Talks & Workshops (Selection)


IACAP-AISB 2025. The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) and the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB). Title: “No Hard Feelings?: A Philosophical Analysis of the Social Value of Overt Expressions of Emotions”, Enschede (NL), Summer 2025.

GWP 2025. Fifth International Conference of The German Society for Philosophy of Science (Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie). Title: “A Philosophical Investigation of Emotion Recognition Technology”, Erlangen (Germany), Spring 2025.

EMERGE 2024. International Conference on Ethics of AI Alignment. Title: “Emotional quantification and philosophical thinking: Understanding ourselves better with emotion recognition technology”, Belgrade (Serbia/Online), Fall 2024.

EAAMO 2024. The 4th ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization. Title: “Contextual Integrity and Socially Disruptive Technology”, San Luis Potosí (Mexico), Fall 2024.

AI & Policy 2023. International workshop on Epistemic Rights in AI Policy. With a focus on explainable AI, LLMs and generative AI, and fairness and accountability, this workshop aimed to explore innovative approaches to address contemporary challenges in AI policy. Eindhoven (Netherlands), Fall 2023.

SPT 2023. International Conference of Society for Philosophy and Technology (hosted by Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies), “Technology & Mobility”. Title: “Emotion Recognition Technology: An analysis of the risks at stake”, Tokyo (Japan), Summer 2023. Supported by Van Haersolte Grant.

OZSW 2023. 10th Annual OZSW Conference. Dutch National Conference. Title: “Revisiting our conception(s) of privacy”, Leiden (Netherlands), Summer 2023.

ESDIT 2022. International Conference Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies. Title: “Re-Shaping Human Relationships: An analysis of the consequences of the disruption of emotion recognition technology”, Leiden (Netherlands), Fall 2022. Supported by Van Haersolte Funding.

AIES 2022. Fifth AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society. Title: “Emotion Recognition Technology: Re-shaping human relationships”, Oxford (UK), Summer 2022. Supported by AAAI/ACM funding.

IID 2021. Guest Speaker at the Institute of Intelligence and Data. Title: “Ethical quandaries in Emotion Recognition Systems”, Québec (Canada), Winter 2021.

Rendez-vous en IA 2021. Guest Speaker at “Rendez-vous en IA”. Title: “Algorithmic discrimination”, Montréal (Canada), Fall 2021.

Rationality of Emotions 2020. Speaker at Symposium on Rationality of Emotions. Title: “Do Reasons Heal? An essay on grief”, with Keven Bisson, Québec (Canada), Fall 2020.

VIII Research Day in Analytic Philosophy 2020. Speaker at the VIII Research Day in Analytic Philosop. Titl: “Ethical issues raised by opacity in emotion recognition systems”, Québec (Canada), Fall 2020.