The Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations (PHTR) conference summary
29-Sep-2026 Even with 28 years of experience as an academic lecturer, giving your first presentation at an international academic conference is a completely different experience you will never forget.
Last week, I attended the Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations (PHTR) conference at Delft University of Technology, Campus Spui in The Hague (the Netherlands).
The conference addressed the topic: “The collective in the seemingly individual: Highlighting the world in human-technology relations”.
As part of the conference, I joined a panel with my doctoral supervisor, Dr. Galit Wellner, and her PhD candidate, Mor Peled. Our panel discussion was about "AI-Human Collective”.
My lecture, “The Inevitable Accident of AI: The 'Accident of Knowledge' as a Virilian Warning,” discussed the human-AI relationship and the risks to human society when it relinquishes its decision-making independence to AIGC (Gen-AI).
In the lecture, I explained my interpretation of how to build a theoretical bridge between Post-Phenomenology, originally conceived by Prof. Don Ihde, a philosophy of technology that explains the human experience and technology mediation at the individual (micro level), and Dromology, the philosophy of speed originally conceived by the French philosopher Paul Virilio, which interprets the impact of rapid technological adoption on human society (macro level).
At the conference, I had the privilege of meeting leading academic researchers in person and listening to their fascinating lectures, including foundational figures in post-phenomenology such as Prof. Peter-Paul Verbeek and Prof. Lars Botin.
Over 3 days, I listened to and studied more than 40 academic lectures on various post-phenomenology topics. In particular, thank you to the lecturers: Prof. Peter-Paul Verbeek, Prof. Caroline Hummels, Prof. Robert Rosenberger, Prof. Levi Checketts, Prof. Nicola Liberati, Prof. Stacey Irwin, Prof. Søren Riis, Dr. Olya Kudina, Prof. Pieter Vermaas, and others, for interesting and horizon-expanding lectures.
It was wonderful to meet new friends with a passion for the Philosophy of Technology, from all over the world.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to my mentors, Dr. Galit Wellner and Dr. Sean Golriz, who helped me prepare my lecture for the conference and successfully attend my first international academic conference.
See you at the next conference, PHTR-2028 in Denmark. Linkedin
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