Hybrid Mind Conference, Geneva, 16-18 October 2024

The integration of intelligent neurotechnology into the human brain creates pressing ethical, legal and social challenges. Devices that detect, interpret and translate neural signals and provide direct stimulation to the brain afford a novel form of human-machine interaction. At the final conference of the international Hybrid Minds project, we bring together leading experts on ethical and legal aspects of (intelligent) neurotechnology from academia, industry, regulatory bodies and international organizations.

The two-day conference will be proceeded by a public event at the intersection of philosophy, art and neuroscience. This public event is open to all and free of charge!

> REGISTRATION is mandatory for both the public event (Oct 16) and for the conference (Oct 17-18)
Registration will close on Thursday October 10, 2024 (12:00 CEST).

While participation in the public event is free of charge, registration fees apply to the actual conference (50 CHF students, 100 CHF early career researchers, 200 CHF general).


PROGRAM:
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Wednesday, October 16
PUBLIC EVENT
Auditorium, Campus Biotech

• 15:00-15h20 - Welcome remarks by Marcello Ienca (TU Munich / EPFL)
• 15h20-16:20 - Short talks by Roberto Portillo Lara (Imperial College London), Surjo Soekadar (Charité Berlin) and Jennifer Chandler (University of Ottawa)
• 16:20-16h40 - Artist’s talk, with Matthew C. Wilson 
• 16h40-18:00 - Round table with Jennifer Chandler (University of Ottawa), Stéphanie Lacour (EPFL), Frederic Gilbert (University of Tasmania) and Marcello Ienca (TU Munich / EPFL)

• 18:00-20:00 - Apéro and poster session with Marta Diogo, Ana Maria Ganev, Ludmila Litvin and Eike Osmers, Martina Malcheva, Giulia Maria Servida and Shu Ishida

• 9:00-10:00 - UN HRC Report on Neurotechnology
  Milena Costas Trascasa (UN HRC), comments by Keigo Kommamura (Keio University) and Marta Sosa Navarro (Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca)
  Moderator: Christoph Bublitz (University of Hamburg)
• 10:00-10:15 – Break
• 10:15-11:45 - Emerging Regulation
  David Winickoff (OECD), Hervé Chneiweiss (CNRS Paris), Peggy Hicks (OHCHR) and Laurence Lwoff (Council of Europe)
  Moderator: Jennifer Chandler (University of Ottawa)
• 11:45-12:00 - Break

• 12:00-13:00 - Neurotechnology in the Workplace
  Ekaterina Muhl (University of Zurich), Marta Sosa Navarro (Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca), Felicitas Holzer (University of Zurich)
  Moderator: Christoph Bublitz (University of Hamburg)

• 12:00-13:00 - Questions of Hybridization
  Chloe Loewith (University of Cambridge), Masanori Kataoka (Hiroshima University), Marta da Rocha Diogo (Council of Europe)
  Moderator: Georg Starke (EPFL / TU Munich)

• 14:00-15:30 - Neurotechnology and Human Rights
  Christoph Bublitz (University of Hamburg), Timo Istace (University of Antwerp), Sjors Ligthart (Tilburg University)
  Moderator: Jennifer Chandler (University of Ottawa)
• 15:30-16:00 – Break

• 16:00-17:30 - Neurotechnology and research ethics
  Geneviève Major (Université Laval Québec), Guido Cassinadri (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa) and Alexander Sobieska (TU Munich)
  Moderator: Georg Starke (EPFL / TU Munich)

• 16:00-17:30 - Regulatory structures and strategies
  Talya Deibel (University College Cork), Laure Tabouy (University of Paris-Saclay) and Masatoshi Kokubo (University of Tokyo)
  Moderator: Jennifer Chandler (University of Ottawa)

• 17:30-18:45 - Neurotechnology for good
  Olaf Blanke (EPFL), Abel Wajnerman Paz (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) and Katherine Bassil (UMC Utrecht / Maastricht University)
  Moderator: Marcello Ienca (EPFL / TU Munich)

• 9:00-10:00 - AI ethics and neurotechnology
  Diego Borbón (Universidad Externado de Colombia) and Frederic Gilbert (University of Tasmania)
  Moderator: Marcello Ienca (EPFL / TU Munich)
• 10:00-10:15 - Break
• 10:15-11:45 - Using neuroprosthetics: users’ perspectives
  Sebastian Tobler (University of Applied Sciences, Bern), Georg Starke (EPFL / TU Munich) and Louise Hatherall (University of Birmingham)
  Moderator: Jennifer Chandler (University of Ottawa)
• 11:45-12:00 - Break

• 12:00-13:00 - Neural data as legal evidence
  Claudia González – Márquez (University of Edinburg), Tristan Borresen (University of Edinburg) and Anita Mollo (Scuola Superiore Meridionale and ReCEPL)
  Moderator: Jennifer Chandler (University of Ottawa)

• 12:00-13:00 – Challenging frameworks  
  Olivia Matshabane (Stellenbosch University), Bethany Shiner (University of Oxford) and Shadi Nasseri (York University - Osgoode Hall Law School)
  Moderator: Marcello Ienca (EPFL / TU Munich)

• 14:00-15:00 - Neural data governance and privacy
  Felicitas Benziger (University College Cork), Claude Castellucia (Inria Grenoble) and Marcello Ienca (EPFL / TU Munich)
  Moderator: Christoph Bublitz (University of Hamburg)
• 15:00-15:30 - Closing remarks

• Katherine Bassil, UMC Utrecht
• Tristan Baujault Borresen, University of Edinburgh
• Felicitas Benziger, University College Cork
• Olaf Blanke, EPFL
• Diego Borbón, Universidad Externado de Colombia
• Christoph Bublitz, University of Hamburg
• Guido Cassinadri, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa
• Claude Castelluccia, Inria Grenoble
• Jennifer Chandler, University of Ottawa
• Hervé Chneiweiss, Research Director CNRS Paris
• Annalisa Colucci, Charité Berlin
• Milena Costas Trascasas, Chair of the UN Human Rights Council’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights and Neurotechnology
• Talya Deibel, University College Cork
• Marta Diogo, Council of Europe
• Ana Maria Ganev, Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum
• Frederic Gilbert, University of Tasmania
• Claudia González–Márquez, University of Edinburgh
• Peggy Hicks, UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR)
• Felicitas Holzer, University of Zurich
• Marcello Ienca, Technical University of Munich / EPFL
• Shu Ishida, Hiroshima University
• Timo Istace, University of Antwerp
• Masanori Kataoka, Hiroshima University
• Masatoshi Kokubo, University of Tokyo
• Sjors Ligthart, Tilburg University
• Ludmila Litvin, Technische Universität Berlin
• Chloe Loewith, University of Cambridge
• Laurence Lwoff, Head of Human Rights and Biomedicine Division, Council of Europe
• Geneviève Major, Université Laval
• Martina Malcheva, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria
• Olivia Matshabane, Stellenbosch University
• Anita Mollo, Scuola Superiore Meridionale and Recepl
• Ekaterina Muhl, University of Zurich
• Shadi Nasseri, York University Osgoode Hall Law School
• Roberto Portillo Lara, Imperial College London
• Anders Sandberg, Institute for Futures Studies
• Surjo Soekadar, Charité 
• Marta Sosa Navarro, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca
• Giulia Maria Servida, Università degli Studi di Milano
• Georg Starke, Technical University of Munich / EPFL
• Laure Tabouy, Université Paris-Saclay
• Abel Wajnerman Paz, Pontifician Universidad Católica de Chile
• David Winickoff, OECD