LMU - China Academic Network Workshop
Monday, 6 July 2026
9:00 - 9:15 Prof. Monika Betzler (LMU): Introduction and Overview
9:15 - 10:15 Keynote Lecture: Prof. Guoyu Wang (Fudan): The Ethics of Conversational AI: Human Communication and Human–AI Interaction
Comment by Dr. Matthew Burch (Essex)
10:15 - 11:15 Dr. Jinglin Zhou(Fudan): Dating Apps, Romantic Filter Bubbles, and the Good Life
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30 Prof. Yu Yang (Fudan): Expressive Authenticity through Brain–Computer Interfaces: A Relational Account in the Context of Locked-in Syndrome
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 14:30 Anna-Maria Brandtner (LMU): What about Caring for Someone through Speech Resists Automation?
14:30 - 15:30 Prof. Jörg Löschke (Stuttgart): AI and Advice
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 - 16:45 Dr. Jonas Vandieken (LMU): Relating to Artificial Intelligence
16:45 - 17:30 Qiyu Jin (Fudan): Towards a Confucian Ethical Approach to Human–AI Relations
18:00 Dinner (for speakers and commentators)
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
9:30 - 10:30 Prof. Yuzhou Wang (Peking University): Mind Perception, Moral Status, and Human–AI Relations
10:30 - 11:30 Dr. Benjamin Lange (LMU): AI Alignment and Fiduciary Duties
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 - 12:45 Dr. Inken Titz (Ruhr University Bochum): LLMs and Authorial Erosion: Narrative Identity under Conditions of Generative Co-Authorship
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 Johannes Reisinger (LMU): AI Companions and the Structure of Infidelity
14:45 - 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 - 15:45 Dilin Gong (LMU): Agential interference: A minimal account of overt blame
15:45 - 16:45 Prof. Sven Nyholm (LMU): The Ethics of Human-Human Interaction, Human-AI Interaction, and AI-AI Interaction
Comment by Prof. Irene McMullin (Essex)
16:45 - 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 - 17:45 Yiyi Yang (Fudan): The Embodiment Criterion for Moral Status in Virtual Reality
17:45 - 18:30 Zi’ang Chen (Fudan): Technical Artifacts as a Medium of Discourse
19:00 Dinner (for speakers and commentators)
If you wish to participate, please register by 2 July 2026 at office.betzler@lrz.uni-muenchen.de