Researchers from Switzerland, a group specializing in ethical issues on the application of advancing technologies in sports and competitions and an associate professor presenting on COVID-19 and the Swiss Constitution have been invited to the Tsukuba Global Science Week (TGSW) 2020 that officially takes place from 28. - 30. September.
Associate professor Véronique Boillet from the University of Lausanne will be holding an online presentation in the session of "How Can Constitutions Deal with COVID-19?", talking about COVID-19 and the Swiss Constitution. She is the second speaker in this session, which will take place on 29. September from 14:30 - 18:00 (JST). This presentation can be attended for free. Pre-registration on the official TGSW website by 23. September is required. (Please refer to the “Links” at the bottom of this page.)
Additionally, researchers affiliated to the University of Zurich were invited to present at a month-long digital poster session. The Digital Poster Session started on 18. September and will take place until 19. October and can be visited on the TGSW official website. In the session on “The Future of Sports – An Ethics Series”, Dr. Johann Roduit and Dr. Johan Rochel are presenting a poster on the “Ethics at the Heart of Tech and Sports” together with Dr. Roberta Antonini Phlippe of the University of Lausanne. Here, they introduce ethical questions raised in the use of emerging technologies in sports. Specifically, ethical questions with the application of latest technologies in new competitions, such as the Swiss-invented CYBATHLON are discussed. Their project aims to facilitate the discussion between key stakeholders alongside major events, for example the Olympic Games to co-elaborate and publish a Swiss-Japanese declaration on the ethics of technology in sports.
Their session is hosted by Prof. Koyo Fukasawa, a professor at the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences of the University of Tsukuba. He is presenting differences in the nature of ethical issues found in the relationship between sport, competition and technology. Here, he discusses what technology has brought to sport and the ethics of sports on a competitive and enjoyment level. Prof. Masami Sekine of the Nippon Sport Science University further discusses topics such as the influence of technology on the human being concerned with sports or its influence on the existence and the achievements of athletes. The coordination was supported by the Science and Technology Office Tokyo, Embassy of Switzerland in Japan.
The TGSW is an annual event which celebrates its 10th anniversary this autumn in Tsukuba Science City. It was launched as a platform for sharing latest research results, carrying out transdisciplinary conversations, and providing an impetus for actions to deal with ’global issues’ such as climate change, biodiversity, world hunger, environmental degradation.
