Event organization

Events Organized


  • Fosch-Villaronga, E., Tamo-Larrieux, A., & Lutz, C. (2021) Artountability: Accountability, AI, & Art. Panel at CPDP 2021: Conference on Privacy & Data Protection (CPDP 2020) Enforcing Rights in a Changing World, January 27-29, 2021, online.

  • van Capelleveen, N., Fosch-Villaronga, E., Rap, S., & Ribeiro de Almeida, B. (2020) Annual EPFR Research Colloquium (2020) Working at a Radical, Digital, Sustainable Kitchen. Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights in a pluralist world Research Group at Leiden Law School, online.

  • Mahler, T. & Fosch-Villaronga, E. (2020) Webinar on Challenges and Emerging Patterns of Robot Regulation. Exploring Technical, Legal and Ethical Perspectives, Oslo University.

  • Smit, I. R., Lupetti, M. L., Nicenboim, I., Huisman, G., Jongeling, M., Fosch-Villaronga, E., Bedö, V. (2020) Subversive Citizen Manual for the More-Than-Human City. MAB2020: Media Architecture Biennale Conference, Amsterdam, November.

  • Tamò-Larrieux, A., Lutz, C., & Fosch-Villaronga, E., (2020) Policy implications of overtrusting robots. IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020), 31 Aug - 4 Sept, Naples, Italy

  • Perugia, G., Fosch-Villaronga, E., Mois Aroyo, A., Sciutti, A., Castellano, G. (2020) Special Session on Societal Consequences of Human-Robot Interaction. IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020), 31 Aug - 4 Sept, Naples, Italy.

  • Fosch-Villaronga, E. (2020) Art, Exoskeletons, and Users. Special session at the intersection of Art, Science, and Technology, at the CA 16116 on Wearable Robots MC Meeting in Belgrade, 26-27 March.

  • Grau-Ruiz, A., Fosch-Villaronga, E., & Muller, V. (2020) Panel discussion on Tools For Inclusive Robotics: Ethics, RRI, Taxation & Social Dialogue, European Robotics Forum 2020, March 3-5, Malaga, Spain.

  • Fosch-Villaronga, E. (2020) Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare, and the Law. Panel Organizer at the 13th International Conference on Privacy & Data Protection (CPDP 2020) Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence, January 22-24, 2020.

  • Fosch-Villaronga, E. (2019) Interacting with Robots and AI. Seminar Organizer at Leiden University, November 28, 2019.

  • Aymerich-Franch, L. and Fosch-Villaronga, E. (2019) Self-coaching tools for conducting responsible research and innovation (RRI) with social robots. International Conference on Social Robotics, November 26-29, 2019, Madrid, Spain.

  • Grau, A. and Fosch-Villaronga, E. (2019) Co-organizer of the “Sustainable Public Policies for Innovation and the Future of Work” Workshop at the European Robotics Forum, 20-22 March, Bucharest, Romania.

  • Mueller, V., Grau, A. and Fosch-Villaronga, E. (2019) Co-organizer of the “Standardization – Research projects and support activities“ Workshop at the European Robotics Forum, 20-22 March, Bucharest, Romania.

  • Fosch-Villaronga, E. (2018) Organizer of the Panel Discussion “Privacy, Healthcare, and Human-Robot Interaction. Legal and regulatory implications of robots and artificial intelligence technologies for healthcare purposes” at the “The Internet of Bodies” Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference, 24-26 Jan 2018.

  • Fosch-Villaronga, E., van Wynsberghe, A. (2017) Co-organizer of the Ethics and Policy of Robots in Healthcare Workshop, Foundation for Responsible Robotics, Den Haag.

  • (2017) Co-organizer of the ELS Issues for Healthcare Robots at European Robotics Forum, Edinburgh, U.K., 22-24 March 2017.

  • Fosch-Villaronga, E., Lutz, C., Tamo-Larrieux, A. (2016) Co-organizer of the twinned workshop on the ELS of Social Robots in Therapy and Education Workshop between the NewFriends2016 Conference in Barcelona, Spain and the JSAI International Symposia on AI in Yokohoma, Japan in November 2016.

  • Fosch-Villaronga, E., Albo-Canals, J., Bouri, M. (2015) Co-organizer of the “Bridging the Gaps between Different Worlds. A Legal and Ethical Approach towards Assistive Robots: Risks and Solutions” Workshop at New Friends2015.org, Almere, The Netherlands.

Oral Communications


  • (2020) Brave New World, Conference on how future technology will impact human life, 9-10 Nov.

  • (2020) BIAS 2020: Bias and Fairness in AI Workshop at the European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML-PKDD), 14-18 September 2020, online.

  • (2020) Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection (CPDP) 2020 Conference, January 22-24, Brussels, Belgium.

  • (2019) 4th International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots, 1-2 July, Brussels, Belgium.

  • (2019) Annual Conference on the Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights in a pluralist world Conference, 17 May, Leiden, Netherlands.

  • (2019) TILTing Perspectives, 15-17 May, Tilburg, Netherlands

  • (2019) European Robotics Forum, 21-23 March, Bucharest, Romania.

  • (2018) Workshop on AI: Ethical and Legal Implications, 28 November, Haifa.

  • (2018) Hyteairo Robottiviikolla, 20 November, Helsinki.

  • (2018) INBOTS Conference, 16-20 October, Pisa.

  • (2018) Amsterdam Privacy Conference, 5-8 September.

  • (2018) 5th Annual Symposium Microsoft Cloud Computing Research Center, 17-18 Sept, University of Cambridge.

  • (2018) Binary District "Digital Economy 2024: From Plans to Actions" Summer Series, 28-30 September, Moscow, Russia.

  • (2018) Robotics Science and Systems (RSS), RSS Pioneers Workshop, June 26-30, Pittsburgh, U.S.

  • (2018) Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR&VR) World, TechXLR8, London Tech Week, June 12-14, ExCeL, London.

  • (2018) Consortium of European Research on Emotions, CERE, 4-5 April, Glasgow.

  • (2018) Colloquium “Les doctorants européens en droit des technologies de l’information” Aix-Marseille University, 23 February, Aix-en-Provence, France.

  • (2018) “The Internet of Bodies” Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference, 24-26 January, Brussels.

  • (2017) Scientific Aspects of Development and Implementation of Emotionally Intelligent Human-Inspired Robots – Enthusiasm and Skepticism. Mihaljo Pupin Institut, 11-13 December 2017, Belgrade.

  • (2017) Robot Iuris, Madrid, Spain, 16 Nov 2017.

  • (2017) Social Robots - A European Research Council Funded Social Neuroscience Research Project Workshop. 17-18th August, Bangor, Wales.

  • (2017) Healthcare Robots Policy, Foundation for Responsible Robotics, the Netherlands.

  • (2017) TILTing Perspectives 2017: “Regulating a Connected World”. Tilburg, The Netherlands.

  • (2017) European Robotic Forum, Edinburgh, UK.

  • (2016) JSAI-isAI International Symposia on AI, Yokohama, Japan.

  • (2016) New Friends 2016. International Conference on Social Robotics in Education and Therapy, Barcelona.

  • (2016) Robo-Philosophy, Aarhus, Denmark.

  • (2016) MESROB’16: 5th International Workshop on Medical and Service Robots, Graz, Austria.

  • (2016) RAAD 2016: IFTOMM/IEEE/EuRobotics 25th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region

  • (2016) WeRobot 2016, Miami, FL, US, 30 March-2 April. Poster Session.

  • (2015) European Commission and IEEE e-Challenges2015. Vilnius, Lithuania. 25-27 November.

  • (2015) New Friends 2015: 1st International Conference on Social Robotics in Education and Therapy. Almere, the Netherlands. 22-23 October.

  • (2015) MESROB’15: 4th International Workshop on Medical and Service Robots. Nantes, France.

  • (2015) ICSR 2015: 17th International Conference on Social Robotics. New York, NY, US. 4-5 June.