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CEET Webinar Series: AI & Emotions

Jan 23, 2024

Date: January 24, 2024
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Zoom
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Academic event | STEM
 The first session of the Winter 2024 Webinar Series organised by the Conceptual Engineering for Emerging Technologies (CEET) initiative took place on 24 January. Matthew McKeever (HKU) and Simon Goldstein (HKU) were the speakers of this session, focusing on the relationship (or lack of) between AI and emotions. The CEET initiative is a joint venture […]

Workshop ‘Toward a systemic concept of attention for the attention economy, using Buddhist and Western ethics’

Jan 19, 2024

Start date: February 5, 2024
End date: February 7, 2024
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: TU/e campus and online
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Academic event
To discuss how to adopt “Western” and Buddhist approaches to analyse what a broader systemic concept of attention could look like with a broader audience, the Workshop "Toward a systemic concept of attention for the attention economy, using Buddhist and Western ethics" was held on 5-7 February at the TU/e campus and online. On Day […]

Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

Jan 6, 2024

Date: October 31, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Online seminar
Academic event | Public ESDIT event | Wellbeing, Emotions & Health

The ESDiT working group on “Attention Economy” organizes an online seminar with Dr. Gloria Mark (University of California, Irvine) on her book 'Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity'. The seminar is part of the series  “Attending as practice in the attention economy”.

The Co-Shaping of Attention and Technologies

Jan 6, 2024

Date: October 11, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Online seminar
Academic event | Public ESDIT event | Wellbeing, Emotions & Health

The ESDiT working group on the “Attention Economy” organizes an online seminar on 'The Co-Shaping of Attention and Technologies' as part of the series  “Attending as practice in the attention economy”. Speaker is dr. Galit Wellner of Tel Aviv University and the Holon Institute of Technology.

The Future of Digital Wellbeing Conference & Pre-Workshop

Dec 19, 2023

Start date: February 1, 2024
End date: February 2, 2024
All-day event
Location: Het Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29 Amsterdam 1011 JV Netherlands
Academic event | Wellbeing, Emotions & Health

"The Future of Digital Well-Being" took place in Amsterdam on February 1-2, and it will focus on how interdisciplinary insights into digital well-being can improve the design of future online technologies.