Invitation to the ceremonial opening
On October 6, the Camilla and Georg Jellinek Center for Ethics at Heidelberg University will be officially opened in the university's Great Hall.
With this center, Heidelberg University is reaffirming its commitment to promoting responsible practice in science and society. The Jellinek Center creates an open platform for interdisciplinary collaboration on topics rooted in or aligned with ethics. This aims to strengthen the exploration of ethical challenges as an integral part of academic practice and professionalism. At the same time, the center will serve as a central point of contact for ethical issues in research and teaching and promote participatory dialogue between science and society. To this end, the Jellinek Center will leverage the diversity and strengths of the comprehensive university and seek exchange with people in the city of Heidelberg and beyond.
With music, lectures, and discussions, the founding ceremony will address pressing ethical questions from the perspective of various sciences, as well as the center's namesakes Camilla and Georg Jellinek and the future of the center. We are particularly looking forward to the keynote address by Prof. Dr. Thomas W. Simpson (University of Oxford). Afterwards, you are invited to a reception in the Bel Etage at 1:00 p.m.
Starting at 2:00 p.m., a scientific symposium entitledWhy Trust Matters—and How it Fails. On Confidence in Individuals, Institutions, and Professions in the Great Hall, where the discussion on “trust” in different disciplinary contexts will continue. You are also cordially invited to attend.
Programm Ceremonial Opening
11a.m. - 1p.m. Founding Ceremony in the “Alte Aula”
1 - 2 p.m. Recetion at the Bel Etage
2 - 6 p.m. Symposium in the “Alte Aula”
Program Symposium
"Why Trust Matters — and How it Fails. Trust in technology, institutions, communities, and professions.”
The Symposium will be held in English and German.
2 - 2.30 p.m. Discussion of Thomas Simpson’s keynote
2.30 - 3.30 p.m. Trust in artificial intelligence
Ekkehard Felder: “Vertrauensherstellung bei generativer KI durch Authentifizierung in Zeiten unzuverlässiger Autorenschaft”
Nadia Primc: “Trustworthy AI: conceptual confusion or regulative principle?”
Discussion
Short break
3.45 - 4.45 p.m. Trust in institutions and urban development
Christiane Schwieren: “The importance of trust for diversity in organizations”
Ulrike Gerhard: “Can’t buy me trust“: On the Meaning of trust for urban development”
Discussion
Short break
5 - 6 p.m. Trust in experts and professional relationships
Stefan Geibel: “The Legal Concept of Fiduciary Relationships with Experts”
Thomas Fuchs: “Vertrauen in der therapeutischen Beziehung”
Discussion
7.30 p.m. Get Together
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact David Palme (managing director) at ethikzentrum@uni-heidelberg.de