Call for abstracts and posters

2nd International Conference on Decision Making in Medicine and Law
Opportunities and pitfalls of information technologies
(DMM&L 2024)

2nd International Conference on Decision Making in Medicine and Law
Opportunities and pitfalls of information technologies
(DMM&L 2024)

University of Minho, Braga (Portugal)
November 7-8, 2024

Conference website: https://127.0.0.1:5006/dmm&l/2024

The 2nd International Conference on Decision Making in Medicine and Law: Opportunities and pitfalls of information technologies welcomes authors to submit proposals for presentations of thematic sessions.

Topics of interest

Topics of interest are as follows (the list is not exhaustive):

  • Artificial intelligence (AI) applications in medicine and law
  • Decision-making in forensic psychiatric assessment
  • The role of neuroscience in legal proceedings
  • Multidisciplinary perspectives in forensic evaluations
  • Ethical aspects linked to the use of AI in the forensic field
  • AI applications in prediction of aggression and violence
  • AI and its implications in guilt, punishment, and responsibility
  • AI-based systems to support personal injury compensation.

Submission types

The following types of submissions are solicited:

  1. Abstracts of oral presentations
  2. Abstracts to be presented in the poster session
  3. Proposals of thematic sessions, including the abstracts of 4-5 oral presentations on a related topic. Those who organize one or more accepted sessions will be added to the Scientific Programme Committee.

Journal article collection

After the conference, authors will be invited to submit a full article on the topics of their presentation for possible publication in an article collection to appear in Elsevier International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Prospective authors will be given further details at the conference.

Important dates

  • Abstract submission and acceptance notification:
    • Abstract submissions: September 1, 2024
    • Acceptance notifications: September 5, 2024
    • Late abstract submissions: September 15, 2024 September 25, 2024
    • Acceptance notifications of late submissions: September 20, 2024 September 28, 2024
  • Registration deadlines:
    • Early registration: September 10, 2024
    • Standard registration: September 30, 2024
    • Late registration: October 20, 2024
    • On-site registration: November 8, 2024
    • Additional items: November 8, 2024
  • Conference: November 7-8, 2024

Conference chairs

Giovanna Parmigiani
Research fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Sónia Moreira
Professor of Law
School of Law, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
JusGov, Braga, Portugal
Gerben Meynen
Professor of Ethics and Forensic Psychiatry
Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Faculty of Humanities, Moral and Political Philosophy, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Enquiries:

Scientific programme committee

The members who have already confirmed are listed below. Additional members will be added soon.
Roberto Andorno
Professor of bioethics and biomedical law
Faculty of Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Francisco Andrade
Professor of Law and Informatics
School of Law, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
JusGov, Braga, Portugal
Colleen Berryessa
Assistant Professor
School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Diego Borbón
Professor of Genetics and Law
Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Felice Francesco Carabellese
Professor of Forensic Psychiatry
Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Roberto Catanesi
Professor of Forensic Psychiatry
Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Federica Coppola
Professor of Law
IE University Law School, Madrid, Spain
Stefano Ferracuti
Professor of Forensic Psychiatry
Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Georgia-Martha Gkotsi
Research Fellow in Law
School of Law, University of Athens, Greece
Linda Gröning
Professor of Criminal Law
University of Bergen, Norway
Brendan D. Kelly
Professor of Psychiatry
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Henry Gerard Kennedy
Professor of Forensic Psychiatry
DUNDRUM Centre for Forensic Excellence, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Gabriele Mandarelli
Professor of Forensic Psychiatry
Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Gerben Meynen
Professor of Ethics and Forensic Psychiatry
Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Faculty of Humanities, Moral and Political Philosophy, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sónia Moreira
Professor of Law
School of Law, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
JusGov, Braga, Portugal
Giovanna Parmigiani
Research fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
Department of Human Neuroscience, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Pietro Pietrini
Professor of Forensic Psychiatry
Molecular Mind Laboratory, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy
Susanna Radovic
Professor of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy, Linguistics, Theory of Science
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
José Carlos Ramalho
Professor of Computer Science
Informatics Department, Engineering School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Margarida Santos
Professor of Criminal Law
School of Law, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
JusGov, Braga, Portugal
Giuseppe Sartori
Professor of Neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience
Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Italy
Matthé Scholten
Senior researcher in Ethics
Institute for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Josep Maria Tamarit Sumalla
Professor of Criminal Law
Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Ping Yan
Professor of Forensic Science
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, P.R. China

Local organising committee

Benedetta Barchielli
Ph.D. student in Dynamic and Clinical Psychology
Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Simona Casale
Ph.D. student in Cognitive, Computational and Social Neurosciences
Molecular Mind Laboratory, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy
Cristina Mazza
Research Fellow in Clinical Psychology
Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Graziella Orrù
Assistant professor of Psychometrics
Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular & Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Italy
Leonardo Picchiami
Ph.D. student in Computer Science
Department of Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Publicity and fundraising committee

Toni Mancini
Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Department of Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Leonardo Picchiami
Ph.D. student in Computer Science
Department of Computer Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy