Workshop Organizers
Dr. Hila Lowenstein
Lecturer at the School of Communications, Ariel University. Her research focuses on the socio-political implications of emerging technologies, with a particular emphasis over the past year on pro-social campaigns utilizing deepfake technology.
Dr. Nili Steinfeld
Senior Lecturer at the School of Communications, Ariel University. Her research interests include the ethics of artificial intelligence, with a focus on aspects such as transparency and privacy, as well as the pro-social applications of advanced communication technologies. Employs a diverse range of research tools, including eye-tracking and network analysis.
Prof. Payal Arora
Professor of Inclusive AI Cultures at Utrecht University and the co-founder of the Inclusive AI Lab, a debiasing tech with the Global South initiative. A digital anthropologist with two decades of user experiences among low-income communities, especially in the Global South, to shape inclusive designs and policies.
Maria Rice
Executive Director of MIT Reality Hack (including the EXPERIENTIAL Innovation Conference and the Founders’ Lab), and Boston Director of Business Development for medVR, a medical startup accelerator. Translates ethical mission and programmatic goals into application.
Program Committee (TBA)
Prof. Karine Nahon
Dean, School of Communications and Head of the Data, Government and Democracy track at the School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University.
Dr. Yioula Melanthiou
Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Cyprus University of Technology.
Dr. Elinor Carmi
Senior Lecturer in Data Politics and Social Justice at the Sociology & Criminology Department at City University, London.
Dr. Abdallah el-Ali
Research Scientist at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and Assistant Professor in the Information and Computing Sciences department, Utrecht University.
Dr. Sharon Haleva-Amir
Lecturer, School of Communications, Bar-Ilan University. Member of the university’s AI policy steering team
Dr. Dorit Zimand-Sheiner
Senior Lecturer and head of the Strategic and Digital Advertising MA track at the School of Communications, Ariel University
Dr. Ofrit Kol
Senior Lecturer and the head of the Digital Communications track at the School of Communications, Ariel University
Mr. Karthik Venkatraj
Human Centered Design department, TU Delft and the Distributed & Interactive systems (DIS) research group, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)
Important Dates
Submission deadline: March 1, 2025 (AoE)
Decision notification: March 15, 2025
Camera ready: March 28, 2025
Workshop date: May 5th, 2025.
