Cognitive technologies, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, high-performance computing, cyber-physical systems, Industry 4.0 are terms commonly present in the business vocabulary. Smart robots have entered many industries: automotive, IT, energy, modern business services, into the hospitality industry, the food industry or medicine. They influence production procedures and their efficiency, the quality of products and services, optimizing productivity and reducing costs. They are also present in the daily lives of individual users. The opportunities and possibilities associated with their development are enormous. And what risks do they generate? Manipulation of Of information and data? Surveillance? Perpetuation of stereotypes?

Participants will include:

Dr Robert Ulewicz, Prof. of MSc, Head, Department of Production Engineering and Safety, Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Production Engineering Archives
Dr Rafał Batkowski, CEPOL and EU project expert, Owner of RBS (Rafał Batkowski Strategies) consulting company, Honorary President of the Association of Security Experts of the Republic of Poland. Director of Public Security at the Institute for Security and International Development
Dr Joanna Kulczycka, Prof. of AGH, Associate Dean for Cooperation and Development, Faculty of Management, AGH, Head, Department of Closed Circuit Economy, Institute of Mineral and Energy Economy, Polish Academy of Sciences
Dr Przemysław Jura, President, Institute of Economic and Social Sciences, Vice President, Polish Chamber of Ecology
Prof. Dr Wojciech Kossek, University of Denver, USA

Moderator:

Aleksandra Kuzior, Ph.D., dhc., Prof. PŚ, Associate Dean for Cooperation and Development, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, President, Silesian Center for Business Ethics and Sustainable Development