[Ethical-informatics] POSTPONED: Ethics4EU Multiplier Event in Zurich, 7 May 2020

[Informatics Europe President]

Dear Colleagues,

We regret to inform that unfortunately, due to the current COVID-19 
crisis, the Ethics4EU Multiplier Event 
<https://www.informatics-europe.org/working-groups/ethics/ethics4eu-event.html>, 
part of theEthics4EU Erasmus+ project <http://ethics4eu.eu/>, which was 
scheduled on 7 May 2020 in Zurich is postponed until further notice. We 
will confirm and let you know the new dates as soon as possible and are 
sorry if we caused any inconvenience to those who have already planned 
to attend the event.

Thank you for your understanding and wishing you all the best!

Best regards,

Dr. Cristina Pereira, Informatics Europe Executive Director
Prof. Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe President

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Prof. Enrico Nardelli
http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli
Informatics Europe President
http://www.informatics-europe.org
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On 25.02.2020 15:27, Informatics Europe President wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Informatics Europe is partner in the Erasmus+ Project Ethics4 EU - 
> Ethical Computer Science Education for Europe 
> <https://sites.google.com/dit.ie/ethics4eu/home>. The Ethics4EU 
> project, which got a total funding of near half million euros, aims at 
> creating open source, widely used concrete resources for the teaching 
> of Ethics in Computer Science higher education programs across Europe.
>
> The digital ethical landscape is changing at an astonishing rate, as 
> technologies become more complex, and people choose to interact with 
> them in new and distinct ways. It is vitally important that creators 
> and developers of these technologies do not live in an ethical vacuum, 
> that they think about the impact, uses and abuses of their creations, 
> and take some measure to prevent others being harmed by their work. To 
> equip them with the knowledge to rise to this challenge and create a 
> positive future for the use of technology, it is important that ethics 
> becomes integral part of Computer Science higher education across Europe.
>
> Informatics Europe will be organizing a *multiplier event within the 
> Ethics4EU project in Zurich on 7 May 2020 (10:00-16:00) *at the 
> *Institute of Informatics of the University of Zurich*, in Oerlikon. 
> The main goals of the meeting is to disseminate and create awareness 
> in the region and country about the core issues addressed by the 
> project, as well as to foster a networking o people working or 
> interested in the topics mentioned above. The event will include a 
> number of speakers and a discussion panel including experts in Ethics, 
> academics, and professionals working in areas, roles or projects where 
> ethical or legal aspects are central or highly relevant. A program 
> will be soon available at: http://ethics4eu.eu
>
> As you have already being collaborating with us in the topic, we are 
> very happy to invite you to attend the event and actively participate 
> in the discussions. We will be able to offer a few travel grants, if 
> you are interested in attending the event and need travel support, 
> please let us know (email to administration at informatics-europe.org 
> <mailto:administration at informatics-europe.org>).
>
> To confirm your attendance please fill out the following online form 
> <https://www.informatics-europe.org/survey/index.php/184932/>.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Dr. Cristina Pereira, Informatics Europe Executive Director
> Prof. Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe President
>
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> Prof. Enrico Nardelli
> http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli
> Informatics Europe President
> http://www.informatics-europe.org
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