May 14-15, Brussels, Belgium, EU
EUDTP is a EU-wide inter-disciplinary conference focused on the discussion and dissemination of broad-impact digital technologies (automation, computing, data collection, processing and communication), their corresponding public policies at all decision levels to encourage their development, exploit their opportunities, and address their related challenges, and well as their impact and regulation in EU society and economy. The venue aims to encourage high-level exchanges and collaborations between academia, industry, policy-making bodies and institutions, and general public.
PARTICIPATION
Participation is free of charge for interested audiences (researchers and scholars, professionals, policy-makers, students), up to the limit of available seats. Inscription is mandatory.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
This conference is soliciting extended abstract submissions (1p) with contributions to the different aspects related to digital technologies and policies: scientific perspectives, use cases and constraints, opportunities and risks in the EU and globally, underlying needs and requisites, social implications and regulation approaches.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Digital, automation and information-processing technologies
- Artificial Intelligence and ML-based technologies at large (e.g., LLMs and Generative AI), information-processing technologies and applications (healthcare, transportation, safety/security)
- Robotics and automation
- Nanotechnologies and quantum technologies
Data collection and manipulation; safety, privacy, and security challenges
- Cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities (ransomware, data breaches), extent, and strategies
- Data privacy, Intellectual Properties (IP) issues, and regulation
- Digital sovereignty, safety and autonomy of critical infrastructures, and digital rights
Digital infrastructures for computing, communication and information services
- Digital infrastructures: cloud and edge deployments, submarine cables, datacenters, IOT deployments and services, Internet, and Internet traffic dynamics
- Mobile communications, cellular networks, and deployments (5G/6G)
Physical infrastructures and material layers of computing
- Semiconductors technologies, chip design, European strategy on chips and semiconductors
- Raw materials for digital technologies: resource sustainability, manufacturing chains, mining technologies, and challenges
Social impact of technologic transforms
- Disinformation, fake news and deep fakes, social platforms, impact on public debate, and governance of digital space
- Effects of AI and digitization on education, and human interaction with technology
- Ethics and fairness in AI-powered and automated systems
- Impact of EU digital regulations (AI Act, Chips Act, eIDAS, Cybersecurity Act…) and other digital regulation models
Energy and sustainability
- Energy and sustainability: energy production technologies (nuclear, hydrogen-based), transport/distribution (smart grid) and stocking technologies (batteries), energy consumption of digital infrastructures
- Green computing, recycling and digital sobriety
- Sustainable mobility: smart cities, connected public transportation, electric/autonomous vehicles
Contributions need to be sketched in short abstracts (up to 1 page). Accepted contributions will be presented in talks of 10-15min, with no slides (unless necessary, contact your session chair in this case). Talks will be grouped in thematic sessions, and followed by a debate and Q&A with the public and among the speakers.
High-quality papers based on extended versions of talks in the conference will be welcome for consideration at a special issue of the IEEE Transactions of Technology & Society (IEEE-TTS) journal.
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission: until January 31st, 2025
Notification: February 28, 2025
Inscription (for participation): until May 1st, 2025
Conference: May 14-15, 2025
MORE INFORMATION at the website: https://eudtp.sciencesconf.org/, eudtp@sciencesconf.org