Shaping the Digital Future of ErUM Research: Sustainability & Ethics

DIG-UM, the ErUM-Data-Hub and the Program Committee cordially invite you to the second workshop addressing sustainability & ethics in the digital transformation in ErUM-Data. This creative workshop aims to discuss and develop strategic concepts and concrete action for sustainability accompanied by ethical aspects in the digital transformation of basic research on universe & matter (ErUM). 

The workshop program consists of: 

• A review of the progress and changes since the last in person workshop in 2023.
• Space for the presentation of new approaches and projects in sustainability. ErUM researchers from all 8 ErUM communities as well as researchers from related disciplines and industry are cordially invited to submit a contribution in the 5 thematic areas. We are particularly interested in learning about new approaches that we as a community should consider and implement. 
• Pleanry discussion of further sustainability measures from the ErUM-Data community.
• Writing slots for the preparation of the findings in a joint publication.
• Invited talks on ethical and sustainability topics to inspire and stimulate discussion.
• Room for contributions on the topic of ethics from the ErUM-Data community. We invite you to submit contributions on topics that consider ethics in the further development of AI (e.g. sustainable use of resources from an ethical perspective, using AI in teaching, does AI replace human creativity in ErUM Research? How will it be possible to realize predominantly human-performed research activities with the support of AI tools in the future? What is our contribution?).

Target group:

• This workshop welcomes contributions as well as participation from ErUM scientists from all academic levels of all 8 ErUM communities, related sciences, policy stakeholders and industry partners. We encourage young scientists and experienced scientists to participate in order to enable broad discussions.

Deadlines:

• Submission deadline is June 6, 2025. The call for abstracts is open. Find all info here. To submmit a contribution, please use the button at the very bottom of the overview page. 
• Registration is open until June 27, 2025. 

This workshop is currently being planned. More details and the programme will be announced soon on this page. Registrations are open. Programme is preliminary.