Date: Nov 5-6, 2026 (Thur – Fri) Full Day
Venue:
Nov 5 – AM @ Rm4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Nov 5 – PM @ MPA (Multi-Purpose Area), 2/F, Main Library, HKU
Nov 6 – AM @ XR Space, Art Tech Lab, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Nov 6 – PM @ Rm4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Featuring leading thinkers – this workshop explores AI mindedness, language, and metaphysics through keynote talks and panels on interpretationist models and new book manuscripts.
Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Prof. Barry Smith (University of London)
Prof. Daniel Herrmann (UNC, Chapel Hill)
Dr. Geoff Keeling (Google DeepMind)
Dr. Henry Shevlin (U of Cambridge), Servants, Parents, or Angels? Ethical and Prudential Models for Human-AI Coexistence
Prof. Herman Cappelen (HKU), AI and the Case for Abandoning ‘Consciousness’
Prof. John Hawthorne (USC), Consciousness, Vagueness and the Problem of the Many
Prof. Murray Shanahan (Google DeepMind / Imperial College London)
Prof. Nate Sharadin (HKU)
Prof. Paul Boghossian (NYU), Understanding and Reasoning in LLMs: How to Approach the Issue
Prof. Rachel Sterken (HKU)
Prof. Simon Goldstein (HKU)
Ms. Winnie Street (Google DeepMind)
