Friday 20. 11. 2026 13:00
| online (upon registration)
Tech for Tails: Animals, Technology and Ethics
Organized by the Centre for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague (CETE-P)
Detailed information
Online workshop with some of the most renowned scholars who work in the field of animals and technology. They will ponder the question epistemic justice raised by the convergence between biotech and AI; the ethical challenges involved in the technological feasibility of recreating extinct species; the relevance of sentience as the basis of moral consideration; and the ethical ramifications of the interactions between animals and machines.
Program
13:00-13-05 Introduction
13:05-13:45 Bernice Bovenkerk (Wageningen University)
“The Synergy between Biotechnology and AI for Conservation: An Epistemic Justice Problem”
13:45-14:25 Mickey Gjerris (University of Copenhagen)
“Love in the Age of De-Extinction”
14:25-14:40 Break
14:40-15:20 Oscar Horta (University of Santiago de Compostela)
“Sentience-Inclusive Alignment While There Is Still Time”
15:20-16:00 Oliver Bendel (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland)
“Introduction to Animal-Machine Interaction”
16:00-16:30 General discussion
Participation and zoom link upon registration
