Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiries (CEPE) 2025
Last Call for Submissions

Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiries (CEPE) is a INSEIT conference series. The CEPE conference series is recognized as one of the premier international events on computer and information ethics attended by delegates from all over the world. CEPE is held biennially, and is organized by INSEIT (the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology). Conferences are held about every 24 months, alternating between Europe and the United States.

The next CEPE Conference will be held at the University of Rome, Tor Vergata; Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society from September, 24th to 26th, 2025, in collaboration with the Ionian University Research Team, IHRC (Information: History, Regulation and Culture) and The University for Peace UNO Rome branch.

The main theme is:

Artificial Intelligence: Normative Implications and Philosophical Challenges

As AI continues to pervade various aspects of human life, from healthcare to governance, it brings forth a plethora of normative questions and philosophical dilemmas that demand rigorous examination and reflection.

Artificial intelligence technologies raise profound ethical, legal, and social questions that intersect with fundamental philosophical inquiries. The CEPE 2025 Conference aims to explore the normative implications of AI development and deployment, as well as the philosophical challenges it poses to our understanding of freedom, agency, responsibility, autonomy, and society.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Ethical considerations in AI design, development, and deployment

Algorithmic bias and fairness in AI systems

Gender bias in designing AI systems

Privacy and data protection in the age of AI

Legal and regulatory frameworks for AI governance

Human rights and AI ethics

AI and the future of work

Autonomous systems and moral decision-making

Philosophical foundations of AI ethics

The nature of consciousness and AI

AI and the concept of personhood

Social implications of AI based technologies

Human interaction with Intelligent embodied systems

Leadership and governance of AI

History of philosophical debates on AI

AI in military and warfare

Cyberharrassment and cyberbullism

Democracy and political implications of AI use

Information access and search engines and other related topics.

AI in science fiction

Use of AI in education: ethical and philosophical problems

Learning: philosophical problems

Other topics related to risk: cybersecurity, internet studies, cryptocurrencies, green transition and the Internet of Things.

AI and Copyright

AI and cultural heritage ethics

We welcome submissions from scholars working in philosophy, ethics, law, computer science, social science, psychology, history, education and related disciplines. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are encouraged.

Submission Guidelines: All abstracts should be written in english and prepared according to the APA guidelines and should not be less than 500 and not exceed 800 words. Accepted abstracts will be turned into papers (yet written in english and prepare according to the APA guidelines). Papers should be no more than 3000 words excluding bibliography. Submissions should be sent to cepe2025.rome@gmail.com by the dates written below. All submissions will undergo double-blind peer review. All accepted abstracts will be included in the CEPE 2025 book of abstracts and selected papers will be published in international journals (see below).

Important Dates:

1. Abstracts/Full Papers/Panels/Roundtables Submission Deadline: 1 January 2025 31st January 2025 (extended),

2. Notification of Acceptance just for abstracts: 31 January 2025 2nd March 2025 (extended),

3. Full Manuscript Due: 15 May 2025,

4. Final notification of Acceptance for all submissions: 15 June 2025,

5. Conference date: 24-26 September 2025.

NOTE: Applicants can send first an abstract or a full paper, by 1.1.2025. Once accepted, an abstract can be turned in a full paper should the applicant be interested to be selected for publication in one of the journals below by 15.05.2025. If you miss the deadline 1. you can still send a full paper by the deadline 3.

Co-Organizers:

Dr. Antonio Marturano, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy and INSEIT

Prof. Marco Innamorati, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

For inquiries, please contact Antonio Marturano at antonio.marturano@uniroma2.it

For the full Call see: cepe2025.uniroma2.it