About us

The iSRED 2026 Symposium focuses on leveraging design thinking for the implementation of responsible robotics. It aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among philosophers, legal scholars, social scientists, psychologists, computer scientists, and roboticists regarding the ethical, legal, and social implications of social robots.

Important Dates

Fri, Mar 13, 2026
Full Paper and Poster Submission Opening
Fri, Jul 31, 2026
Full Paper and Poster Submission Deadline
Mon, Aug 31, 2026
Notification of Acceptance
Mon, Aug 31, 2026
Early Bird Registration Start

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Social, Ethical, and Environmental Implications of Social Robots
Automation, AI Ethics, and Social Justice in Human-Robot Interactions
Implications of Design Thinking for Social Systems, Robot Governance
Social Robots and the Digital Transformation
Challenges of Robot Technologies for Engineering Ethics Education
Social Robots and Future of Work
Emerging Robot Technologies and UN Sustainable Development Goals
Ethics, Regulation, and Emerging Robot Technologies
Perspectives on Robot Technologies from Humanities and Social Sciences
Climate Change, Sustainability and Emerging Robot Technologies
Teaching Robot Ethics
The Future of Robot Innovation and Social Responsibility

Call for Papers Description

iSRED 2026 offers authors the chance to submit papers in IEEE double-column format. Accepted papers that meet IEEE Xplore's scope and quality requirements will be published for inclusion in IEEE Xplore. A paper may have 4-6 pages. Peer-review is single-blind.

Committee

General Chair

Yueh-Hsuan Weng

Kyushu University & Tohoku University

Program Chair

Zonghao Dong

Tohoku University

Publication Chair

Dian Christy Silpani

Kyushu University

Secretary

Megumi Kiyota

Kyushu University

Amelia Han

Tohoku University

Program Committee

Adel Baselizadeh

University of Oslo

Andrew Chapman

Kyushu University

Andrew McStay

Bangor University

Anne S.Y. Cheung

The University of Hong Kong

Atsuo Takanishi

Waseda University

Auxane Boch

Technical University of Munich

Benjamin Minhao Chen

The University of Hong Kong

Benjamin C.M. Kao

The University of Hong Kong

Binyang Song

Nanyang Technological University

Boyoung Kim

George Mason University Korea

Burkhard Schafer

The University of Edinburgh

Chenhao Chiu

National Taiwan University

Chia-huei Tseng

Tohoku University

Chih-hsing Ho

Academia Sinica

Christoph Luetge

Technical University of Munich

Clement Yongxi Chen

The Australian National University

David J. Gunkel

Northern Illinois University

Diana Saplacan Lindbolm

University of Oslo

Dingsheng Luo

Peking University

Edson Prestes

UFRGS Porto Alegre

Eduard Fosch-Villaronga

Leiden University

Enrico Francesconi

IGSG-CNR Firenze

Erich Schweighofer

University of Vienna

Etsuko Kobayashi

The University of Tokyo

Felix W.H. Chan

The University of Hong Kong

Frank Pasquale

Cornell Tech & Cornell Law School

Fumio Shimpo

Keio University

Gabriele Trovato

Shibaura Institute of Technology

Ginevra Peruginelli

IGSG-CNR Firenze

Giovanni Sartor

University of Bologna & EUI

Giuseppe Contissa

University of Bologna & EUI

Heather A. Love

University of Waterloo

Helena Haapio

University of Vaasa

Henry Shevlin

University of Cambridge

Hideki Kozima

Tohoku University

Hsiu-Ping Yueh

National Taiwan University

Hung-yu Chuang

National Chengchi University

Ian Rowen

Kyushu University

Jerrold Soh

Singapore Management University

Jessica K. Barfield

University of Kentucky

Jia-Yang Juang

National Taiwan University

Jim Toerresen

University of Oslo

John C. Havens

IEEE A/IS Initiative

Joshua C. Gellers

University of North Florida

Juliana Bowles

University of St Andrews

Jun Shintake

The University of Electro-Communications

Kamil Mamak

Jagiellonian University

Kaori Yoshida

Kyushu Institute of Technology

Kaoru Kakinuma

Tohoku University

Katie Seaborn

University of Cambridge

Kayleen Manwaring

UNSW Sydney

Kazuhiro Nakadai

Science Tokyo

Kenji Hashimoto

Waseda University

Ker-Jiun Wang

University of Pittsburgh

Kohei Tamura

Tohoku University

Kuu-Young Young

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Li-Chen Fu

National Taiwan University

Lucy McClune

CRC Press | Taylor & Francis Group

Marcelo Corrales

University of Copenhagen

Maria Claudia Solarte Vasquez

Tallinn Tech

Mark Fenwick

Kyushu University

Martim Brandao

King's College London

Melanie Sarantou

Kyushu University

Mizuki Takeda

Toyohashi Tech

Naomi Lintvedt

University of Oslo

Osamu Sakura

Jissen Women's University & The University of Tokyo

Patrick Rau

Tsinghua University

Peishan Yang

National Taiwan University

Pericle Salvini

University of Oxford

Phoebe Li

University of Sussex

Qin Zhu

Virginia Tech

Rob van den Hoven van Genderen

University of Lapland

Robert Sparrow

Monash University

Roberto V. Zicari

Seoul National University

Ronald C. Arkin

Georgia Institute of Technology

Ruth Lewis

IEEE SSIT Standards Committee

Ryo Kurazume

Kyushu University

Sarah Spiekermann

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Satoshi Kato

Tohoku University & Ochanomizu University

Satoshi Narihara

Kyushu University

Selma Sabanovic

Indiana University

Senando Angelo R. Santiago

University of the Philippines

Sintaro Ono

Fukuoka University

Soraj Hongladarom

Maha Chulalongkorn Rajavidyalaya University

Steven van Uystel

Kyushu University

Su-Ling Yeh

National Taiwan University

Takashi Izumo

Nihon University

Takayuki Kanda

Kyoto University

Tatsuhiko Inatani

Kyoto University

Tony Cheng

Waseda University

Ugo Pagallo

University of Turin

Vincent Blok

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Weijane Lin

National Taiwan University

Wonsup Jung

Kyungnam University

Xavier Hinaut

INRIA

Yasuhisa Hirata

Tohoku University

Ying Hu

National University of Singapore

Ying-Yin Huang

National Taiwan University

Yueh-Hsuan Weng

Kyushu University & Tohoku University

Yusuke Sugahara

Science Tokyo

Yusuke Tamura

Tohoku University

Zhenyu Liao

Fukuoka University

Zonghao Dong

Tohoku University

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