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II Rio de Janeiro International Workshop:
Rethink AI Ethics
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30-31 March 2026
Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Keynote Speakers

Simona Tiribelli is an internationally recognized expert in AI Ethics and Governance. She is tenure-track Assistant Professor of AI Ethics and Global Justice & Technology at UNIMC (Italy) and Director for AI Ethics at the Public Innovation Institute (US). She holds a European PhD cum laude in AI Ethics and is former Visiting Scholar at the MIT Media Lab and NYU. Her research in AI Ethics has received several awards, including a FULBRIGHT scholarship and an honorable mention from the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology. She serves as a scientific advisor for many companies and EU-funded projects worldwide.
Marco A. Azevedo is a CNPq researcher. and a Collaborator at the Philosophy Graduate Program and in the undergraduate courses in medicine and philosophy at UNISINOS in southern Brazil. He is currently studying topics of AI and doctor-patient relationship. He has a research project on well-being of severely disabled persons, including children and young adults with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, with the goal of developing a comprehensive approach that can encompass them. 
Steven S. Gouveia holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Minho (Portugal) and currently leads a six-year project on the Ethics of AI in Medicine within the Mind, Language and Action Group at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto (Portugal). He is also an Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Andrés Bello University. He was a Visiting Researcher at the Robotics Lab, University of Palermo (2024) and is currently a Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has published and edited 16 academic books on a variety of interdisciplinary topics, such as Philosophy and Neuroscience (2022), The Odyssey of the Mind (2024), translated into more than six languages, and, forthcoming in 2026, The Palgrave Handbook on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (Palgrave) and AI Ethics Explored (Bloomsbury). More information: stevensgouveia.weebly.com
Gabriel Mograbi holds a PhD in Philosophy from UFRJ, with a doctoral exchange program (sandwich PhD) at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Hospital Research Centre/University of Ottawa, Canada and later returned as a Visiting Professor at the same institution in 2019. He was also a Visiting Professor at the Dartmouth College (Psychological and Brain Sciences Department). He is the Coordinator of the Working Group on Philosophy of Neuroscience, X-Phi, AI and Neuroethics of the National Association of Graduate Studies in Philosophy (ANPOF). He is also the Principal Investigator of the Global Arbitration in the Brain Lab- GabLab: X-Phi and Neurophilosophy.
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​Program



Venue
IFCS-UFRJ
Largo São Francisco de Paula, 1 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro
RJ, 20051-070, Brasil

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30 March 2026 | 14h15 – 18h30

14h15h – 14h30
Welcoming Session

[Speakers]

14h30 – 15h10
Brunno Carvalho (PASA), Felipe Lopes (PASA) and Vinícius Lemos (Data Science, UFRJ):
“Tuss2Vec: Vectorization of Procedures and Governance of Open Data in Supplementary Healthcare”

15h10 – 15h50
Matheus Moura (Sociology, USP): “Techno-judges on the Spot: Explorations of the Impact of AI Advancements on Justice Systems”

15h50 – 16h30
Camila Leporace (UNICAMP) and Jonas Silva (ESPM-SP): “Guidelines for the Use of AI in Higher Education: Alternatives for Consolidating an Ethical Basis for Academic Integrity.”

16h30 – 17h00
Coffee-Break

[Keynote Speakers]

17h00 – 17h45
Gabriel Mograbi (Philosophy, UFRJ) “Some Aspects of the Assumption of Empathy in LLMs and Chatbots and its Ethical Repercussions”

17h45 - 18h30
Marco Azevedo (Medicine, UNISINOS) “Simulation Does Not Imply Substitution: The Clinical Encounter and the Limits of Generative AI in Medical Practice”

18h30
Closing Session
 

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31 March 2026 | 14h15-18h30

14h15h – 14h30
Opening Session

[Speakers]

14h30 – 15h10
Rafael Coimbra (Philosophy, UFRJ) “AI Ethics in the Age of Geopolitical Fracture: Power Rivalries, Corporate Capture, and the Weaponization of Artificial Intelligence”

15h10 – 15h50
Isabel Cruz (Health, UFF): “Asking Doesn't Offend: Generative AI and Structural Clinical Competence in Collecting Race Data”

15h50 – 16h30
Otávio Bopp (FGV EPG) and Valdemar Neto (FGV EPGE): “Reversal and Persistence of Gender Biases in GPT Models”

16h30 – 17h00
Coffee-Break

[Keynote Speakers]

17h00 – 17h45
Steven S. Gouveia (Uni. Porto): “The Case for Green Medical AI”

17h45 - 18h30
Simona Tiribelli (Uni. Macerata): “Decolonizing AI Ethics and Governance: Understanding the Impact of AI on Personhood and Identity from Within Indigenous Epistemologies”

18h30
​Closing Session

19h30-21h30
Workshop Dinner


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​CALL FOR ABSTRACTS​ [closed]​


Artificial Intelligence now sits inside ordinary institutions: hospitals, schools, public agencies, workplaces, and the platforms through which we communicate. As it spreads, ethical debate cannot remain limited to “best practices” or technical fixes. The pressing task is more basic: to rethink AI ethics itself (its assumptions, its priorities, and its blind spots). This workshop convenes philosophers, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and activists to revisit core questions: What counts as harm, and who gets to define it? Which values are silently encoded in datasets, models, and evaluation standards? How do AI systems reshape responsibility, authority, and trust when decisions are delegated to opaque infrastructures? And what kinds of regulation and institutional design are needed when AI amplifies existing asymmetries of power? Our goal is to develop richer ethical frameworks that connect the social world where AI operates so that deployment is guided by democratic accountability and oriented toward human flourishing and social justice.

A  Call for Abstracts  is open until 15 March 2026 to select speakers for the II Rio de Janeiro International Workshop: Rethink AI Ethics, that will happen at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais), Brazil, on the 30-31 March October 2026.

The accepted speakers will have 25 minutes to present their presentation and 15 minutes of Q&A. Any topic related with Ethics and Artificial Intelligence are welcome (official language: English and Portuguese).

To submit your abstract, submit the following material:
           (i) one word. document with a title, abstract (250 words);
           (ii) a cover page with name, affiliation, short bio (50 words) and email contact;
           to stevensequeira92 at hotmail dot com

There are no fees associated with participation in the Workshop.
In-person conference only (no online participation/ no streaming will be available).

We are sorry to say that no travel/staying funding is available to support the accepted speakers.
Notification of acceptance/rejection will be given on a daily basis 2/3 days after submission.

This event is part of the RTAIM Project (cf. https://trustaimedicine.weebly.com/) based at the University of Porto (PI: Steven S. Gouveia, 2022.02527.CEECIND) and the FCT/Mobility/1301043742/2024-25 awarded to Steven S. Gouveia.

Venue: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciência Sociais, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. 
  
Organization:
  • MLAG | IF | University of Porto
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | PPGF
  • ANPOF Working Group in Philosophy of Neuroscience, X-Phi, AI, and Neuroethics
  • GabLab – Global Arbitration in the Brain Laboratory – IFCS – UFRJ

Organizing Committee
  • Steven S. Gouveia (Research Fellow MLAG/IF/Uni. Porto | Visiting Professor PPGF-UFRJ)
  • Gabriel J. C. Mograbi (Associate Professor UFRJ)
 
Support:
  • MLAG/IF, FCT Project 2022.02527.CEECIND, University of Porto
  • FCT/Mobility/1301043742/2024-25
  • PPGF-UFRJ​
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CHAMADA DE RESUMOS​​
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​A Inteligência Artificial já está integrada em instituições comuns: hospitais, escolas, órgãos públicos, locais de trabalho e as plataformas por meio das quais nos comunicamos. À medida que se difunde, o debate ético não pode permanecer limitado a “boas práticas” ou correções técnicas. A tarefa urgente é mais fundamental: repensar a própria ética da IA (seus pressupostos, suas prioridades e seus pontos cegos). Este workshop reúne filósofos, pesquisadores, formuladores de políticas, profissionais e ativistas para revisitar questões centrais: o que conta como dano e quem tem o poder de defini-lo? Quais valores são silenciosamente incorporados em conjuntos de dados, modelos e padrões de avaliação? Como os sistemas de IA reconfiguram responsabilidade, autoridade e confiança quando decisões são delegadas a infraestruturas opacas? E que tipos de regulação e desenho institucional são necessários quando a IA amplifica assimetrias de poder já existentes? Nosso objetivo é desenvolver estruturas éticas mais robustas, conectadas ao mundo social em que a IA opera, para que sua implementação seja guiada pela responsabilização democrática e orientada ao florescimento humano e à justiça social.

Chamada para Resumos aberta até 15 de março de 2026 para selecionar palestrantes para o II Rio de Janeiro International Workshop: Rethink AI Ethics, que ocorrerá na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais), Brasil, nos dias 30–31 de março de 2026.

Os(as) palestrantes selecionados(as) terão 25 minutos para a apresentação e 15 minutos para perguntas e respostas (Q&A). Serão bem-vindos trabalhos sobre qualquer tema relacionado à Ética e Inteligência Artificial (idiomas oficiais: inglês e português).

Para submeter seu resumo, envie o seguinte material:
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  1. (i) um documento em Word com título e resumo (250 palavras);
  2. (ii) uma folha de rosto com nome, afiliação, mini-bio (50 palavras) e contato de e-mail;
    para stevensequeira92 at hotmail dot com.

Não há taxas de inscrição associadas à participação no workshop.
Evento exclusivamente presencial (não haverá participação online/nem transmissão).

Lamentamos informar que não há financiamento para viagem/hospedagem para apoiar os(as) palestrantes selecionados(as).
A notificação de aceitação/rejeição será enviada diariamente, em geral 2–3 dias após a submissão.

Este evento faz parte do Projeto RTAIM (cf. https://trustaimedicine.weebly.com/) sediado na Universidade do Porto (PI: Steven S. Gouveia, 2022.02527.CEECIND) e do FCT/Mobility/1301043742/2024-25 concedido a Steven S. Gouveia.

Local: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Organização:
  • MLAG | IF | Universidade do Porto
  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | PPGF
  • Grupo de Trabalho da ANPOF em Filosofia das Neurociências, X-Phi, IA e Neuroética
  • GabLab – Global Arbitration in the Brain Laboratory – IFCS – UFRJ​

Comissão Organizadora
  • Steven S. Gouveia (Pesquisador MLAG/IF/Univ. do Porto | Professor Visitante PPGF-UFRJ)
  • Gabriel J. C. Mograbi (Professor Associado UFRJ)

Apoio:
  • MLAG/IF, Projeto FCT 2022.02527.CEECIND, Universidade do Porto
  • FCT/Mobility/1301043742/2024-25
  • PPGF-UFRJ