Program

We Robot 2012: Setting the Agenda
April 21–22, 2012
University of Miami School of Law

Saturday, April 21st

8:00am
Registration and Breakfast

8:30am
Welcome & Introduction of Sponsor
Vice Dean Patrick O. Gudridge, University of Miami School of Law

8:35am
A Few Words from Our Sponsor
Laurie Silvers ’77, Member U. Miami Board of Trustees,  President of Hollywood Media Corp.

8:40am
Introductory Remarks
A. Michael Froomkin, Program Chair

8:45am
How Should the Law Think About Robots?
Neil Richards & William Smart
Discussant: Annemarie Bridy

10:00am
Break

10:15am
Liquid Robotics
Suneil Thomas

11:30am
Break

11:45am
Confronting Automated Law Enforcement
Lisa Shay, Gregory Conti, Woodrow Hartzog, John Nelson & Dominic Larkin
Discussant: Mary Anne Franks

1:00pm
Lunch

2:00pm
Regulation of Liability For Risks of Physical Injury From “Sophisticated Robots”
F. Patrick Hubbard
Discussant: Samir Chopra

3:15pm
Break

3:30pm
Panel Presentation: Social Issues in Robotics
Moderator: Ryan Calo

• Extending Legal Rights to Social Robots (Updated), Kate Darling
• Sex Robots and Roboticization of Consent, Sinziana Gutiu
• Liar Liar Pants on Fire! Examining the Constitutionality of Enhanced Robo-Interrogation (Updated), Kristen Thomasen

5:00pm
Reception
To be held in Student Lounge & Courtyard

6:00pm
End of Reception

7:30pm
Suggested start time for Birds of a Feather Sessions.

Sunday, April 22^nd

8:00am
Registration and Breakfast

8:30am
Machine Agency: a Philosophical and Technological Roadmap
Josh Storrs Hall
Discussant: Peter Asaro

9:45am
Break

10:00am
Micro Aerial Vehicles: Opportunity Or Liability
Amir Rahmani

11:15am
Break

11:30am
Delegation, Relinquishment and Responsibility: The Prospect of Expert Robots
Jason Millar & Ian Kerr
Disussant: A. Michael Froomkin

12:45pm
Lunch

Lunch-time break-out: The Future of We Robot
A. Michael Froomkin & Committee of the Whole

1:45pm
Work-in-Progress Presentation: Open Roboethics: Establishing an Online Community for Accelerated Policy and Design Change
Ajung Moon, Ergun Calisgan, Fiorella Operto, Gianmarco Veruggio & H.F. Machiel Van der Loos

3:00pm
Break

3:15pm
Panel Presentation: Military Robotics
Moderator: Bernard H. Oxman

• When Machines Kill: Criminal Responsibility for International Crimes Committed by Lethal Autonomous Robots, Oren Gross
• Asleep at the Switch? How Lethal Autonomous Robots Become a Force Multiplier of Military Necessity, Ian Kerr & Katie Szilagyi
• The Intersection: The Rules of War and The Use of Unarmed, Remotely Operated, and Autonomous Robotics Systems Platform and Weapons… Some Cautions, Richard O’Meara
• The Dehumanization of International Humanitarian Law: Independently Operating Weapon System and Modern Armed Conflict, Markus Wagner

4:45pm
Final Remarks

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