Programme · KCICAE 2026

Keynote Speakers

  • Sunyong BYUN (President, Korean Society for AI Ethics)
  • Peichao LI (Vice-President, Chinese Society for Ethics)
  • Lanfen LI (Soochow University)
  • Jinhua CHEN (Director, Research Institute of Applied Ethics, Soochow University)

Schedule

10. 20(Tue)
Opening CeremonyChair: Dongmei YUAN
09:00–09:30(30′)ㅇ Opening, Congratulatory Remarks
Leadership of Soochow University; Sunyong BYUN (President, KSAIE); Chunchen SUN (President, Chinese Society for Ethics)
 
Break (09:30~10:00)
[Keynote Session]Chair: Yiqin YANG
10:00–10:30(30′)ㅇ Keynote I
A Study on the Ethical Requirements for Artificial Intelligence
Sunyong BYUN
(President, KSAIE)
10:30–11:00(30′)ㅇ Keynote II
(title not announced)
Peichao LI
(Chinese Society for Ethics)
11:00–11:30(30′)ㅇ Keynote III
Citizen Participation in the Ethical Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Lanfen LI
(Soochow University)
11:30–12:00(30′)ㅇ Keynote IV
Justifying the Irreplaceability of the Human Being in the Age of AI
Jinhua CHEN
(Soochow University)
Lunch (12:00~14:00)
[Session 1] Artificial Intelligence EthicsChair: Younghee HONG
14:00–14:15(15′)ㅇ Ethical Foundations and the Philosophy of Technology in the Age of AI: Heidegger’s ThoughtTaechang KIM
(Seoul Sinam Elementary School)
14:15–14:30(15′)ㅇ Data Justice and Distributed ResponsibilityGuanglan TIAN
(Soochow University)
14:30–14:45(15′)ㅇ The Causal Agency of Artificial IntelligenceCheongho LEE
(Sangmyung University)
14:45–15:00(15′)ㅇ Strengthening Ethical Governance across the Life Cycle of Artificial IntelligenceWeihong CHEN
(Shanghai University of International Business and Economics)
15:00–15:15(15′)ㅇ The Development of AI Ethics Research and Its TasksDaesung JEONG
(Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
15:15–15:30(15′)ㅇ The Allocation of Moral Responsibility in Active Brain–Computer InterfacesShiwen MA
(Soochow University)
Break (15:30~15:45)
[Session 2] Ethics EducationChair: Peichao LI
15:45–16:00(15′)ㅇ The Educational Turn of Physical AI and Its Ethical Tasks: On PAI-EMSungae KIM
(Namseoul University)
16:00–16:15(15′)ㅇ Decoding the Underlying Logic of the Traditional Civilization of Rites and MusicShugui YU
(Soochow University)
16:15–16:30(15′)ㅇ Technological Unemployment and the Direction of Education in the Age of AIKeeburm PARK
(Seoul National University of Education)
16:30–16:45(15′)ㅇ (title not announced)Jiacheng HUANG
(East China Normal University)
16:45–17:00(15′)ㅇ Changes in Undergraduate Students’ AI Literacy through an Introductory Course on Artificial IntelligenceYongjik LEE
(Changwon National University)
17:00–17:15(15′)ㅇ (title not announced)Jie SHAN
(Soochow University)
17:15–17:30(15′)ㅇ The Direction of Moral Education in the Age of AIYunjeong CHOE
(Chuncheon National University of Education)
17:30–17:45(15′)ㅇ (title not announced)Xuchun LIU
(Soochow University)
10. 21(Wed)
[Session 3] Other Fields of Applied EthicsChair: Jia XU
09:00–09:15(15′)ㅇ Adorno’s Critique of European Civilization and Environmental PhilosophyMinsu KIM
(Dongseoul University)
09:15–09:30(15′)ㅇ The Emotivist Origins of Environmental EthicsQiang LU
(Sichuan Normal University)
09:30–09:45(15′)ㅇ The Friendship Argument: Dog Meat and Cat CarersHoon CHOI
(Kangwon National University)
09:45–10:00(15′)ㅇ (title not announced)Changyu GONG
(Soochow University)
10:00–10:15(15′)ㅇ Low Fertility in East Asia and ConfucianismMyungsik KIM
(Jinju National University of Education)
10:15–10:30(15′)ㅇ An Approach to Applied Ethics Based on Moral-Epistemic Uncertainty: From Casuistry and Reflective Equilibrium to Comprehensive EquilibriumZhixiang LI
(Nanjing Normal University)
10:30–10:45(15′)ㅇ Ethics as a Three-Tier System: Fundamental Principles and Everyday (Mid-Level) Ethical PrinciplesShin KIM
(Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
10:45–11:00(15′)ㅇ (title not announced)Hongxia LI
(Soochow University)
Closing CeremonyChair: Enxiu LI
11:15–11:45(30′)ㅇ Closing Remarks
Sunyong BYUN (President, KSAIE); Jinhua CHEN (Director, Research Institute of Applied Ethics, Soochow University)
 
10. 22(Thu)
Excursions 
09:00–12:00(180′)ㅇ Study visit on the practice of ethical review and services for artificial intelligence in the City of Suzhou 
14:00–17:00(180′)ㅇ Visit to the Suzhou Museum of Traditional Ethical Culture 

Venue: Jinke Grand Hotel, Suzhou · Photographs: KSAIE website