Date: 16 May 2024.
Location: Ludovika University of Public Service, Ludovika Main Building (1083 Budapest, Ludovika Square 2.)
Program and registration (in Hungarian): https://itki.uni-nke.hu/hirek/2024/05/02/az-ember-es-kozossegei-a-legujabb-technologiak-kozott-konferencia-program
On 16 May 2024, the Constitutional Court of Hungary, the National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information and the Institute of the Information Society at Ludovika University of Public Service will once again organise their annual conference to discuss the impact of technological developments on individuals, society, the state and the law.
In 2020 and 2021, two "disruptive technologies", artificial intelligence and internet platforms, were the focus of our conferences, and in 2022, without specifying a particular technology, we chose a key area of impact, democracy, as the focal point. In 2023, we also did not limit the theme of the event to a specific technology, but instead explored the consequences of the use of new technologies on the personalities, social status and rights of individuals.
Continuing last year's theme, this year's conference will again focus on "the human", the relationship between the human personality and the latest technologies, this time with a special emphasis on the impact on human communities. We are convinced that science must continue to contribute to shaping the digital world of the future through a deeper understanding of the relationship between humans and technology.
With the rapid development of information technologies, the widespread use of digital tools and solutions as well as artificial intelligence is having an increasing impact on our humanity, our personal circumstances and the functioning of our communities. While keeping the focus on the processes that affect individuals, this year we also invited presentations that analyse the influence of technologies on different human communities. These communities can be families, groups of friends and professionals, school class communities, workplace collectives, associations and political parties, or even a whole nation or a transnational community.
As in previous years, this year's conference will take a broad horizon to analyse the issue, covering both the positive and negative consequences of new technologies. On the one hand, any solution that can be classified as newer technologies – from the internet to Big Data-based applications, artificial intelligence and various digital tools – has a place among the issues to be investigated. On the other hand, the conference also aims to address issues related to human governance of technologies and the inevitability of the human factor, by taking a broad view of the place of people and their communities in technologies – in addition to the impact on the individual's personality, rights, advocacy and the functioning of our communities.
