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Registration is now open for We Robot 2014, April 4-5 here at U. Miami. Tickets are free, but seats are limited.

We have a terrific program planned:

Friday, April 4th

8:00 am Check-in and Breakfast

8:30 am Introductions
Welcome and Introduction of Sponsors
A Few Words from Our Sponsors
Introductory Remarks: A. Michael Froomkin, Program Chair

8:45 am Regulating The Loop
Meg Leta Ambrose, Communication, Culture, and Technology, Georgetown University
Discussant: Elizabeth Grossman, Microsoft Corp.

10:00 am Break

10:15 am Rethinking Models of Responsibility for Semi-Autonomous Robots
Jason Millar, Philosophy, Carleton University
Discussant: Peter Asaro, School of Media Studies, The New School for Public Engagement, Stanford Law School, International Committee for Robot Arms Control

11:30 am Break

11:45 am Robots as Labor Creating Devices: Robotic Technologies and the Expansion of the Second Shift
Ann Bartow, Pace Law School
Discussant: Jodi Forlizzi, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

1:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Panel on Robots and Social Justice
Moderator: Kate Darling, MIT Media Lab

• The Canny Valley: Law, Ethics, and the Design of Robots Increasingly Able to Mimic and Invite Affection
  Kenneth Anderson, Washington College of Law, American University, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University, The Brookings Institution
• Consumer Cloud Robotics and the Fair Information Practice Principles: The Policy Risks and Opportunities Ahead
  Kris Hauser, Computer Science and Informatics, Indiana University
  Andrew A. Proia, Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, Indiana University
  Drew T. Simshaw, Center for Law, Ethics, and Applied Research in Health Information, Indiana University
• Professional Ethics for HRI Research, Development, and Marketing
  Laurel D. Riek, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
  Don Howard, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
• Robots in School: Disability and the Promise (or Specter?) of Radical Educational Equality
  Aaron Jay Saiger, Fordham University School of Law

3:45 pm Break

4:00 pm Parallel Demonstrations

• TeleRobotics
  Howard Jay Chizeck, Electrical Engineering & Bioengineering, University of Washington
• Automated Algorithmic Software Trading Robots: Sousveillance, and Continuous Cloud Sync Audit Trails
  Avi Rushinek, University of Miami School of Business
  Sara Rushinek University of Miami School of Business

5:00 pm Survey: “So, What do YOU think a robot is?” A short quiz for the audience.
Bill Smart, Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University

5:30 pm Reception

7:00 pm Birds of a Feather Sessions
@ Local restaurants

Saturday, April 5th

8:00 am Check-in and Breakfast

8:30 am Chief Justice John Roberts is a Robot
Ian Kerr, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine & Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa
Carissima Mathen, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Discussant: Jack Balkin, Yale Law School

9:45 am Break

10:00 am When Robot Eyes Are Watching You: The Law & Policy of Automated Communications Surveillance
Kevin Bankston, New America Foundation
Amie Stepanovich, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Discussant: Neil Richards, Washington University School of Law

11:15 am Break

11:30 am Robotics and the New Cyberlaw
Ryan Calo, University of Washington School of Law
Discussant: David Post, Beasley School of Law, Temple University

12:45 pm Lunch

1:45 pm Prison of Our Own Making: An Expanded View of Automated Law Enforcement
Col. Lisa A. Shay, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, United States Military Academy
Woodrow Hartzog, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Col. John C. Nelson, English & Philosophy, United States Military Academy
Col. Gregory Conti, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science & Information Technology Operations Center, United States Military Academy
Discussant: Mary Anne Franks, University of Miami School of Law

3:00 pm Break

3:15 pm Panel on Domestic Drones
Moderator: Dan Siciliano, Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School

• Robots, Micro-Airspaces, and the Future of “Public Space”
  Peter Asaro, New School for Public Engagement, Stanford Law School, International Committee for Robot Arms Control
• Risk, Product Liability Trends, Triggers, and Insurance in Commercial Aerial Robots
  David K. Breyer, Digital Risk Resources
  Donna A. Dulo, U.S. Department of Defense
  Gale A. Townsley, Severson & Werson PC
  Stephen S. Wu, Cooke Kobrick & Wu LLP
• A Legal Framework for the Safe and Resilient Operation of Autonomous Aerial Robots
  Cameron R. Cloar, Nixon Peabody LLP
  Donna A. Dulo, U.S. Department of Defense
• Self-Defense Against Robots
  A. Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law
  Zak Colangelo, University of Miami School of Law

4:45 pm Final Remarks