EU Workshop on “Robots in Healthcare: a solution or a problem?”

"This report summarises the presentations and discussions of a workshop on the use of robots and AI in healthcare, held at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday 19 February 2019. The aim of the workshop was to provide background information and advice for Members of the ENVI Committee on the status and prospects of applying robotic and artificial intelligence (AI) based technologies in healthcare. The first part of the workshop focused on the practical application of AI and robots in healthcare, while the second part examined the ethical implications and responsibilities of AI and robotic based technologies in healthcare.

 Workshop program
“Robots in Healthcare: a solution or a problem?”
Tuesday 19 May 2019 from 15:00 to 17.00
Altiero Spinelli Building, ASP A1 G-2
European Parliament, Brussels

Chair: Mr Alojz PETERLE (MEP)
AGENDA
15:00 – 15:05 Opening and welcome by the Chair Mr Alojz PETERLE (MEP)
Panel 1 - Practical applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and robots in healthcare
15:05 – 15:15 Current use of robots in clinical practice (inside the body, on the body and outside the body) and its perspectives
Prof. Alexandre MOTTRIE, Head of the Urology department, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Hospital, Aalst, Belgium
15:15 - 15:25 Robots in general service delivery of healthcare establishments Dr Kathrin CRESSWELL, Chief Scientist Office Chancellor's Fellow, Director of Innovation, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics at the University of EdinburghIPOL | Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies
15:25 – 15:35 Other healthcare related areas of implementation of robot technologies
Prof. Daniel DAVID, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Cluj-Napoca
15:35 – 15:50 Questions & Answers
Panel 2 – Ethical evaluation and responsibilities of AI and robots in healthcare
15:50 – 16:00 Introduction to Panel 2 by the Chair Mr Alojz PETERLE (MEP)
16:00 – 16:10 Ethical aspects of using robots in healthcare
Prof. Raja CHATILA, Professor of artificial intelligence, Robotics and Ethics at Pierre and Marie Curie University
16:10 – 16:20 Main challenges (including legal ones) and opportunities of using robots in healthcare
Associate Prof. Robin L. PIERCE, Associate Professor of the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society at the University of Tilburg
16:20 – 16:30 Socio-economic rationale of implementing robot technologies in healthcare Dr Andrea RENDA, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and the Digital Economy at the Centre for European Policy Studies and Digital Innovation Chair in the European Economic Studies Department at the College of Europe
16:30 – 16:40 Questions & Answers
Closing Session
16:40 – 17:00 Conclusions and closing by the Chair Mr Alojz PETERLE