Should technological advancement be welcomed for its opportunities for human advancement, or feared for its potential to destroy human life and natural eco-systems?
On Friday, 8 June 2018, WIPO is organizing the first Public Lecture on Ethics and Technology in the United Nations system. Eminent Professor Peter Singer (Australia) will discuss ethical challenges of technological developments in biotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence, informatics and communication.
The lecture is open to all: NGO’s with consultative status to WIPO and the United Nations, members of the diplomatic community, staff of the United Nations and Specialized Agencies, interested citizens.
Attendance is free of charge, registration is required
To register please send an e-mail to publiclecture@wipo.int
Please note that seats will be allotted on a first come, first served basis.
Simultaneous interpretation in English and French will be provided.
About Professor Singer
Professor Singer is the recipient of multiple prestigious distinctions and awards. Amongst others, he has been ranked by Time Magazine as among the world's most influential people ("The Time 100" list, 2005), by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age (2009) as one of the twenty-five most influential Australians of the last half-century, and by the (Swiss) Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute as a "Global Thought Leader” (since 2013, every year).
He has written, co-authored, edited and/or co-edited more than 40 books, including Practical Ethics, Animal Liberation, The Life You Can Save, Ethics in the Real World and The Most Good You Can Do. His writings have inspired both the animal rights movement and effective altruism. He is professor of bioethics at Princeton University, has lectured at other leading universities in Europe and the United States and now spends part of each year at the University of Melbourne (www.petersinger.info)
For a recent interview with Professor Peter Singer by Sarah Jordan, Deputy Editor of UN Special, see https://www.unspecial.org/ - May 2018 issue (forthcoming).
