[CUHK Centre for Bioethics Webinar Series] Seminar on “AI and Robots for Health – Promises and Concerns”

Date: 9 July 2021 (Friday)

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. (Hong Kong Time) / 7:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. on 8 July 2021 (US / Canada Pacific Time)

Venue: The seminar will be conducted via Zoom. The meeting ID will be sent to registrants by email.

Speakers:

1. Prof. Nancy Jecker, Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington; Visiting Professor (Honorary), CUHK Centre for Bioethics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg

(Topic: “My Friend the Robot: Reducing Social Isolation and Loneliness to Improve Health”)

2. Prof. Anita Ho, Associate Professor, Centre for Applied Ethics, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia; Associate Professor, Bioethics Program, The University of California, San Francisco; Regional Director of Ethics (Northern California), Providence St. Joseph Health

(Topic: “Live Like Nobody is Watching: Paradoxes in AI Home Health Monitoring”)

Discussants:

1. Prof. Helen Meng, Patrick Huen Wing Ming Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management; Director, CUHK Stanley Ho Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre; Co-Director, CUHK-Ministry of Education-Microsoft Key Laboratory of Human-Centric Computing and Interface Technologies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2. Prof. Alexandre Erler, Research Assistant Professor, CUHK Centre for Bioethics and Department of Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Registration: Please click here (Deadline: 8 July 2021 at 10:00 a.m., Hong Kong Time)