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国際シンポジウム「Consent and Privacy」

2026年3月16日（月）- 3月18日（水）　神戸大学六甲台第2キャンパス

2026年3月16日〜18日、神戸大学にて、科学技術に関連する同意とプライバシーをめぐる問題をテーマにした国際会議を開催します。使用言語は英語です。事前登録は必要ですが会費は無料です。以下の詳細をご確認のうえ、ご関心のある方はぜひご参加ください。
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日時：2026年3月16日（月）- 3月18日（水）
会場：神戸大学六甲台第2キャンパス
主催：神戸大学生命・自然科学ELSI研究プロジェクト(KOBELSI)
使用言語：英語

When we share our personal information with commercial companies through devices such as smartphones, or when we share our genetic information with medical associations for research purposes, there is no doubt that consent and privacy matter. Many related philosophical and ethical questions remain topics of ongoing inquiry: What is the nature of consent and privacy? Why is privacy morally significant? How can consent be morally transformative? How do consent and privacy matter in the use or development of new technologies? Under what conditions can we appropriately consent to share our personal information? Depending on the type of personal information, should the bar for consenting change?
This international symposium aims to address such philosophical and ethical questions about consent, privacy, and their relationship, in relation to the use or development of new technology. Although our particular focus is on issues of privacy and consent in the field of engineering biology, this symposium also covers many other fields and issues in which consent and privacy matter.
Date: March 16-18, 2026
Venue: Kobe University
Organizers: KOBELSI and Innovative Ethics Project, Kobe University

Tom Dougherty, Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charlotte A. Tschider, Professor, Loyola University Chicago School of Law & Beazley Institute for Health Law & Policy
Elizabeth Edenberg, Assistant Professor, Baruch College, The City University of New York (CUNY)
Darrell Rowbottom, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
Dan Pallies, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
Tsutomu Sawai, Professor (Special Recognition), Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University
Yumi Tomiyama, Associate Professor, Law, Economics and Management, Okinawa University
Masahiko Tsukamoto, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University
Togo Tsukahara, Professor, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University
Keiji Nishida, Professor, Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University
Okui Go, Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University

14:00–14:10 Opening Remark: Takuya Niikawa
14:10–15:40 Keynote: Elizabeth Edenberg
“Consent and Securing Digital Rights”
15:40–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:00 Dan Pallies
“Bioengineering Consent”

13:00–14:00 Darrell Rowbottom
"Puzzles about Informational Privacy: A Fresh Eye"
14:00–14:10 Break
14:10–15:40 Keynote: Tom Dougherty
“Consent to Sharing Information”
15:40–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:30 Keynote: Charlotte A. Tschider
“Individual v. Collective Benefit: Situating Consent in Healthcare Innovation”
17:30–19:30 Reception

11:30–12:30 Tsutomu Sawai
“Ethical and Empirical Perspectives on Consent in Human Brain Organoid Research”
12:30–14:00 Lunch Break