2025.09.22 - The 2nd Conference Ethics and AI

The “Ethics and AI” Conference, initiated by a group of researchers affiliated with the Warsaw University of Technology, serves as an interdisciplinary forum bringing together AI engineers, philosophers, ethicists, and scholars of argumentation theory who are engaged with the ethical challenges posed by the rapid development of AI technologies. Following the success of the inaugural edition in 2024, we are pleased to announce the second iteration of the event. Our objective is to attract scholars from across the globe, representing a wide range of academic disciplines, thematic interests, and methodological perspectives.

Contact: maciej.kulik@pw.edu.pl

 Keynote speakers

• Janusz Hołyst (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Artur Janicki (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Réka Markovich (Universite de Luxembourg)
• Paula Quinon (Warsaw University of Technology)

Ethics and AI

The rapid advancement of AI-based technologies, accompanied by the emergence of novel ethical challenges, underscores the pressing need for integrative research that bridges the perspectives of AI engineers, philosophers, ethicists, and argumentation theorists. The unprecedented development of artificial agents presents a unique opportunity to embed ethical reasoning within technological artefacts—such as robots, autonomous vehicles, and large language models—transforming ethical theory from abstract reflection into a practical component of design and deployment. This includes the application of both deontological and teleological ethical frameworks to the broad domain of large language model (LLM) programming and machine ethics. Of particular interest is the question of whether classical moral concepts—such as the principle of double effect—and virtues, including prudence, courage, justice, and especially benevolence, can meaningfully inform the ethical design and programming of digital systems. This interdisciplinary cooperation enables scholars to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries and collaboratively address issues of profound societal relevance. At the same time, the pervasive influence of digital technologies on all spheres of life elicits both optimism and concern. There is an urgent imperative for ethical inquiry capable of evaluating these transformations in normative terms, including the critical assessment of prospects for moral and cognitive enhancement facilitated by AI.

We invite submissions from all disciplines that contribute to the relevant topics, and employ a variety of methods and approaches. These may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Ethical challenges of contemporary IT research
• Ethical conflicts related to the use, development and implementation of AI
• Ethics in AI and AI in ethics
• Ontological, epistemological and axiological aspects of IT research
• Trustworthy AI systems
• Argumentation and LLM
• Argumentation, religion and AI
• Argumentation, moral values and culture
• Digital communication and critical thinking
• AI and moral decision-making
• Moral enhancement and AI
• Machine ethics and moral robots engineering
• AI and surveillance
• Data privacy and security in AI applications
• Ethical challenges of autonomous systems
• Ethically-aligned design
• Ethical frameworks around AI and data
• Contradictions in AI development and ethics
• Public policies and AI
• AI and ethos
• New ethical approaches towards AI
• Researcher integrity and the LLM
• LLM and teaching – ethics and practice
• AI virtues: A wise, fair, benevolent and beneficial AI.

Important dates

Submission deadlines
From May 20, 2025: submission open
June 30, 2025: submission deadline
July 30, 2025: notifications of acceptance or rejection

Registration deadlines

(forthcoming)

Date of event

September 22-23, 2025

Programme Committee

• Piotr Kulicki (KUL – chair)
• Joanna Antczak (Military University of Technology)
• Jarosław Arabas (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Przemysław Biecek (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Katarzyna Budzyńska (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Jarosław Chudziak (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Stanisław Janeczko (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Joanna Jończyk (Military University of Technology) 
• Marcin Koszowy (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Józef Lubacz (Marek Dietrich Institute of Contemporary Civilization Problems)
• Witold Marciszewski (Foundation for Computer Science, Logic and Mathematics)
• Roman Morawski (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)
• Andrzej Najgebauer (Military University of Technology)
• Piotr Radziewicz (Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
• Radosław Roszczyk (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Bartosz Sawicki (Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
• Artur Szutta (Gdańsk University)
• André Wlodarczyk (Université Paris-Sorbonne) 

Institutional Organizers

• Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Marek Dietrich Institute of Contemporary Civilization Problems
• Faculty of Security, Logistic and Management (Military University of Technology, Warsaw)

Patronage

• Center for Advanced Studies, Warsaw University of Technology
• Foundation for Computer Science, Logic and Mathematics
• History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC)
• HumTec: Human Technology Center (RWTH Aachen)
• International Center for Formal Ontology (ICFO)
• Section Current Challenges of Artificial Intelligence of the Polish Information Processing Society

Organizing Committee

• Paweł Stacewicz (Warsaw University of Technology) chair
• Maciej Kulik (Warsaw University of Technology) co-chair
• Krzysztof Sołoducha (WAT) co-chair
• Michał Stelmach (Warsaw University of Technology)
• Michał Zawadzki (Warsaw University of Technology) tbc
• Julia Braniewska (Warsaw University of Technology) tbc

Submission

We invite submissions of regular abstracts (300–500 words) prepared for double-blind peer review. Abstracts should be submitted via the EasyChair platform: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=etai2025. Each accepted contribution will be allocated a 30-minute presentation slot, including time for discussion.

Conference Fee

• The registration fee is 500 PLN (120 euro).
• The registration fee for students is 300 PLN (70 euro).