The “KU-UNIVIE Strategic Partnership Event: University-Driven Future Society Design” will be held at Kyoto University as detailed below. If you would like to attend the event, please submit the online form below in advance.

Date

May 29, 2025 (Thu) 4:00–5:45 pm

Venue

Shiran Kaikan (Yamauchi Hall), Kyoto University
（ in-person only ）

Target

Faculty, Staff and Students of Kyoto University

Language

English

Participation Fee

Free of charge

Capacity

80

Registration Form

Registration Form
Registration Deadline: May 22, 2025 (Thu)

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Inquiries

International Affairs Office
Email: ipromo＊mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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In commemoration of the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, this lecture event, aligned with the Expo’s theme of “Designing a Future Society for Our Lives,” will be held collaboratively by Kyoto University and its strategic partner, the University of Vienna.

Keynote lectures will be delivered by Prof. Barbara Prainsack (University of Vienna), who will speak about the foundations of an ethical AI governance that balances innovation and public value, and Prof. Satoshi Kodama (Kyoto University) who will deliver a lecture titled “The Dual Nature of Science and Technology and the Role of Ethics.”

May 29, 2025

Time (CEST)	Session
16:00 – 16:20	Welcome Speech President Nagahiro Minato, Kyoto University Rector Sebastian Schütze, University of Vienna
16:20 – 17:00	Keynote Lectures Making Artificial Intelligence “Ethical”: What is data solidarity, and why do we need it? Prof. Dr. Barbara Prainsack, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna
17:00 – 17:40	Keynote Lectures The Dual Nature of Science and Technology and the Role of Ethics Prof. Dr. Satoshi Kodama, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
17:40 – 17:45	Wrap-up Prof. Mika Yokoyama, Deputy Executive Vice-President and Director of the European Center, Kyoto University

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