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Program

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Time Event (+)
09:00 - 09:30 Opening ceremony (Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven)  
09:30 - 10:00 Keynote lecture (Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven)  
10:00 - 11:00 Circular Economy & Sustainable Development (Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven)  
10:00 - 11:00 Design Interventions for Aging Societies (Collaborative Learning Space, KU Leuven)  
11:00 - 11:20 Coffee break  
11:20 - 12:40 AI in Knowledge & Culture (Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven)  
11:20 - 12:40 Taiwan in Global History (Collaborative Learning Space, KU Leuven)  
12:40 - 13:40 Lunch  
13:40 - 15:10 Transnational Literature & Translation (Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven)  
13:40 - 15:10 Language Borrowing & Phonology (Collaborative Learning Space, KU Leuven)  
15:10 - 15:30 Break  
15:30 - 16:30 Law, Technology & Governance (Panel) (Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven)  
15:30 - 16:30 Contemporary Philosophy in Taiwan (Panel) (Collaborative Learning Space, KU Leuven)  
16:30 - 17:10 Young Scholars Session (Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven)  
17:10 - 17:30 Closing session (Aula Emma Vorlat, KU Leuven)  

Friday, June 26, 2026

Time Event (+)
10:00 - 11:15 Keynote lecture (Salle Jean Ladrière, UCLouvain) (+)  
10:00 - 11:15 › Correlation from Causation: A Case Study of the Two-Envelope Paradox - Linton Wang, National Chung-Cheng University  
11:15 - 11:25 Coffee break (Salle Jean Ladrière, UCLouvain)  
11:25 - 12:10 AI in Knowledge & Culture (Salle Jean Ladrière, UCLouvain) (+)  
11:25 - 12:10 › The Human-AI Dynamic in Metadata: A Global Study on Perceived Benefits, Challenges and Concerns of AI Engagement - Ying-Hsang Liu, Chemnitz University of Technology / Technische Universität Chemnitz  
11:25 - 13:00 Logic and metaphysics (Room Socrate 23, UCLouvain) (+)  
11:25 - 12:10 › Higher-order logic and metaphysics - Hsuan-Chih Lin, Soochow University  
12:15 - 13:00 › TBA - Peter Verdée, Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain  
12:15 - 13:00 AI ethics (Salle Jean Ladrière, UCLouvain) (+)  
12:15 - 13:00 › Epistemic Opacity and the Question of AI Responsibility - Ming-Yuan Hsiao, Soochow University  
12:15 - 13:00 Transnational Literature & Translation (Room Socrate 25, UCLouvain) (+)  
12:15 - 13:00 › “the hen and crusader everintermutuomergent” (FW 55.11-12): Interbeing and the Taiwanese Sinitic Trancelation of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake - Sun-Chieh Liang, National Taiwan Normal University  
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Salle Jean Ladrière, UCLouvain)  
14:00 - 15:35 AI ethics (Salle Jean Ladrière, UCLouvain) (+)  
14:00 - 14:45 › Exploring AI Safety and Ethics: Insights from Subjective Experience - Wei-Fen Ma, China Medical University  
14:50 - 15:35 › TBA - Nathalie Grandjean, Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain - Benoit Macq, Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain  
14:00 - 15:35 Neuroscience and philosophy of mind (Room Socrate 23, UCLouvain) (+)  
14:00 - 14:45 › Making Epistemic Perspectives Explicit: The Case for Explicit Causal-Variable Assumptions in Psychedelic Trial Reporting - Yan Karen, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University [Taipei]  
14:50 - 15:35 › The Ontological Emergence of the Mind - Alexandre Guay, Université Catholique de Louvain  
14:00 - 14:45 Epistemology (Room Socrate 25, UCLouvain) (+)  
14:00 - 14:45 › TBA - Richard Hou, National Chung-Cheng University  
14:50 - 15:35 Causal reasoning (Room Socrate 25, UCLouvain) (+)  
14:50 - 15:35 › A Causal Account of Reason-Giving - Peng-Hsiang Wang, Academia Sinica  
15:35 - 15:45 Coffee break (Salle Jean Ladrière, UCLouvain)  
15:45 - 16:30 Philosophy of biology (Room Socrate 23, UCLouvain) (+)  
15:45 - 16:30 › Biological Sex Under the Lens of Population Thinking - Ouyang Min, National Chung-Cheng University  
15:45 - 16:30 Circular Economy & Sustainable Development (Room Socrate 25, UCLouvain) (+)  
15:45 - 16:30 › Assessing the Effectiveness of Taiwan's World First Renewable-Electricity-Only Liberalisation in Driving Renewable Energy Growth - Anton Ming-Zhi Gao, National Tsing Hua University [Hsinchu]  
16:30 - 16:40 Coffee break (Salle Jean Ladrière, UCLouvain)  
16:40 - 17:55 Keynote lecture (Salle Jean Ladrière, UCLouvain) (+)  
16:40 - 17:55 › Functional and biological correlates of human consciousness - Po-Jang Hsieh, National Taïwan University  
17:55 - 18:05 Closing ceremony (Salle Jean Ladrière, UCLouvain)  
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