva
Ethical Considerations and Governance Frameworks in the Digital Age (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maria Albertina Rodrigues

17:30
Luis Valadares Tavares, Nuno Silva, Joana Cruz, Sara Cruz, Paula Rodrigues, Alexandre Ricardo, Mohsen Motamedi and Beatriz Santos
Social Media as Learning Ecosystems: Ethical Considerations and the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Youth Skill Development
PRESENTER: Nuno Silva

18:00
Nuno Silva, Isabel Alvarez, Luis Valadares Tavares and Elisa Cunha
Impact of Personal Growth on Adolescents' Decisions to Study on Social Media
PRESENTER: Nuno Silva

20:00-23:30
Conference Dinner

09:00-10:30 Sessão 10A: O8
Moderador: William Fleischman
Location: Auditorium 3

09:00
Minna Rantanen and Anushree Luukela-Tandon
Ethics of Personal Data Economy: Unpacking of Dilemmas and Quandaries in Modern Digital Economy
APRESENTA: Minna Rantanen

09:30
Sally Bagheri
“There Are so Many” – Harms of Smart Homes

10:00
Anjela Mikhaylova, Sara Wilford, Bernd Stahl and Laurence Brooks
Smart Doorbells in a Surveillance Society
APRESENTA: Anjela Mikhaylova

09:00-10:30 Sessão 10B: Género 2
Moderadora: Shalini Kesar
Location: Room 28

09:00
Camila Marques, Rosa Monteiro and Nuno Lourenço
Integrating Ethics and Gender Equality in Artificial Intelligence Education: a Study of Higher Education in Portugal
APRESENTA: Camila Marques

09:30
Davorka Radakovic and William Steingartner
Gender and Emerging Digital Technologies in Education
APRESENTA: William Steingartner

10:00
Rosa Monteiro, Mariana Santos, Lina Coelho, Luisa Ribeiro Lopes and Margarida Vasconcelos
Towards a Gender-Inclusive Tech Landscape in Portugal: Women4Digital'S Insights on Gender and Digital Transformation
APRESENTA: Mariana Santos

09:00-10:30 Sessão 10C: A IA a mudar-nos 1
Moderadora: Inês Almeida
Location: Room 29

09:00
Elizabeth O’Neill
Artificial Moral Discourse and the Future of Human Morality

09:30
Andrew Rebera
Stakes, Context, and AI: How AI Challenges Human Ways of Knowing

10:00
Konstantina Giouvanopoulou, Xenia Ziouvelou, Michael Papademas, Kostas Karpouzis and Vangelis Karkaletsis
Identifying AI Challenges in Research Practices Through Research Ethics Reviews
APRESENTA: Konstantina Giouvanopoulou

10:30-11:00
Coffee break

11:00-13:00 Sessão 11A: O9
Moderadora: Sally Bagheri
Location: Auditorium 3

11:00
Ryoko Asai, Mineko Wada, Kiyoshi Murata and Tatsuya Yamazaki
Digital Transformation of Care: Navigating Ethical Landscapes
APRESENTA: Mineko Wada

11:30
Ewa Duda, Ewelina Młynarczyk-Karabin and Julia Więckiewicz-Modrzewska
Evaluating the Role of Chatbots in Higher Education Based on Students' Experiences
APRESENTA: Julia Więckiewicz-Modrzewska

12:00
Ewa Duda, Ewelina Młynarczyk-Karabin and Julia Więckiewicz-Modrzewska
Through the Educators’ Lens: University Teachers’ Perceptions of AI Integration in Higher Education
APRESENTA: Julia Więckiewicz-Modrzewska

12:30
Farzana Jabeen, Sidra Sultana, Tahira Anwar Lashari and Mehvish Rashid
Quizly: Transforming Quiz Experiences with Multi Modal Inputs for Differently Abled Users (abstract)
APRESENTA: Farzana Jabeen

11:00-13:00 Sessão 11B: Negócios 2
Moderadora: Martha Wilcoxson
Location: Room 28

11:00
Francisco Eduardo Pérez Ortega, Pedro Isidoro González Ramírez, Guadalupe del Carmen Briano Turrent and Juan Carlos Yañez Luna
Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, and Their Relationship with Financial Performance in Companies Listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange (abstract)
APRESENTA: Juan Carlos Yañez Luna

11:30
Oliver René Arroyo Leos, José Luis De la Fuente Garcia and Cuauhtémoc Modesto López
Ethical and Technological Perspectives on Risk Distribution in Cryptocurrencies (abstract)
APRESENTA: Oliver René Arroyo Leos

12:00
Ala Almahameed, Jorge Pelegrín Borondo, Juan Luis López-Galiacho Perona and Mario Arias-Oliva
Sovereignty, Surveillance, and the Cloud: Geopolitical and Ethical Issues of Global Cloud Computing (abstract)
APRESENTA: Mario Arias-Oliva

12:30
Melissa Eugenia Treviño Serna, Rosalba Martínez Hernández and Juan Carlos Yáñez Luna
The Mediating Effect of Job Crafting in the Relationship Between Organizational Commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Its Ethical Implications (abstract)
APRESENTA: Juan Carlos Yáñez Luna

11:00-13:00 Sessão 11C: A IA a mudar-nos 2
Moderadora: Xenia Ziouvelou
Location: Room 29

11:00
Hugh Brosnahan
Why Hemisphere Theory Matters for How We Think About Ethics and AI in Medicine

11:30
Minna Rantanen, Anushree Luukela-Tandon, Salla Westerstrand and Jani Koskinen
Artificial Intelligence Integration in Every Life – Utopian Friend or Dystopian Foe?
APRESENTA: Minna Rantanen

12:00
Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos
How AI May Affect Our Thinking

12:30
António Almeida, Denise Meyerson and Inês Almeida
How AI is Reshaping Creativity: Deepseek vs Chatgpt plus in Lego® Serious Play®
APRESENTA: Inês Almeida

13:00-14:30
Lunch break

14:30-16:00 Sessão 12: Repensar a Nossa Sociedade para se Adaptar à Nova Realidade da IA
Descrição do painel: À medida que a inteligência artificial se torna cada vez mais integrada na tomada de decisões, infraestruturas e vida quotidiana, surgem questões urgentes sobre o seu impacto ético e social a longo prazo. O rápido desenvolvimento destas tecnologias — muitas vezes mais veloz do que os quadros legais e morais — levanta preocupações críticas. As implicações nos principais setores e tecnologias serão debatidas numa abordagem interdisciplinar.

Moderador: Mario Arias-Oliva
Location: Auditorium 2

Anne Gerdes, Martha Wilcoxson, Adrian Horia Dediu and Ugo Pagallo
Re-thinking Our Society to Adapt to the New AI Reality

16:00-16:30 Sessão 13: Encerramento
Moderadora: Isabel Alvarez
Location: Auditorium 2

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