Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiries (CEPE) is a INSEIT conference series. The CEPE conference series is recognized as one of the premier international events on computer and information ethics attended by delegates from all over the world. CEPE is held biennially, and is organized by INSEIT (the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology). Conferences are held about every 24 months, alternating between Europe and the United States.

The next CEPE Conference will be held at the University of Rome, Tor Vergata; Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society from September, 24th to 26th, 2025, in collaboration with the Ionian University Research Team, IHRC (Information: History, Regulation and Culture) and The University for Peace UNO Rome branch.

Call for Submissions
Artificial Intelligence: Normative Implications and Philosophical Challenges

We invite submissions for the CEPE 2025 Conference. The main theme will be on “Artificial Intelligence: Normative Implications and Philosophical Challenges”. As AI continues to pervade various aspects of human life, from healthcare to governance, it brings forth a plethora of normative questions and philosophical dilemmas that demand rigorous examination and reflection.

Artificial intelligence technologies raise profound ethical, legal, and social questions that intersect with fundamental philosophical inquiries. The CEPE 2025 Conference aims to explore the normative implications of AI development and deployment, as well as the philosophical challenges it poses to our understanding of freedom, agency, responsibility, autonomy, and society.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Ethical considerations in AI design, development, and deployment
• Algorithmic bias and fairness in AI systems
• Gender bias in designing AI systems
• Privacy and data protection in the age of AI
• Legal and regulatory frameworks for AI governance
• Human rights and AI ethics
• AI and the future of work
• Autonomous systems and moral decision-making
• Philosophical foundations of AI ethics
• The nature of consciousness and AI
• AI and the concept of personhood
• Social implications of AI based technologies
• Human interaction with Intelligent embodied systems
• Leadership and governance of AI
• History of philosophical debates on AI
• AI in military and warfare
• Cyberharrassment and cyberbullism
• Democracy and political implications of AI use
• Information access and search engines and other related topics.
• AI in science fiction
• Use of AI in education: ethical and philosophical problems
• Learning: philosophical problems
• Other topics related to risk: cybersecurity, internet studies, cryptocurrencies, green transition and the Internet of Things.
• AI and Copyright
• AI and cultural heritage ethics

We welcome submissions from scholars working in philosophy, ethics, law, computer science, social science, psychology, history, education and related disciplines. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are encouraged.

Submission Guidelines: All abstracts should be written in english and prepared according to the APA guidelines and should not be less than 500 and not exceed 800 words. Accepted abstracts will be turned into papers (yet written in english and prepare according to the APA guidelines). Papers should be no more than 3000 words excluding bibliography. Submissions should be sent to cepe2025.rome@gmail.com by the dates written below. All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review. All accepted abstracts will be included in the CEPE 2025 book of abstracts and selected papers will be published in international journals (see below).

Important Dates:
Abstracts/Panels/Roundtables Submission Deadline: 1 January 2025,
Notification of Acceptance for abstracts: 31 January 2025,
Full Manuscript Due: 15 May 2025,
Final notification of Acceptance for all submissions: 15 June 2025,
Conference date: 24-26 September 2025.

Co-Organizers:

Dr. Antonio Marturano, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy and INSEIT
Prof. Marco Innamorati, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

For inquiries, please contact Antonio Marturano at antonio.marturano@uniroma2.it

Selected papers will be published on special issues of high quality academic journals such as:

Conference Fees

Early Bird (until 31st January 2025)
– Students, PhD candidates and scholars from least developed countries*: 125 Euros;
– Researchers and Academics: 175 Euros;
– Institutions and Corporations: 275 Euros.

On Time (from 1st February 2025 to 15th June 2025)
– Students, PhD candidates and scholars from least developed countries*: 150 Euros;
– Researchers and Academics: 250 Euros;
– Institutions and Corporations: 325 Euros.

Late Fees (after 16th June 2025)
– Students, PhD candidates and scholars from least developed countries*: 175 Euros;
– Researchers and Academics: 300 Euros;
– Institutions and Corporations: 400 Euros.

Least developed countries are according to the UN list (https://unctad.org/topic/least-developed-countries/list)

Fees are inclusive of: conference participation to all sessions, a badge, a conference pack, a book of abstracts, all coffee breaks, welcome party and a lunch break.

Registration

Registration Form

Payment
You can pay your registration by bank transfer clearly stating CEPE2025 in the transfer object.
The IBAN is as follows: (to be updated) assigned to UPeace Association Rome
Then send a pdf copy of the payment (with first and last name of the conference delegate in the email) to cepe2025.rome@gmail.com

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Mario De Caro is a professor of Moral Philosophy at Roma Tre University, and regularly a visiting professor at Tufts University. He has been a Fulbright Fellow at Harvard, a Visiting Scholar at MIT, and president of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy. He is the president of the Italian Society of Moral Philosophy, a member of the executive board of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, the literary executor of Hilary Putnam and member of the Italian Association of Philosophy executive board. He has given talks at more than one hundred universities in seventeen countries and has written seven books in Italian and edited twenty volumes He is associate editor of The Journal of the American Philosophical Association, writes for Il Sole 24 Ore and La Stampa, and is a consultant for ENEL on the ethics of artificial intelligence. His areas of expertise include moral philosophy, metaphysics, ethics of AI, philosophy of mind, philosophy of film, and the history of early modern philosophy.

CEPE 2025 – Scientific Commitee

Chair: Keith Miller, University of Missouri – St. Louis (USA)

Members:
Maurizio Balistreri, University of Tuscia (Ita)
Maria Botti, Ionian University (Gre)
Philip Brey, University of Twente (Ned)
Johannes Britz, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (USA)
Rafael Capurro, Stuttgart University (Ger)
Mario De Caro, Third University of Rome and Tufts University (Ita)
Charles Ess, Oslo University (Nor)
Luciano Floridi, Yale University (USA) and Bologna University (Ita)
Frances Grodzinsky, Sacred Heart University (USA)
Kenneth Himma, Washington University (USA)
Soraj Hongladarom, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (Tha)
Antonio A. Martino, Academia National de Ciencias, Buenos Aires (Arg)
Antonio Marturano, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Ita)
Seumas Miller, Charles Sturt University (Aus)
Lilian Mitrou, University of Aegian (Gre)
Gloria Origgi, CNRS, Institut Nicod – Ecole Normale Supérieure (Fra)
Fereniki Papadopoulos, Athens Panteion University (Gre)
Simon Rogerson, De Montfort University, Leicester (UK)
Judith Simon, University of Hamburg (Ger)
Edward H. Spence, Charles Sturt University (Aus)
Herman T. Tavani, Rivier University (USA)
John Weckert, Charles Sturt University (Aus)
Elisabetta Zuanelli, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Ita)
Georges Yannopoulos, Athens University (Gre)

Organizing Committee

Chair – Marco Innamorati, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Ita)

Members:
Sergio Bellucci, University for Peace, Rome (Ita) Cepe 2025 Treasurer
Andrea Bizzozero, Ateneum Antonianum (Ita)
Sofia Bonicalzi, Third University of Rome (Ita)
Carlo Cappa, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Ita)
Benedetta Giovanola, Macerata University (Ita)
Luca Gnan, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Ita)
Caterina Lorenzi, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Ita)
Susanna Pozzolo, University of Brescia (Ita)
Andrea Rossetti, University of Milan Bicocca (Ita)
Lucio Saviani, Ateneum Antonianum (Ita)
Giovanni Sellari, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Ita)
Antonio Servisole, Ateneum Anselmianum (Ita)

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