We Robot has two parts: a Workshop on April 11, and the Main Conference on April 12-13. Watch this space for details — and don’t forget to register for We Robot.

Links to the full text of papers are available from this program, or in a handy zip file.

Remember that a key part of what makes We Robot special is that paper authors do not present their papers. We publish the papers online a month in advance and ask attendees to read them. The typical We Robot presentation starts with a quick summary and analysis by an expert discussant, followed by a very short response by the author(s). Then the main part begins: audience questions and comments. We Robot attendees are every bit as much a part of the event as the people on stage, and the interdisciplinary, and international, conversation is the heart of the action.

[4/8/19] Please note a program change: Friday and Saturday’s panels have exchanged slots. “Robot/Human Handoffs” is now on Friday; “AI & Authorship” is now on Saturday.

Workshop Schedule, April 11

Workshop Schedule, April 11
9:00-10:00	This is not Magic: Basic Technical Concepts for the Latest Developments in Robotics & AI Bill Smart & Cindy Grimm
10:00-11:00	Alexa, What’s a Tort? It Sounds Delicious: Basic Legal Concepts for the Latest Developments in Robotics & AI Ryan Calo & Kristen Thomasen; Woodrow Hartzog moderating
11:00-11:30	Break
11:30-12:30	Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better: Basic Economic Concepts for the Latest Developments in Robotics & AI Beth Bechky & Rob Seamans (NYU Stern)
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-2:30	Don’t Look at Me Like That: The Latest Developments in Social Science/Philosophy for Robotics & AI Madeleine Elish, Kate Darling & Ari Waldman
2:30-3:30	We’re Not Gonna Take I.T.: Advocacy in Robotics and AI Jay Stanley (ACLU), Kevin Bankston, Katherine Pratt & Lucas Hernández
3:30-4:00	Break
4:00-5:00	Get Ready for the Robot Olympics: Japan’s “Robotics 2020” Policy Initiative Fumio Shimpo, Hideyuki Matsumi & Takayuki Kato; Woodrow Hartzog moderating
5:00-6:30	Robots and Academics: The Nerdiest Trivia of All Time (plus light appetizers) Howard Chizeck, Woodrow Hartzog & Kristen Thomasen

Conference Schedule, April 12-13

	Friday, April 12, 2019
8:30-9:00	Check- in & Breakfast
9:00-9:15	Welcome & Introductions
9:15-10:15	The Reasonable Coder by Petros Terzis (University of Winchester) Discussant: Bryan Choi
10:15-11:15	[Schedule change] Toward a Comprehensive View of the Influence of Artificial Intelligence on International Affairs by Jesse Woo (Kyoto University) Discussant: Heather Roff
11:15-11:30	Break
11:30-12:30	Reap What You Sow? Precision Agriculture and The Privacy of Farm Data by Karen Levy (Cornell University), Solon Barocas (Cornell University), & Alexandra Mateescu (Data & Society Research Institute) Discussant: George Kantor
12:30-12:45	Lightening Poster Session
12:45-1:45	LUNCH
1:45-3:15	Panel: Robot/Human Handoffs Moderator: Madeleine Elish The Human/Weapon Relationship in the Age of Autonomous Weapons and the Attribution of Criminal Responsibility for War Crimes by Marta Bo (Asser Institute, The Hague & Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) Through the Handoff Lens: Are Autonomous Vehicles No-Win for Driver-Passengers by Jake Goldenfein (Cornell Tech); Deirdre Mulligan (UC Berkeley School of Information); Helen Nissenbaum (Cornell Tech) AI, Professionals, and Professional Work: The Practice of Law with Automated Decision Support Technologies by Deirdre Mulligan (UC Berkeley School of Information) & Daniel N Kluttz (UC Berkeley School of Information)
3:15-3:30	Break
3:30-4:30	Robots in Space: Sharing Our World with Autonomous Delivery Vehicles by Mason Marks (Yale Law School & NYU Law School Discussant: Kristen Thomasen
4:30-4:45	Break
4:45-5:45	[Schedule change] The Institutional Life of Algorithmic Risk Assessment by Alicia Solow-Niederman (UCLA School of Law), YooJung Choi (UCLA) & Guy Van den Broeck (UCLA) Discussant: Kristian Lum
5:45-6:00	Closing Remarks
6:00-7:00	Poster Session & Reception Do We Need to Establish Guidelines or Basic Principles for Promoting the Use and Research & Development of AI? by Fumio Shimpo, Takayuki Kato, Kaori Ishii, Takashi Hatae, and Hideyuki Matsumi A Reasonable Expectation of Neural Privacy by Katherine Pratt The VIROS Project: Vulnerability in the Robot Society by Tobias Mahler & Lee Bygrave The Confrontation Clause and Artificial Intelligence by Brian Sites Made By AI: Can AI-Generated Inventions Be Patentable? by Elena Ponte Religion and Robots: How Religious Ideas Shape Societal Attitudes Towards Robotic Technology by Milenko Budimir Rage Against Machine Learning by Aaron Mannes Serious Games: Simulations for Robot Risk Assessment and Communication by Aaron Mannes From Seeds to Bytes: Data Transformations in the Agricultural Sector by Rian Wanstreet Robotic Combat, Control, and Collaboration Through Virtual Twins by Chris Edwards and Tristan Fogt Robots and the Curse of Being by Robin Murphy How Robots and Autonomous Weapon Systems are Changing the Norms and Laws of War by USMA at West Point Professors LTC Chris Korpela, Major Scott Parsons, Major (Retired) Dom Larkin, and Dr. William J. Barry Authoring Identity: Copyright, Privacy, and Commodity Dissonance in the Digital Age by Bita Amani The Theater Method: Exploring Unethical Research Topics in Human-Robot Interaction by Samarendra Hedaoo & Heather Knight
7:30-9:30	Conference Dinner @ Mayfair Hotel, Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida

	Saturday, April 13, 2019
8:00-8:30	Check- in & Breakfast
8:30-9:30	Emerging Legal and Policy Trends in Recent Robot Science Fiction by Robin R Murphy (Texas A&M University) Discussant: Kevin Bankston
9:30-10:30	Taking Futures Seriously: Forecasting as Method in Robotics Law and Policy by Stephanie Ballard (University of Washington) & Ryan Calo (University of Washington) Discussant: ~~Jennifer Rhee~~ Karen Levy (Cornell University)
10:30-11:00	Break
11:00-12:00	Administering Artificial Intelligence by Alicia Solow-Niederman (UCLA School of Law Discussant: Michael Froomkin
12:00-1:00	Lunch
1:00-2:00	The Robot Koseki: A Japanese Law Model for Regulating Autonomous Machines by Colin P. Jones (Doshisha Law School) Discussant: Hideyuki Matsumi
2:00-2:30	Break
2:30-3:30	Why the Moral Machine is a Monster by Abby Everett Jaques (MIT) Discussant: Jason Millar
3:30-4:00	Break
4:00-5:30	Panel: AI & Authorship Moderator: Kate Darling Artificial Intelligence Patent Infringement by Tabrez Y Ebrahim (California Western School of Law) [Note: Revised version, Artificial Intelligence Inventions & Patent Disclosure, published October 2020] The Death of the AI Author by Carys Craig (York University); Ian Kerr (University of Ottawa) Jack of All Trades, Master of None: Is Copyright Protection Justified for Robotic Faux-riginality? by Sarit Mizrahi (University of Ottawa)
5:30-5:45	Final Remarks