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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Playfair Display";color:#222222">Call for Papers: Conference on Technology Ethics Tethics 2025 11.12.11.2025 @ Vaasa, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">TETHICS 2025 calls for papers from computing sciences and related fields that present scientific contributions on topics and themes
related to technology ethics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Suitable topics and themes include but are not limited to:<br>
Data and AI ethics<br>
Ethical design of computing technologies<br>
Ethics in software engineering and software development<br>
Philosophical foundations of technology ethics<br>
Technology ethics in specific application domains (e.g., education, medicine, military)<br>
Ethics of automation and digitalization<br>
Business ethics<br>
Teaching technology ethics<br>
Regulation and governance related to computing<br>
Responsible computing<br>
Technologically mediated communication and ethics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">We encourage people from different fields, philosophical and scientific disciplines to submit their work. To provide early-career
opportunities, TETHICS 2025 also encourages PhD students and undergraduate students to submit their work and participate in the conference.<br>
A poster session will also be organized, providing an opportunity for students and early-career researchers to present research plans, initial work, and tentative findings.<br>
If you wish to be only included in the poster session without submitting a paper, please contact conference co-chair Ville Vakkuri directly (<a href="mailto:ville.vakkuri@uwasa.fi">ville.vakkuri@uwasa.fi</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">TETHICS2025 accepts two types of papers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto">Short papers (5-9 pages and 2500 to 4000 words, including references)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto">Long papers (10-15 pages and 5000 to 7500 words, including references)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Playfair Display";color:#222222">Formatting and submitting the paper:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto">Authors should use the CEUR template for single-column manuscripts and follow the formatting guidelines included therein.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto">The template is available for both <a href="https://sites.utu.fi/tethics/wp-content/uploads/sites/618/2022/11/CEUR-Template-1col.docx"><b><span style="color:#3369AC">Microsoft Word</span></b></a> and <a href="https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-workshop-proceedings-ceur-ws-dot-org/wqyfdgftmcfw"><b><span style="color:#3369AC">Overleaf</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto">Papers should be submitted through <a href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=tethics2025"><b><span style="color:#3369AC">EasyChair</span></b></a> carefully following the required format
and other instructions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Playfair Display";color:#222222">Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto">Deadline for submissions: 24.4.2025 (AOE time 23:59)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto">Date for decisions: 14.6.2025<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto">Deadline for camera-ready versions: 14.8.2025<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto">The conference held in Vaasa: 11.-12.11.2025<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Organizing Committee:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Ville Vakkuri (University of Vaasa)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Conference co-chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Tero Vartiainen (University of Vaasa)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Conference co-chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Rebekah Rousi (University of Vaasa)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Program co-chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Kai-Kristian Kemell (Tampere University)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Program co-chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Minna Rantanen (University of Turku)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Posters co-chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">Visit the conference webpage for further information and updates:
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://sites.uwasa.fi/tethics2025/">https://sites.uwasa.fi/tethics2025/</a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#222222">If you have any questions, please contact conference co-chair Ville Vakkuri (<a href="mailto:ville.vakkuri@uwasa.fi">ville.vakkuri@uwasa.fi</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:FI">Professor of Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:FI">Head of Masters Program of Information Systems, University of Vaasa,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="SV" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:FI">P.O. Box 700, 65101 Vaasa, Finland.</span><span lang="SV" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:FI">Street address: Wolffintie 34, Vaasa.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:FI"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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