Technomoral Conversations: Technologically Mediated Intimacy

Technomoral Conversations is a “fireside chat” series organised by The Centre for Technomoral Futures. This event will focus on our relationships with machines, from robot pets and therapeutic companions to apps for dating and romance, to technologies embedded in our bodies.

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Technomoral Conversations: Technologically Mediated Intimacy

Hybrid Hybrid Event

24th April 2023 6:00 PM 7:00 PM BST

Part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Love Machine event season.

The Technomoral Conversations series brings together leaders, creators and innovators from academia, technology, business and the third sector in a “fireside chat” format to discuss futures that are worth wanting. Our conversation for the “Love Machine” EFI event season will focus on intimate relationships with machines, from robot pets and therapeutic companions to apps for dating and romance, to technologies embedded in our bodies. How can we navigate the complexities of technologies that are entangled with both our bodies and our emotions?

Speaker Biographies

This will be updated in due course.

Please note this is a hybrid event. Streaming will be live captioned.

Important notice: This event will be photographed/recorded and images may be used for future marketing, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed please let us know at the event.

1 Crichton Street
Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9LE United Kingdom

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