Esprit Futur seminars - Episode 2: The factory of the future

Second seminar of our six-part series on how the humanities think about the future, anticipate it and innovate.

10:30 am : Opening of the day
Vanessa Weihgold | Thomas Arciszewski

PANEL: Utopias seen from elsewhere

10:45 a.m.: Discovering Latin American utopias
Claude Bourguignon Rougier
10:45 am: Africanfuturism: visions of the future from and for Africa.
Dr. Fanny Robles
11:15 am: Afrotopia and the novel: a reading of Rouge impératrice by Léonora Miano. – Louis Nana

PANEL: Law and science fiction

1:30 pm: Artificial intelligence, robots, cyborgs: what right(s) for the society of the future? – Dr. Nathalie Nevejans
2:00 p.m.: The future and utopia – Dr. M. M. M. Ugo Bellagamba

PANEL: Artificial Intelligence

14:45: Is Alicia Vikander’s character, Ava, a conscious and moral agent in the film: Ex Machina? An exhibition on how artificial intelligence will affect our futures. – Gregory Alexander
15h15 : At the risk of technological singularity – Eloise Boisseau
15h45: Trustworthy, fair, and sustainable? Ethical challenges for AI systems.
Dr. Wulf LOH
15h15 : Closing remarks – Panagioula (Julie) Kolovou | Vanessa Weihgold | Thomas Arciszewski