Last updated 10 November, 2010 

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2004 - 2010

1993 - 2003






Conference Papers, Invited  Talks, Keynotes, Lectures, Seminars etc.  2004 - 2010

2010



UNESCO IFAP Meeting (Paris, 14-15 January, 2010).

Invited speaker, workshop on "The Philosophy of the Information and Computing Sciences", Lorentz Conference Center, Leiden University (Leiden, 8-12 February, 2010).

Universita' Statale di Milano (Milan, 25-26 February, 2010).

Invited speaker, 5th Annual Digital Assembly Conference, Futures of Digital Studies 2010 (University of Florida, 27 February, 2010).

Invited speaker, Cognitive Science Research Seminar Series, University of Sussex (University of Sussex, 9 March 2010).

Invited speaker, Balliol College (Oxford, 11 March 2010).

Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival (Oxford, 20-28 March 2010).

Kenote speaker, Sixth session of UNESCO Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme (Paris, 29-30 March 2010).

Universita' Statale di Milano (Milan, 17 September, 2010).

SALT invited lecture  and keynote speaker at  the NORSLIS (Nordic Research School in Information Studies) doctoral course in Philosophy of Information, Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden, 20-26 September, 2010).

E-CAP 2010 Conference, Technical University Munich (Munich, Germany,4-6 October 2010).

HeLEX (Oxford, 13 October 2010, Department of of Public Health, University of Oxford).

Universita' Statale di Milano (Milan, 19 October, 2010).

Invited speaker, Workshop on Bayesian Argumentation Theory, Department of Philosophy & Cognitive Science, Lund University (Lund, Sweden 22-23 October 2010).

Keynote speaker, Philosophy of Engineering and Artifact in the Digital Era, Universities of Suceava and Chernovtsy (Romania and Ukraine, 26-30 October, 2010).

Invited speaker, research seminar, ICTs in the Contemporary World, London School of Economics (London, 2 November, 2010).

Keynote speaker, York Doctoral Symposium in Computing (YDS'10), Department of Computer Science, University of York (York, 4 November, 2010).

Third International Workshop on the Philosophy of Information, Brussels University (Brussels, Belgium, 18-19 November 2010).

Invited speaker, EU meeting (Brussels, 19 November, 2010).

Universita' Statale di Milano (Milan, 26 November, 2010).

Ethics and the Web, British Library (London, 2 December, 2010).

Internet Ethics, Royal Academy of Engineering (London, 3 December, 2010).

Research seminar, Philosophy Department, University of Reading (Reading, 7 December, 2010).

SECL Distinguished Lecture, University of Kent (University of Kent, 15 December, 2010)
 

2009

Barwise Lecture, 2009 Pacific Division Annual Meeting (New York Marriott Marquis, New York, 27-30 December, 2009).

Google Europe Meeting (Brussels, 15 December, 2009).

Invited speaker,
UNESCO International Forum on Civilization and Peace (Seoul, South Korea, 2-3 December 2009).

Invited spekaer, ICT that makes the difference (Brussels, 23-25 November, 2009).

UNESCO meeting (London, 23 November, 2009).

UNESCO meeting (Paris, 19-20 November, 2009).

Invited speaker, Centre for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI), Paris Descartes University (Paris, 19 November, 2009).

Aarhus Universitet, Institut for Filosofi og Idehistorie (Aarhus, 8-10 November, 2009).

Invited speaker, Balliol College PPE Society (Oxford, 4 November, 2009).

Invited speaker, Moral Sciences Club, Cambridge University (Cambridge, 27 October, 2009).

Invited speaker, Lectio Magistralis and talk, Festival della Scienza di Genova (Genova, 25 October 2009).

Invited speaker, two lectures, University of Turin (Turin, 23 October 2009).

Invited speaker, Department of Philosophy, Univeristy of Genoa (Genova, 21 October 2009).

Keynote speaker, first international E-Mental Health Summit. organised and hosted by the Trimbos-institute (the Dutch Netherlands Institute for Mental Health & Addiction), the Free University and the University of Amsterdam and endorsed by the International Society for Internet Intervention Research (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 15-16 October, 2009).

Invited speaker, Second Health 2.0 Conference: Healthcare Communication is Changing (Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 12-13 October, 2009).

AP-CAP 2009 Conference, University of Tokyo (Tokyo, 1-2 October, 2009).

Gauss Lecture, Göttingen Academy of Sciences (Göttingen, Germany, 10 July, 2009).

E-CAP 2009 Conference, Universitat Autōnoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 July, 2009).

Gauss Professor, Göttingen Academy of Sciences (Göttingen, Germany, 5-24 April, 28 June-18 July).

Keynote speaker, Conference, Catholic University of Lisbon (Lisbon, 23-25 June 2009).

NA-CAP 2009 Conference, Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana, 14-16 June, 2009).

Workshop. Padua Univeristy (Padua, 19 March, 2009).

Invited speaker, Department of Philosophy, Bilkent University (Ankara, 12-15 March 2009).

Invited speaker, Department of Philosophy, Leuven University (Leuven, 27 February 2009).

The Whitehead Lectures on Cognition, Computation & Creativity Departments of Computing and Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Pimlott Lecture Theatre, (London, 25 February, 2009).

2008

UNITWIN UNESCO Chairs Programme: A Vehicle for North-South Cooperation, Colloquium hosted by UNESCO Chair in Education for Pluralism, Human Rights and Democracy, University of Ulster, Stormont Hotel and University of Ulster (Belfast, 22-23 January 2009).

Invited speaker, Secrecy and Memory in the Information Era, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal, 15-16 December, 2008).

Invited speaker, APCAP'08 - Computing and Philosophy Conference, India National Institute of Advanced Studies, (Bangalore, 5-7 December, 2008).

Invited speaker, St Cross College Colloquia (Oxford, 2 December 2008).

Invited speaker, Sciences en société: dialogues et responsabilité scientifique (Paris, France, 24-25 November, 2008).

Invited speaker, I Encuentro internacional de Expertos en Teorías de la Informaciķn (Leon, Spain, 6-7 November, 2008).

Keynote speaker, Presence 2008 (Padova, 16 October 2008).

Invited speaker, AISB-sponsored, one-day invited-speaker symposium on the Turing Test, to coincide with the annual Loebner Prize to be held at the University of Reading ((Reading, 12 October, 2008).

Keynote speaker, Philosophy's Relevance in Information Science, conference organised by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie, in collaboration with the SIG Philosophy and Informatics (University of Paderborn, Germany, October 3-4, 2008).

Lecture tour, sponsored by the British Academy & the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (September 21-30, 2008):

Tuesday 23, morning, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing)
Tuesday 23, afternoon, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) (Beijing)
Friday 26, morning, Renmin Univeristy of China
Friday 26, afternoon, Peking University
Sunday 28, afternoon, Xian Jiaotong University

Presidential address, NACAP'08 - North-American Computing and Philosophy Conference, Indiana University (Bloomington, July 10-12, 2008).

Invited speaker, Session on Research Ethics, ESRC Research Methods Festival (St Catherine’s College, Oxford, 2 July 2008).

Invited speaker, E-Learning in Dialogue: Innovative Teaching and Learning in Philosophy and Religious Studies, Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies, School of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds (HEA - York, 14-15 May, 2008).

Invited speaker, Information Ethics Roundtable, CUNY (Hunter College, CUNY, New York, 9 May, 2008).

Invited speaker, Research Seminar, School of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire (de Havilland Campus
10 April, 2008).

Keynote speaker, Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) Convention (AISB 2008), University of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, 1-4 April 2008).

Keynote speaker, Fifth International Workshop on Philosophy and Informatics organized by the Department for Philosophy of the University of Kaiserslautern and the Special Interest Group on Philosophy and Informatics of the German Informatics Society (Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1-2 April, 2008).

Invited speaker, Research Seminar on the Internet & Society, Oxford Internet Institute (Oxford, 25 February, 2008).

2007

Invited speaker, Research Seminar, Department of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (De Haviland Campus, 28 November, 2007).

Invited speaker, Uehiro Seminar, Centre for Applied Ethics University of Oxford (Oxford, 26 November, 2007).

Invited speaker, Seminar and Lecture, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (Göttingen, 9 November, 2007).

First Workshop in the Philosophy of Information and Logic, University of Oxford (Oxford, 3-4 November , 2007).

Invited speaker, Thinking Through Computing workshop, University of Warwick (Campus, 2-3 November, 2007).

Invited participant to Artificial Companions in Society: Perspectives on the Present and Future, Oxford Internet Institute and e-Horizons Institute, James Martin School of the 21st Century, in association with the EU Integrated Project COMPANIONS (Oxford, October 25-26, 2007).

Invited speaker, "What is life?", University of Kyoto (Kyoto, 14-21 October, 2007).

Invited speaker, National Institute of Informatics (Tokyo, 18 October, 2007).

Invited speaker, Colloquium on Philosophy of Science in Italy, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University (Boston, September 10-11, 2007).

Invited speaker, Engineering and Metaphysics, Philosophy of Engineering Series, organised by the The Royal Academy of Engineering (London, September 3, 2007).

Invited speaker, Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, International Wittgenstein Symposium (Kirchberg, Austria, August 7-11, 2007).

Invited participant to the second Science Foo Camp, the informal conference organised by O'Reilly Media, Nature Publishing Group and Google (Googleplex, Mountain View, California, August 3-5, 2007).

Presidential address, NACAP'07 - North-American Computing and Philosophy Conference, Loyola University (Chicago, July 26-28, 2007).

"Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web: A Philosophical View", NACAP'07 - North-American Computing and Philosophy Conference, Loyola University (Chicago, July 26-28, 2007).

"Distributed morality in multiagent systems", paper accepted for the Seventh International Computer Ethics Conference, CEPE 2007 (University of San Diego, July 12-14, 2007).

ECAP'07 - European Computing and Philosophy Conference, Twente University (Twente, Netherlands, June 21-23, 2007).

Invited speaker, James Martin Seminar Series, Oxford University (Oxford, May 29, 2007).

Invited speaker, Filosofiska Institutionen, University of Uppsala (Uppsala, May 25, 2007).

Invited speaker, Birkbeck College Philosophy Society, University of London (London, 16 May, 2007).

Invited speaker, Workshop on Moral agency and technical artefacts, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (Haagse Campus, The Hague, May 10-12, 2007).

PhD thesis discussion, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussel, April 25, 2007).

Invited talk, "Bioinformatica e Diritto", IFOM (Milan, April 5, 2007).

Invited talk, Department of Philosophy, Universita' degli Studi di Genova (Genoa, April 3, 2007).

Invited talk, "The Digital Image" A Symposium of the Oxford e-Research Centre, Wolfson College (Oxford, March 16 , 2007).

Invited talk, Informatics Colloquium series, School of Informatics, Indiana University (Bloomington, February 16, 2007).

Invited talk, Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series, University of Arizona (Tucson, February 9, 2007).

ISI Samuel Lazerow Memorial Lecture, University of Arizona (Tucson, February 8, 2007).

Invited talk, Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona (Tucson, February 7, 2007).

2006

"How ICT will shape our future", North-American Conference on Computing and Philosophy (NA-CAP 2006) (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institut, Troy, NY, 10-12 August, 2006)

Conference on "Representation and action", Universita' degli Studi di Siena (Certosa di Pontignano, October 20-22, 2006)

Invited speaker, VII International Ontology Congress "From Plato’s Cave to the Internet: The Real and the Virtual" (San Sebastian, Spain, 2-6 October 2006)

Computer Science Department, Mälardalen University (Västerås, Sweden, September 2006)

Microsoft Research Laboratory (Cambridge, UK, 6 July 2006)

"The Informational Nature of Reality", Fourth International European Conference on Computing and Philosophy (ECAP) 2006 (Dragvoll Campus, NTNU Norwegian University for Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 22-24 June , 2006).

Departmental Seminar, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway, 21 June 2006)

Departmental Seminar, Universita' degli Studi di Ferrara (Ferrara, 16-18 June, 2006)

Departmental Seminar, Universita' degli Studi di Siena (Siena, 14 June, 2006)

Workshop on "Ethical Agents", ALifeX conference (Bloomington, Indiana June 3, 2006).

Workshop on "Information Theories", Fribourg University (Münchenwiler, Switzerland, 17-18 May, 2006)

Department of Communication Science, Salerno University (Fisciano, Italy, 10 May 2006)

Italian Philosophical Association (SFI) Meeting "Dove va la filosofia europea?" (Pescara, Italy, 4-6 May 2006)

Departmental Seminar, Computer Science Department, University of Essex (Colchester, UK, 21 April 2006)

Philosophy Department, Ferrara University (Ferrara, Italy, 23 March 2006)

Philosophy Seminars, Dundee University (Dundee, Scotland, 15 March, 2006).

Italian Philosophical Association (SFI) Meeting "Filosofia e Scienza" (Bari, Italy, 7 March 2006)

Departmental Seminar, OUCL (Oxford, UK, 2 March 2006).

2005

Conference on Information Ethics, Oxford University (Oxford, England, 8-9 December, 2005).

Universita' degli Studi di Salerno (Fisciano, 30 November 2005).

University of Regensburg (Regensburg, Germany 9 November, 2005).

7th Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiries conference (CEPE 2005) (University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands, 17-19 July , 2005).

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Oporto, Portugal, 16-19 June, 2005).

Workshop on Computer Ethics, Programme for Applied Ethics, Department of Philosophy, NTNU (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet) (Trondheim, Norway, 6-8 June, 2005).

Third European Computing and Philosophy Conference, E-CAP 2005, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mälardalen University (Mälardalens Högskola, Västerås, Sweden, 2-4 June, 2005).

Workshop on Computer Ethics, Programme for Applied Ethics, Department of Philosophy, NTNU (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet) (Trondheim, Norway, 6-8 June, 2005).

Third European Computing and Philosophy Conference, E-CAP 2005, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mälardalen University (Mälardalens Högskola, Västerås, Sweden, 2-4 June, 2005).

Université du Québec (Montréal, Canada, 10-12 May, 2005)

Graduate Seminar, Universita' degli Studi di Salerno (Salerno, 5 April, 2005)

Workshop on the philosophy of information, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, 8-10 March 2005).

National conference in IT applications in philosophy (Fiuggi, 21 February, 2005).

Filosofisk institutt, NTNU (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet) (Trondheim, Norway, 1-5 February 2005).

Staff/Postgraduate Research Seminar and Philosophy Society, University of Hertfordshire (de Havilland Campus, Hatfield, 27 January 2005).

University College London (London, 20 January 2005).

2004

Universitā degli Studi di Padova (Padua, 18 December, 2004).

Workshop on "New Directions in Understanding Ethics and Technology" University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia, October 27-30, 2004).

PRESENCE 2004, 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, October 13-15, 2004).

Organiser of, and speaker at, the panel "How to do philosophy informationally", CAP@CMU, North-American Computing and Philosophy yearly Conference (Carnegie Mellon University, August 4-6,) 2004). 

"Understanding telepresence", invited lecture for the course on "Computers in Society", Computer Science Department, Oxford University (Oxford, May 18, 2004).

"The Analysis of Knowledge", Graduate Seminar, University of Florence (University of Florence, February 19, 2004)

"Telepresence: Epistemological and Ethical Implications", keynote speaker at the Second European Computing and Philosophy Conference, E-CAP2004_ITALY (University of Pavia, June 3-5, 2004).

Sapientia Lecture on "Ethical issues in artificial agents" and seminar on "Informational Realism" (Dartmouth College, April 18-20 April, 2004).












Conference Papers, Invited  Talks, Keynotes, Lectures, Seminars etc. 1993 - 2003

2003

Keynote speaker at the first Computing and Philosophy (CAP) conference held at the Australian National University in Canberra on 31 October – 2 November, 2003 and sponsored by the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), a centre funded by the Australian Research Council.

"Realismo Informazionale", Centro Interdipartimentale per la Logica e le sue Applicazioni, University of Bari (Bari, 19 Novembre, 2003).

"Coscienza e Agenti Artificiali", graduate seminar programme, Department of Philosophy, University of Bari (Bari, 30 May, 2003).

"Consciousness and Artificial Agents", Oxford Society for Artificial Intelligence (Oxford, 12 May, 2003).

"Consciousness and Distributed Systems”, the Alan Turing Lecture in Computing and Philosophy, keynote address at the European Computing and Philosophy Conference ECAP 2003, Department of Philosophy and HATII (Humanities Advanced Technology Information Institute), University of Glasgow (Glasgow, 27 - 29 March , 2003).

Three lectures on the Philosophy of Information at the University of Lisbon (Lisbon, 13-18 March, 2003).

Keynote speaker, introductory lecture for the new National Course in Philosophy of Informatics, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Sweden (Mälardalen, January 21-23, 2003).

2002

"Il ruolo della Computer Ethics oggi", invited paper to the conference "Filosofia e Diritto nell’era di Internet: applicazioni e problematiche" (Universita` degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 21 November 2002).

“The Foundation of the Philosophy of Information”, invited paper forthcoming in the proceedings of the yearly national conference of the Italian Philosophical Association  (Convegno Nazionale S.F.I., “Filosofia e Societā della Conoscenza”, Foggia, 17-19 Ottobre 2002).

G. M. Greco and L. Floridi, “The Tragedy of the Digital Commons”, forthcoming in the proceedings of the yearly national conference of the Italian Philosophical Association  (Convegno Nazionale S.F.I., “Filosofia e Societā della Conoscenza”, Foggia, 17-19 Ottobre 2002).

"An Information-theoretic Analysis of Knowledge", invited paper for the Society for the Study of Human Sciences (S.S.H.S.), 10th Workshop of Topika: "In-Use Knowledge, Knowledge of New Technologies: Its articulation, use, management and learning" (Mesta, Chios, September 5-8, 2002).

"A Dynamic Model of Data, Information and Knowledge", accepted paper for CAP@CMU Computing and Philosophy Conference (Carnegie Mellon University, August 8-10 2002).

"Information Modeling and Design as Philosophical Methodology", Dipartimento di Filosofia, Universitā degli Studi di Lecce (Lecce, 10 April, 2002).

Mathematical Scepticism between Hobbes and Hume", Colloquium Scepticism as a Force in Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Thought: New Findings and New Interpretations of the Role and Influence of Modern Scepticism, organised by Richard Popkin and hosted by the UCLA Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies (William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles, 8-9 March 2002) [powerpoint presentation].

"From Augmented Intelligence to Augmented Responsibility", CAP@OUS, Computing and Philosophy Conference at Oregon State University (Corvallis, January 24-26, 2002).

2001

"On the Morality of Artificial Agents" ( with Jeff Sanders), CEPE 2001, Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (Lancaster University, 14-16 December, 2001).

"Computer Ethics and the Nature Artificial Agents and Patients", two lectures for the graduate seminars programme, Department of Philosophy, University of Bari (Bari, 19-21 November, 2001).

"Open Problems in the Philosophy of Information", the Herbert A Simon Lecture in Computing and Philosophy, keynote address at the Computing and Philosophy Conference (Carnegie Mellon University, August 10 2001).

UNESCO European Summit on "Information Cultures and Information Interests" (ICII), pre-conference (Frankfurt, 24 November, 2001) and conference (Mainz, 27-29 June, 2002).

"The Foundation of Computer Ethics and Information Ethics", two lectures for the workshop on "The Challenge of Ethics by the Internet" organised by the Research Department of Applied Ethics and the special research section on "Theorien- und Paradigmenpluralismus in den Wissenschaften" of the University of Salzburg (Salzburg, 22 June, 2001).

"Information Ethics: An Environmental Approach to the Digital Divide", paper presented as invited expert to the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), First Meeting of the Sub-Commission on the Ethics of the Information Society (UNESCO, Paris, June 18-19, 2001) [pdf]

"Information and Knowledge", two lectures, Department of Philosophy, University of Bari (Bari, 7-8 June, 2001).

"An Environmental Information Ethics for UNESCO", UNESCO Executive Board, 161st Session, thematic debate: The new information and communication technologies for the development of education (Paris, May 31 2001). [pdf]

"Computer Ethics: Mapping the Foundationalist Debate", MA Interactive Production course at Southampton Institute (Southampton, 25 April, 2001). [pdf]

2000

"What is Computer Ethics?", Facoltā di Lettere e Filosofia, Universitā di Roma "Tor Vergata" (Rome, 9-13 October, 2000). 

"Ethics and Computer Science: Some Borderline Questions", Terza Universitā di Roma, Facoltā di Scienze dell'Educazione, Anno accademico 1999-2000, Corso di Perfezionamento, Modelli speculativi e ricerche educative nell'interazione multimediale.

"On the Foundations of the Philosophy of Information", Proceedings of the Fourth World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (Orlando, FL, July 23-26 2000), vol. 10, 478-482.

"Artificial Evil and the Foundation of Computer Ethics", CEPE 2000, Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry, in co-operation with the ACM SIG on Computers and Society, Dartmouth College (Dartmouth College, 14-16 July, 2000).

"The Philosophy of AI: from Strong to Light Approach", University of Warwick, 20/20 Annual Conference, Common Purpose (Warwick, 9 June, 2000)

"Mathematical Scepticism between Descartes and Hume", International Conference on "The Revival of Scepticism. From Descartes to Bayle", Facoltā di Lettere e Filosofia, Universitā del Piemonte Orientale (Vercelli, 17-21 May, 2000).

1999

"On the Foundations of the Philosophy of Information", Philosophy and Computers Session, Eastern APA Meeting (Boston, 28 December, 1999), discussant: Prof. James H. Fetzer.

"Logic and Diagrams", conference Strumenti Informatici e Multimediali per la Didattica di Filosofia, Storia ed Educazione Civica, organised by the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Rome, 24-5 November, 1997). Published in the proceedings, edited by Lucina Ferrraria, (Rome, C.N.R. 1999)

"The Foundations of the Philosophy of Information", Applied Logic Colloquia, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Department of Computer Science, University of London (London, 19 November, 1999).

"The Reception of Italian Philosophy in the UK", convegno nazionale della SFI "Approaching 2000: Italian Philosophy under discussion" (Florence, 11-13 November, 1999).

"Outlines of a Theory of Strongly Semantic Information", The First Edinburgh Symposium, "Italian Philosophy in the UK" (Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh, 28 October, 1999), discussant: Prof. Timothy Williamson.

ITC as a tool for work-group organization and education. Seminario S.F.E.C., Terza Universitā di Roma, Facoltā di Scienze dellEducazione (Rome, 8 May, 8 April, 5 June 1999).

"Scepticism and The Foundation of Epistemology", 3 lectures on my book Scepticism and the Foundation of Epistemology—A Study in the Metalogical Fallacies (Leiden: Brill, 1996), Department of Philosophy, University of Florence (Florence, 19-21 April, 1999). 

"Philosophy and Computing: Research and Teaching Perspectives", Third University of Rome, (Rome, 26 March, 1999).

"Should there be a Philosophy of Information?", Computing in Philosophy, A colloquium on the philosophical implications of computing and its uses and consequences for philosophical studies, King's College, University of London (London, 19 February, 1999).

1998

"Does Information have a Moral Worth in Itself?", invited paper to Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry, London School of Economics and Political Science, (London, 14-15 December, 1998). 

"Information Ethics", conference on The Future of Culture in the Age of the Digital Revolution (Verona, 24 October, 1998)

"The Cartesian Approach to Mathematical Scepticism", the Journée de Paris XII — Val de Marne Sur le Scepticisme (Paris, 23 October, 1998)

"Mathematical Scepticism: the Cartesian View", "The Pyrrhonian Problematic" session, Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy (Boston, 10-16 August, 1998)

"Information Ethics: On the Theoretical Foundations of Computer Ethics", ETHICOMP98: The Fourth International Conference on Ethical Issues of Information Technology (Department of Philosophy, Erasmus University, The Netherlands, 25-27 March, 1998).

1997

"The Importance of Being Earnest: Peirce’s Interpretation of Scepticism", international conference Peirce Study Seminar (Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte, University of Leuven, Leuven, 23-24 May, 1997)

"Computer-Mediated-Interaction: a Logical Analysis", national conference Internet Meeting 1997, Internet and Intranet for Companies (Centro Congressi Milanofiori, Assago, Milan, 15-17 May, 1997). Published in the proceedings of the meeting (Milan: Tecniche Nuove, 1997). In Italian  [pdf].

1996

"Higher Education in the UK", international conference Apprendere all'Universitā—Prima Biennale sulla Didattica Universitaria (Padua, 23-5 October, 1996). Published in the proceedings of the conference, edited by Carla Xodo, Apprendere all'Universitā, vol. III: L'universitā in Europa, Didattica Universitaria, Euroconfronti (Padova, CLEUP, 1997).

"Editing the Iter Italicum" conference on Computing Techniques and the History of Universities (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, London, 1-3 July, 1994). Published in the proceedings, edited by P. Denley, Computing Techniques and the History of Universities (Göttingen: Max-Planck-Institute für Geschichte, 1996), 91-97.

"Logic and Visual Thinking", conference on Philosophy and IT L’Apporto dell’Informatica nell’Insegnamento delle Discipline Filosofiche (Perugia, 18-20 March, 1996). Published in the proceedings of the conference edited by Eros Lunani (Perugia: GESP Editrice, 1997), 99-115. [pdf]

1995

"Mathematical Scepticism: a Sketch with Historian in Foreground", conference on Skeptizismus im ausgehenden 18. un frühen 19. Jahrhundert (Leipzig and Göttingen, 14-18 July, 1995)

"The Internet: Which Future for Organised Knowledge—Frankenstein or Pygmalion?", international conference What we do not know, organised by the UNESCO Philosophy Forum to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the UNESCO (Paris, 14-17 March, 1995). Published in UNESCO Sources 68 (1995).

1993

"The Egg, the Needle and the Compass: from the Iter Italicum to the Iter Electronicum" international workshop Denkmal und Computer—Kunstgeschichtliche Forshung und Informationsverarbeitung an der Wend zum 21. Jahrhundert (Technische Universität Berlin, 15-17 October, 1993.