Day 1 (Tuesday 11th of November)
@ Nissi auditorium , Ankkuri building, Univesity of Vaasa (Wolffintie 32, 62500 Vaasa)
For more information about the conference venue and arrival to Vaasa see: Campus and facilities
| 9:00-> | Registration desk opens |
| 9:00-11:00 |
Workshop -Consent Procedures in AI Research: Ethics and Inclusion for People with Diverse Needs -Critical AI citizenship: How does an educational intervention shape student responses to AI-generated disinformation? -Erosions of trust – Political climate and experience of privacy in social media
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| 11:00-12:00 | Lunch |
| 12:00-12:15 | Welcoming coffee & 0pening words |
| 12:15-13:15 |
Invited talk: Rachael Garrett Exploring the Felt Dimensions of Ethics and Technology |
| 13:15-14:15 |
Session 1: Risks and Security – Generative AI in Cybersecurity: A Systematic and Netnographic Review of Opportunities and Threats (Emmanuel Anti & Pius Ewoh) – Death by AI: A Survey of the Literature and Known Incidents (Lauri Tuovinen) – Poster spotlight |
| 14:15-15:00 | Coffee and posters |
| 15:00-16:00 |
Session 2: Education – Cheating with AI: Are Large Language Models Undermining Academic Integrity? (Juuso Rytilahti, Panu Puhtila & Erkki Kaila) – Teaching in the Age of AI: Understanding University Teachers’ Ethical Concerns and Perspectives (Erkki Kaila, Katja Lempinen & Matias Nevaranta) |
| 18:30 | Dinner |
Day 2 (Wednesday 12th of November)
@ Nissi auditorium , Ankkuri building, Univesity of Vaasa (Wolffintie 32, 62500 Vaasa)
| 8:30-9:00 | Morning coffee |
| 9:00-10:30 |
Session 3: Design – A Critical Review on Designer Intent in Implementing Deceptive Patterns (Laura Havinen, Johanna Silvennoinen & Teemu Mäenpää) – Developer and Player Views on Sustainable and Ethical Monetization Strategies (Tero Saarinen, Erno Vanhala & Jussi Kasurinen) – Can We Trust AI Agents? A Case Study of an LLM-Based Multi-Agent System for Ethical AI (José Antonio Siqueira de Cerqueira, Mamia Agbese, Rebekah Rousi, Nannan Xi, Juho Hamari & Pekka Abrahamsson) |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:45 |
Session 4: Identity, and Bias – Relational Ethics in AI-Mediated Healthcare: Revisiting the Implications of Patient, User, Consumer, and Client Labels (Leslye Denisse Dias Duran) – The Digital Mirror: AI Image Generators and the Reproduction of Gender Norms (Siiri Leppälampi, Sonja M. Hyrynsalmi & Erno Vanhala) |
| 11:45-12:45 | Lunch |
| 12:45-13:15 |
Town hall meeting @ Nissi auditorium , Ankkuri building, Univesity of Vaasa We discuss Tethics 2026 with coffee |
| 13:15-14:15 |
Keynote Kai Kimppa Ethics and Information Technology Research in Finland: The Past, the Present, and the Future |
| 14:15-15:00 | Closing remarks and coffee |