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We offer a vibrant program of seminars, specialist workshops, podcasts and public lectures and panels, involving our members, our Distinguished Visitors, and other national and international scholars and researchers.

Every year the centre runs a public lecture featuring speakers who excite and challenge audiences by bringing new insights to contemporary challenges.

Our two annual public panels feature leading experts investigating and debating topics such as the Voice to Parliament, food ethics, assisted dying, and other relevant issues.

We have an active program of workshops and seminars organised by centre members, on topics including grief in the digital age, self-narration, and animal ethics.

Listen to our podcast

In the Cave: An Ethics Podcast delves into contemporary ethical questions, exploring topics such as the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence in medical diagnoses and the potential societal impact of robots.

The podcast features discussions with leading academic experts, addressing pressing ethical issues that may shape our future.

Listen now through:

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Upcoming events

Past events

Date	Title	Speakers	Description
13-14 February	Artificial Intelligence, law and society conference	Elizabeth Tydd (Australian Information Commissioner) Dr Ryan Webb (Attorney-General’s Department) Tracey Duffy (Therapeutic Goods Administration) Angus Lang (Tenth Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers) Paul Miller (NSW Ombudsman) Dr Terri Janke (Terri Janke & Co) Prof Ryan Abbott (Surrey University) Katelyn Cioffi (New York University) Prof Alain Strowel (Leuven University) Prof Jyh-An Lee (Chinese University of Hong Kong)	The inaugural Artificial Intelligence, Law and Society conference addressed one of the most pressing issues of our time: the rapid advancement and integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other sophisticated technologies into various sectors of society.
18 February	Public panel on regulating equality and difference	Professor Davina Cooper (King’s College London) Professor Kate Henne (The Australian National University) Dr Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky (Macquarie University)	The panel will engaged questions to consider how we regulate equality and difference, including innovative approaches to law and policy reform.
28 February 2025	Epistemic agency in the age of AI workshop	Stefan Buijsman (TU Delft) Inês Hipólito (Macquarie University) Markus Pantsar (RWTH Aachen University) Annie Sandrussi (Macquarie University) Marilyn Stendera (University of Wollongong)	The epistemic agency in the age of AI: The good, the bad, and the ugly workshop showcased cutting-edge research and forged new connections between the epistemology and ethics of AI technologies.

Date	Title	Speakers	Description
12 December	Public Panel on Social Privilege	Javier Gomez-Lavin Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky Jackie Leach Scully	Our panel brought insights from cognitive science, conceptual engineering, and bioethics to shed new light on the idea of ‘privileged cognition’ and how we might better intervene to reduce the harms of social stratification based on social privilege.
18 October	Film Screening – The Thinking Game	Dr Ines Hipolito A/Prof Sarah Bankins Prof Robert Sinnerbrink	Filmed over five years, the documentary captures pivotal moments, including the groundbreaking achievement of AlphaFold, a program that solved a 50-year grand challenge in biology.
20 September	The Rule of Law in the Face of Technological Innovation	Prof Martin Krygier (UNSW) Dr Julian Sempill (University of Melbourne) Prof Gabrielle Appleby (UNSW) Prof Lisa Burton Crawford (USYD) Prof John Tasioulas (University of Oxford) Prof Jolyon Ford(ANU) Dr Paul Burgess(Monash University) Dr Monika Zalnieriute (Law Institute of Lithuania) Prof Oreste Pollicino (Bocconi University)	The workshop provided further understanding of the Rule of Law and reflected upon the ways in which the Rule of Law can help constitutional democracies meet a key challenge of our times.
17 September	The Ethics of Content Moderation Workshop		A workshop about online speech and digital content moderation.
2 September	Race in the Modern World (Part 2): Decolonisation & and the Future of Race	Oscar Davis (Bond University) Karo-Moret Miranda (ANU) Krushil Watene (University of Auckland) Phila Msimang (Stellenbosch) Taylor-Jai McCalister Swati Arora Katrina Hutchison Wendy Rogers Supriya Subramani (USYD) Debbie Bargaillie (Griffith University)	This is the second workshop on race in our annual Race in the Modern World series.
29 August	Developing Effective External and Industry Partnerships	Prof Farah Magrabi Dr Megan Finch-Edmondson Prof Wendy Lipworth A/Prof Rita Matulionyte Lesley Hine	This session provided insight into experiences Centre members and non-academic partners face when developing effective external and industry partnerships.
15 May	Public Lecture on “Beyond the AI hype: Balancing Innovation and Social Responsibility”	Professor Virginia Dignum (Umeå University)	This talk further discussed the need for a responsible approach to AI that emphasizes trust, cooperation, and the common good.
21 March	Public Panel on Medical Assistance in Dying: the Canadian Experience	Prof Margaret Hall (Simon Fraser University) Hon. Prof Jeanette Kennett (Macquarie University) Dr Linda Sheahan (SESLHD)	The panel of experts discussed how Canada got from their initial legislation to the present, and what that trajectory suggests regarding (potential) future developments.