Past Events
The Society funds a wide variety of events. Below you will find examples of events that have been sponsored in the past.
The Society holds an Annual Conference (at the very end of June or beginning of July) and holds an annual lecture (usually in the autumn).
Recordings of the Annual Lecture are available on our Soundcloud page. (Online / video recorded events are available on our youtube channel).
We also sponsor a range of workshops, conferences and colloquia.
Past events
Humans are now able to design, interact, and form relationships with a range of sophisticated social AI systems including digital duplicates, deathbots, social/sex robots, AI therapists, VR avatars, and companion chatbots. At this workshop, we’ll...
Annual Lecture 2024: Abortion and Democratic Equality, Professor Japa Pallikkathayil (University of Pittsburgh). The lecture will take place at 4.00 -5.30pm (BST) on Thursday 17 October. The Lecture will take place in the Dickson Poon...
Mary Warnock’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology report, published 40 years ago in 1984, had a powerful influence in the UK and beyond, helping governments and the general public reach abiding resolutions regarding new reproductive technologies—even...
Open Minds XVII We are happy to announce that the seventeenth edition of the graduate conference Open Minds organised by postgraduate Philosophy researchers at The University of Manchester will be held from 19th to 20th...
2nd Scottish Graduate Conference in Applied Epistemology Register Conference Theme In recent years, there has been an emerging interest in applied epistemology, and tools drawn from epistemology are increasingly applied to urgent issues of social...
July 03, 2024 9:00am — July 04, 2024 5:00pm Contact: Tess Johnson for more information. Click here to Register Coercing For Health: Transdisciplinary approaches to the ethics of coercive public health policies Understanding coercion...
SAP Annual Conference
SAP Annual Conference 2026
03 – 05 July
University of Edinburgh, JMCC
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Membership of the Society is open to anyone interested in our aims, whether or not you hold a philosophical qualification or are employed as a professional philosopher.
Membership includes online access to the Journal of Applied Philosophy, as well as a reduced fee for the Society’s annual conference. Members can also apply for event funding through the Society’s grant scheme.
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