BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210328T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:IST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211031T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20210527T182234Z UID:0CD64DE0-DA75-4F77-823F-7CC28A778BDA DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210527T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210527T190000 DESCRIPTION:[IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter\,](https://www.ieee-ukandirel and.org/chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/) Pittsburgh SSIT Chapter\, Washington DC/Northern Virginia/Baltimore SSIT Chapter\, S SIT IST-Africa SIGHT and Vancouver Section Joint Chapter are cooperating t o organise this [SSIT Lecture](https://technologyandsociety.org/event/ieee -ssit-lecture-automating-empathy/) as a joint Chapter Webinar. IEEE and SS IT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to [Register](https://e vents.vtools.ieee.org/m/265223) and participate. IEEE Members should inclu de their IEEE Membership Number when registering.\n\nThis joint meeting wi ll take place online. Registered participants will be provided with the li nk prior to the event.\n\nThis meeting will take place at 1pm (EDT) / 6pm (UTC+1) on 27 May 2021. Click [here to convert to your local time](https:/ /www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=SSIT+Lecture%3A+Automat ing+Empathy%3A+Social+Impact%2C+Mediated+Emotion+and+Subjectivity&iso=2021 0527T18&p1=3903&ah=1)\n\nFocus\n\nThis Lecture shares thoughts and ethical insights about the social trajectory of technologies that track and inter act with human emotion and affective states.\n\nOnce off-limits\, the boun daries of personal space and the body are being probed by emotional AI and technologies that simulate properties of empathy. This is occurring in wo rn\, domestic\, quasi-private and public capacities. The significance is e nvironmental\, in that overt and ambient awareness of intimate dimension o f human life raises questions about human-system interaction\, privacy\, c ivic life\, influence\, regulation\, moral limits and the desirability of the datafication emotional life.\n\nTo explore these issues\, the lecture will provide historical context to these technologies\, an overview of tre nds in current technological development\, existing and emergent use cases \, whether profiling of emotion is acceptable\, and (if so) on what terms. Ethical recommendations will draw on empirical work of the Emotional AI L ab that McStay leads. This is currently conducting cross-cultural work in the UK and Japan\, investigating use of empathic technologies and emotiona l AI in advertising\, education\, healthcare\, media\, mobility\, security \, toys\, workplaces\, and more.\n\nFor more information\, please visit th e [SSIT website](https://technologyandsociety.org/event/ieee-ssit-lecture- automating-empathy/).\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Pittsburgh SSIT Chapter\, I EEE Washington DC/Northern Virginia/Baltimore SSIT Chapter\, SSIT IST-Afri ca SIGHT\, Vancouver Section Joint Chapter\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof. Andrew McS tay \, \n\nAgenda: \n1:00 - 1:40pm (EDT) / 6pm - 6:40pm (UTC+1) Introducti on and Presentation\n1:40 - 2:00pm (EDT) / 6:40pm - 7pm (UTC+1) Discussion \, Q&A\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/265223 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/265223 ORGANIZER:miriam@iimg.com SEQUENCE:9 SUMMARY:Automating Empathy: Social Impact\, Mediated Emotion and Subjectivi ty (SSIT Lecture) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/265223 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><a href="https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org /chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/" target="_blank" r el="noopener">IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter\,</a>&nbsp\;Pittsburgh SSIT Chapter\,&nbsp\;Washington DC/Northern Virginia/Baltimore SSIT Chapter\, SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT and Vancouver Section Joint Chapter are cooperating to organise this&nbsp\;<a href="https://technologyandsociety.org/event/iee e-ssit-lecture-automating-empathy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SSIT Le cture</a> as a joint Chapter Webinar. IEEE and SSIT Members as well as non -IEEE Members are invited to <a href="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/265 223" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register</a>&nbsp\;and participate. IE EE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.</ p>\n<p>This joint meeting will take place online. Registered participants will be provided with the link prior to the event.</p>\n<p>This meeting wi ll take place at&nbsp\;<strong>1pm (EDT) / 6pm (UTC+1)</strong>&nbsp\;on&n bsp\;<strong>27 May</strong>&nbsp\;2021. Click&nbsp\;<a href="https://www. timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=SSIT+Lecture%3A+Automating+E mpathy%3A+Social+Impact%2C+Mediated+Emotion+and+Subjectivity&amp\;iso=2021 0527T18&amp\;p1=3903&amp\;ah=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here to con vert to your local time</a></p>\n<p><strong>Focus</strong></p>\n<p>This Le cture&nbsp\; shares thoughts and ethical insights about the social traject ory of technologies that track and interact with human emotion and affecti ve states.</p>\n<p>Once off-limits\, the boundaries of personal space and the body are being probed by emotional AI and technologies that simulate p roperties of empathy. This is occurring in worn\, domestic\, quasi-private and public capacities. The significance is environmental\, in that overt and ambient awareness of intimate dimension of human life raises questions about human-system interaction\, privacy\, civic life\, influence\, regul ation\, moral limits and the desirability of the datafication emotional li fe.</p>\n<p>To explore these issues\, the lecture will provide historical context to these technologies\, an overview of trends in current technolog ical development\, existing and emergent use cases\, whether profiling of emotion is acceptable\, and (if so) on what terms. Ethical recommendations will draw on empirical work of the Emotional AI Lab that McStay leads. Th is is currently conducting cross-cultural work in the UK and Japan\, inves tigating use of empathic technologies and emotional AI in advertising\, ed ucation\, healthcare\, media\, mobility\, security\, toys\, workplaces\, a nd more.</p>\n<p>For more information\, please visit the <a href="https:// technologyandsociety.org/event/ieee-ssit-lecture-automating-empathy/" targ et="_blank" rel="noopener">SSIT website</a>.&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>1:00 - 1:40pm (EDT) / 6pm - 6:40pm (UTC+1) Introduction and Pres entation<br />1:40 - 2:00pm (EDT) / 6:40pm - 7pm (UTC+1) Discussion\, Q&am p\;A</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR