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July 2020

Lethal Autonomous Weapons Meeting: International Humanitarian Law

July 7, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am UTC-5

This is a Spanish-language event, held virtually over Zoom. This event aims to promote participatory dialogues between government representatives, parliamentarians, academics, and civil society on technological development and the scope of fully autonomous weapons.

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RightsCon: The impending age of killer robots? How our data fuels autonomous weapons, and why it’s not too late to stop them

July 30, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am UTC+4

How will big data and surveillance feed into the development of autonomous weapons? How will algorithmic bias and machine learning impact the building or training of killer robots? What does this mean for how we choose to give our data away? Who will be held accountable when these systems fail or make mistakes? And, what can we really do about it? Find out in our session at RightsCon, to be held 30 July, 9.00am to 10.00am EST.

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August 2020

Paremos Los Robots Asesinos

August 12, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm UTC-3

Spanish-language event. Tune in to see Pia Devoto (Asociación para Políticas Públicas & SEHLAC) and Paloma Lara Castro (TEDIC) in conversation about the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Moderated by Belén Giménez (TEDIC).

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September 2020

4th Workshop: 2020. Capturing Technologies. Rethinking Arms Control

September 18, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm UTC+2

Campaign Coordinator, Mary Wareham, will be speaking on options and prospects for multi-stakeholder approaches to arms control negotiations as part of the German Federal Foreign Office's two-day virtual event.

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October 2020

Killer Robots: The Ethics of Scientific Innovation

October 23, 2020 @ 5:00 pm UTC+1
Online

Register now to attend the online event "Killer Robots: The Ethics of Scientific Innovation" on Friday 23 October at 5pm (UTC+1). Hosted by the University of Cambridge Lawyers Without Borders.

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Webinar series on the technological, military and legal aspects of lethal autonomous weapon systems

October 26, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - October 28, 2020 @ 3:00 pm UTC+1

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) are pleased to invite you to a series of three webinars exploring technological, military and legal aspects of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS). The purpose of each webinar would be to provide analysis on issues pertaining to technological, military and legal aspects of LAWS, through an interactive dialogue between expert speakers and participants. To ensure that the webinars achieve their objective, in addition to the traditional

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Virtual Briefing: A Comprehensive Response to Concerns over Killer Robots

October 29, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm UTC+1
Geneva, Switzerland

Join the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and a panel of experts on Thursday 29 October for a virtual briefing on "A Comprehensive Response to Concerns over Killer Robots".

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December 2020

Militarization, Killer Robots, and the Korean Peninsula: The Case for Peace

December 14, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm UTC-5
Online

Join Korea Peace Now! on 15 December 2020 at 8pm (UTC -5) via Zoom for a discussion on killer robots in South Korea: what they are, why you should care, and how ending the Korean War can help stop them. This is an English-language event.

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March 2021

Los Riesgos de las Armas Autónomas: Una Mirada desde el Sur. Perspectiva Científica y Militar.

March 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm UTC-3
Online

On Thursday 18 March from 15.00-16.00 (UTC-3), join SEHLAC and Centro de Estudios de Política Internacional (CEPI) for a presentation from the Latin American perspective on the risks of fully autonomous weapons: scientific and military. This is a Spanish-language event, held over Zoom.

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Meaning-less Human Control: Lessons from Air Defence Systems for LAWS

March 25 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm UTC+0
Online

On 25 March at 2pm GMT, join the webinar hosted by Drone Wars UK and the Centre for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark to discuss the recently co-published report, "Meaning-less human control: Lessons from air defence systems for Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS)".

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Death by Algorithm? The Future of Weaponized Artificial Intelligence

March 26 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm UTC-5

On 26 March, 11am-12pm EDT, join Project Ploughshares for a virtual discussion focused on the weaponization of artificial intelligence and technical, ethical, military and security concerns.

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May 2021

What can AI researchers do to help prevent Lethal Autonomous Weapons?

May 5 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm UTC+0
Online

Learn from some of the world's leading experts on fighting autonomous weapons by joining the 9th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2021) speaker event, "What can AI researchers do to help prevent Lethal Autonomous Weapons?"

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