Exploring the limits and scops together

PROGRAM CHAIR
Klaus Mainzer, TU München, Chair in Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Engineering, Head of Carl von Linde-Akademie, Germany

SENIOR ADVISIORS
· Ruth Hagengruber, University of Paderborn, Chair in Philosophy, Germany
· Anthony Beavers, PhD, The University of Evansville, Chair in Philosophy, Director of Cognitive Science, USA
· Michael Beetz TU München, Head of the IAS Group Computer Science Department, Germany
· Philip Brey, Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, The Netherlands
· John-Jules Meyer, Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
· Klaus Mainzer, TU München, Chair in Philosophy of Science, Technology and Engineering, Head of Carl von Linde-Akademie, Germany
· Jan van Leeuwen, Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
· Ulrich Wengenroth TU München, Central Institute for History of Technology, Germany

TRACKS
Introduction
Klaus Mainzer, TU München, Germany: Philosophy meets Robotics

I. What Can We Do?
Engineering and Technological Basics of Cognitive Systems
A: Kolija Ernst Kühnlenz TU München, Germany: The ACE Project: Navigation and Interaction Robots in Urban Real World Environments
B: Tamim Asfour, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany: Humanoids in the Real World: Challenges and Perspectives
C: Ales Ude, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljublijan, Slovenia: Sensorimotor Learning in Humanoid Systems
D: Marc Hanheide, University of Birmingham, UK: NN

II. What Can We Know?
Epistemological and Cognitive-Scientific Perspectives
A: Maaike Harbers University of Utrecht, The Netherlands: On AI and Social Bots
B: Björn Großewinkelmann University of Paderborn, Germany: Ontology, Cogniton and Action Theory
C: Rainhard Z. Bengez, TU München, Germany: Theory of Mind's Approach to Cognitive (Semi-)Autonomous Systems
D: Wolfgang Pietsch, TU München, Germany: How Robots Think? On Inductive Logic
E: Benjamin Rathgeber, TU Karlsruhe, Germany: Autonomy and Self Organization: What are the Methodological Conditions of Autonomous Systems?
F: Tareq Syed, TU Karlsruhe, Germany: Biology and Machine Analogy: The Matter of Autonomy in Technique and Life Sciences

III. What May We Do - What Ought We Do?
Ethical, Legal and Social Perspectives
A: Astrid Weiss University of Salzburg, Austria (and University of Pittsburgh USA): Social interaction with machines: a sociological approach to people-technology relationship
B: Andreas Schweinberger, TU München, Germany: Ethical, legal and social concerns fo cognitive autonomou systems for human-enabling robot assistance
C: Mark Coeckelbergh, University of Twente, The Netherlands: Roboethics - Balancing Between Risk and Chance
D: Aimee van Wynsberghe, University of Twente, The Netherlands: Carebots and Good Life

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