SCHEDULE SATURDAY, JUNE 20th 1998

Symposium: "Mythos Roboter. Facts and Fiction"

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Robert Trappl (University of Vienna, Department of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence)

2:00 p.m.
Keynote: "Robots can't really be intelligent can they?" Prof. Kevin Warwick, University of Reading, Department of Cybernetics, UK (lecture in english)

2:30 p.m.
"Artificial Life through Evolution" Prof. Inman Harvey, University of Sussex, Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, UK (lecture in english)

3:00 p.m.
"Nanotechnologie – neue Technologien fuer Menschen im 21. Jahrhundert" Prof. Dr. Herbert Osanna, Technische Universitaet Wien, Institut fuer Fertigungstechnik (lecture in german)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break

4:00 p.m.
Keynote: "Many Robots Soon" Prof. Hans Moravec, Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute, USA (lecture in english)

4:45 p.m.
"Pygmalion Strikes Back: Stories of Robots, Love and Betrayal at the End of the Millennium" Prof. Heidi J. Figueroa Sarriera, University of Puerto Rico, Department of Psychology, PR (lecture in english)

5:15 p.m.
"Cyborg Systems: Alternate, Intimate And Involuntary Experiences" Stelarc, AUS (lecture in english)

5:45 p.m.
"Wind-Up Toys: Roboticizing Gender and Race in Cinema and the Toy Store" Prof. Vivian Sobchack, University of California Los Angeles, School of Theater, Film and Television, USA (lecture in english)

6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Discussion