Provisional Program
In this second edition of the EMRN Conference “A Metaverse for the Good”, we expect that discussions will focus on technical developments in particular in the intersection between the Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence, applications of AR/VR technologies in specific fields, and their societal, ethical and legal implications, in particular in relation with the protection of digital rights in the new technological environment.
In the two days on the Conference we envisage 6 working sessions including the communications of the papers selected from our call for submissions, and panel discussions. This will be complemented with eight keynote speeches from prominent scholars in the field of Web 4.0 and artificial intelligence. However, the final program will depend on the papers and panels submitted.
The Congress is organized in the framework of the Project on the Implementation of the Charter of Digital Rights financed by the public entity Red.es» and is part of the activities of the European Metaverse Research Network.
13:00 – 14:00
Registration
Registration
14:00 – 14.15
Opening Remarks
14:45 – 15:30 Keynote Speech
Professor Olaf Blanke, Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
«The Neuroscience of the Metaverse: Embodiment, Consciousness, and Human Augmentation»
15:30 – 17:00
Session 1: Generating Virtual Worlds
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break and Posters
17:30 – 18:15 Keynote Speech
Professor Doron Friedman, Sammy Ofer School of Communications, Reichman University, Israel «Humans and AI in Virtual Worlds»
18:15 – 18:45
Session 2: «Virtual humans: Agents, avatars, and AI-driven personalities»
18:45 – 19:30 Conclusions for Day 1
09:15 – 10:00 Keynote Speech
Professor Yvonne Rogers, UCLIC, Computer Science Department, University College London, UK.
«The Metaverse and AI»
10:00 – 11:30
Session 3: The Metaverse and the Future of Work & Learning
11:30 – 112:00
Coffee Break and Posters
12:00 – 13:30
Session 4: AI in Virtual Worlds
Keynote Speech: Professor Frank Steinicke, Department of Informatics, Hamburg University, Germany.
«Virtual Humans»
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch Break and Posters
14:30 – 15:30
Keynote Speech
Professor Patrick Haggard, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL, UK. «Ethical Issues in the Metaverse»
15:30 – 17:00
Session 5: Ethical AI, Responsible and Legal Metaverse Design
Keynote Speech: Nuria Oliver, Director of Research, Ellis Alicante (TBC) “Ethics, Bias, and Regulation in AI & the Metaverse”
17.00 – 17:30
Coffee Break and Posters
17:30 – 19:00
Session 6: «Clinical and well-being applications of the Metaverse»
Keynote Speech: Professor Mavi Sánchez-Vives, IDIBAPS (ICREA), Barcelona, «Clinical and well-being applications of the Metaverse»
19:00 – 19:30
Closing Speech
Miguel Barreda Ángeles (Scientific Project Leader at Joint Research Center, European Commission), «Virtual Worlds and Society: A Science for Policy Perspective»
19:30
19:30. Dinner (at the venue)
Registration fee: EUR 40.
Venue: Salón de Actos Ramon Martin Mateo, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Alicante.
Pre-registration (without payment) is now open: fill in this form and we will notify you once registration opens
The Call for Submissions is open until Friday 25th April 2025.
Organising Committee
(University of Aicante)
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