Workshop: AI in Medicine and beyond

Vom 11. bis 12. Dezember kommen Mitglieder der Tschechischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig sowie weitere Projektbeteiligte in Leipzig zu einem gemeinsamen Workshop zum Thema KI in der Medizin zusammen. Ausgerichtet wird die Veranstaltung vom Projekt Technologische Innovation und Fortschritt in der Medizin. Die Notwendigkeit eines ethischen Rahmens und die Bedeutung europäischer Werte, das im Rahmen einer Kooperation beider Akademien initiiert wurde und vom Freistaat Sachsen unterstützt wird. Interessenten können teilnehmen. Da die Platzkapazitäten jedoch begrenzt sind, wird um Anmeldung gebeten an silberhorn@saw-leipzig.de. 

Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt.

PROGRAMM

Thursday, 11/12/25

13:30
Opening remarks
Hans-Joachim Knölker
President of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, Full member of the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Class, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig

Lectures and discussions

Martin Nitsche
Chair of the Department of Contemporary Continental Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
Phenomenology of AI

Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer
Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Leipzig; Full member of the Philological-Historical Class, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
Reason and ethics in reflections on concrete experience. Automated ‚intelligence‘ as generically limited ‘rationality’

Bas de Boer
Assistant professor in the philosophy section at the University of Twente (NL), Czech Academy of Sciences
Medical AI and Patient Empowerment: A Critical Postphenomenological Analysis

15:45
Coffeebreak

16:15
Vít Gvoždiak
Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Science
Epistemic Ventriloquism

Ivan Gutierrez
Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Science
Wise Resilience: Murdochian Attention as a Corrective to Innovation Boosterism in European Medical AI

Friday, 12/12/25

09:00
Hans Wiesmeth
Professor Emeritus of Allocation Theory at TU Dresden; Full member of the Engineering Sciences Class, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
AI in Medicine: Economic Considerations

Dennis Häckl
Assistant Professor of Health Economics and Management at Leipzig University, Director of the Institute for Public Finance and Public Management at Leipzig University; Member of the Young Forum, Engineering Sciences Class, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
When Algorithms Meet Solidarity: The Future Economics of AI-Driven Health Systems 

10:30
Coffeebreak

11:00
Nina Parchmann
Institute of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Ulm University
and
Florian Steger
University professor and Director of the Institute of the History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine at the University of Ulm, Corresponding member of the Mathematical-Natural Sciences Class, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
Ethical Aspects of Medical AI Systems: Opportunities and Challenges of AI in Diagnostics

Ingo Siegert
Head of the Mobile Dialogue Systems working group at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg; Member of the Young Forum, Engineering Sciences Class, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig
Listening Beyond Technology: User Perceptions and Fairness in Voice Assistants

12:30
Closing remarks