London Experts Meeting: The Home in the Digital Age

The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London W1G 0AE

Meeting Timetable: Monday February 25th, 2019

9:30    Registration. Coffee & Pastries

10:00-10:10   Welcoming  Address  by Bryan Sanderson CBE, HRF Chairman & Tracey O’Donnell, STI

10:10-10:45   Keynote and Q&A: HRF context and background

Professor Sophia Aguirre, HRF Director

Q& A facilitator: Bryan Sanderson CBE

10:50-12:10   Session 1:  Automation, AI, the Home and Work

Moderator: Bryan Sanderson CBE

• Presentation by Dr. Stephen Davies. Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), UK
• Response by Professor Sophia Aguirre. Catholic University of America. Washington DC
• Discussion by all participants (presenters and respondents)

12:15-13:45    Lunch & Coffee,  Royal Society of Medicine Restaurant.

14:00 -15:20  Session 2:  The impact of A.I. on employment and other areas

Moderator: Professor Antonio Argandona

• Presentation by Dr.Mia Mikic. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
• Response by Dr. Joy Malala. Strathmore University. Nairobi
• Discussion by all participants (presenters and respondents)

15:25-16:45   Session 3: Digital Home. The Missing Element for a People-Centered Digital Future

Moderator: Lord Best

• Presentation by Mei-Lin Fung. People-Centered Internet. World Economic Forum
• Response by Dr. Gloria O. Pasadilla. Leadership Design Pte, Ltd. Singapore
• Discussion by all participants (presenters and respondents)

Meeting Timetable. Tuesday February 26th, 2019

9:30   Coffee & Pastries

10:00-11:20   Session 4: Contested Homes in the Age of the Cloud

Moderator: Bryan Sanderson CBE

• Presentation by Professor Gamal Abdelmonem. Nottingham Trent University.UK
• Response by Homayoun Alemi. RIBA
• Discussion by all participants (presenters and respondents)

11:25-12:45  Session 5: Homes as human-robot ecologies. An epistemological inquiry on the “domestication” of robots

 Moderator: Professor Marta Bertolaso

• Presentation by Professor Luisa Damiano. University of Messina. Italy
• Response by Dr. Ioana Ocnarescu. Strate Ecole de Design. Paris.
• Discussion by all participants (presenters and respondents)

13:00-14:30    Lunch & Coffee, Royal Society of Medicine Restaurant.

14:45-15:30   Keynote and Q&A: Digital Families: Grand Hopes, Growing Fears, Everyday Struggles

Professor Sonia Livingstone. LSE. London

Q&A Facilitator: Professor Rosa Lastra

15:40-17:00   Session 6: Survey on AI for the home and society at large

Moderator: Dr. Maria Tomas

• Presentation by Professor Francesca Toni. Imperial College.UK
• Response by Professor Matilde Santos. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Spain.
• Discussion by all participants (presenters and respondents)

17:00-17:15   Closing Remarks from Bryan Sanderson CBE & Professor Rosa Lastra