Announcing the 2025 Tech Ethics Symposium: Staying Human in the Age of AI
November 6-7, 2025
Power Center Ballroom and Online
The Grefenstette Center for Ethics is excited to announce our sixth annual Tech Ethics Symposium, Staying Human in the Age of AI, which will be held in person at Duquesne University's Power Center and livestreamed online. This year's event will feature internationally leading figures in the ongoing discussion of ethical and responsible uses of AI. The two-day Symposium is co-sponsored by the Patricia Doherty Yoder Institute for Ethics and Integrity in Journalism and Media, the Center for Teaching Excellence, and the Albert P. Viragh Institute for Ethics in Business.
We are excited to once again host a Student Research Poster Competition at the Symposium. All undergraduate and graduate student research posters on any topic in the area of tech/digital/AI ethics are welcome. Accepted posters will be awarded $75 to offset printing costs. In addition to that award, undergraduate posters will compete for the following prizes: the Outstanding Researcher Award, the Ethical PA Award, and the Pope Francis Award. Graduate posters can win Grand Prize or Runner-Up. All accepted posters are eligible for an Audience Choice award, to be decided by Symposium attendees on the day of the event! Student Research Poster submissions will be due Friday, October 17. Read the full details of the 2025 Student Research Poster Competition here.
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Find the details of all past Grefenstette Center Tech Ethics Symposia on our Media and Events page.
Symposium Details
Program
The 2025 Tech Ethics Symposium will take place on Thursday, November 6 and Friday, November 7, 2025 in the Dougherty Ballroom in the Power Center on the Duquesne University campus.
Detailed program coming soon!
Registration
The Symposium is free to attend and open to all Pittsburgh-area university students, faculty, and staff, as well as community members.
Registration will open in September!
Student Poster Competition: Staying Human in the Age of AI
All undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit posters to present at the Symposium on any aspect of technology ethics! All accepted posters will receive a $75 award to offset printing costs. On top of this award, accepted posters will compete for the following prizes:
Undergraduate Students:
Outstanding Researcher Award ($400) for the poster that exemplifies the best of undergraduate research and its applications for technology ethics
Ethical PA Award ($400) for the poster that best addresses ethical technology questions and concerns of people around Pittsburgh or throughout Pennsylvania
Pope Francis Award ($400) for the poster that best exemplifies the Catholic ethic of service, encounter, and love, as encompassed in Pope Francis’ approach to technology
Graduate Students: Grand Prize ($400); Runner-Up ($200)
Additionally, all posters will be eligible for $100 "Audience Choice" awards, for which Symposium attendees will cast their vote during the event.
Rules & Eligibility:
- Complete this form and submit the poster by 11:59pm on Friday, October 17!
- Submissions may come from individuals or teams. Only one poster per team.
- Poster size must be 36" x 44"
- Posters may come from any academic discipline.
- Any current undergraduate or graduate student, from any university, is eligible to submit a poster.
- If accepted, at least one author must be physically present to present the poster.
- Generative AI may NOT be used to create the poster. All posters will be scanned, and AI-generated posters will be disqualified.
- See a full list of guidelines and recommendations here.
Parking and Campus Information
Duquesne University is located at 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, and the Symposium will take place on the fifth floor of the Power Center in the Dougherty Ballroom and Shepperson Suite areas.
If you are driving to the Symposium, paid parking is available at Duquesne's Forbes Avenue Parking Garage (1100 Forbes Avenue). Upon parking, take the parking garage elevator to the eighth floor, exit the elevator, then enter the Skywalk on your right, which crosses Forbes Ave. The Skywalk will take you directly to the fifth floor of the Power Center.
Additional paid parking is available at the Chatham Center Garage, located on Fifth Ave.
Please refer to this campus map to assist you in navigating your way to the Symposium.