As the VSPC is a pre-read, workshop-style conference, participation is limited to those on the program, and to registered UBC participants. Here is the 2022 VSPC schedule.
Participants:
Adriene Takaoka
Audrey Yap
Bianca Verjee
Dan Pallies
DeeAnn Spicer
Ella Zhang
Fatema Amijee
Helen Han Wei Luo
Hira Ahmed
Kayleigh Rodgers
Linh Mac
Marybel Menzies
Matt Weiner
Mike Ashfield
Nikki Ernst
Shmuel Gomes
Tasneem Alsayyed
Ying Yao
SCHEDULE:
Sunday, July 24
Informal welcome event, evening, 5–10pm, details TBA.
MONDAY, July 25
9:30: Breakfast and coffee
9:45: Welcome and Important Information
SESSION 1: 10:00–11:30
Paper: On Deniability
Author: Alexander Dinges and Julia Zakkou
Commentator: Nikki Ernst
Commentator: Samia Hesni
Chair: Jonathan Ichikawa
SESSION 2: 1:30–3:00
Paper: Attraction, Aversion, and Meaning in Life
Author: Alisabeth Ayars
Commentator: Dan Pallies
Commentator: Sumeet Patwardhan
Chair: Tasneem Alsayyed
SESSION 3: 3:15–4:45
Paper: What Kind of Change is Forgiveness?
Author: Per-Erik Milam
Commentator: Brian Berkey
Commentator: Keshav Singh
Chair: Erica Shumener
EVENING SOCIAL EVENTS
TUESDAY, July 26
SESSION 4: 10:00–11:30
(Online, details/zoom link TBD)
Paper: Complicity: A Minimalist Account for Our Maximally Messy Social World
Author: Jules Salomone-Sehr
Commentator: Huzeyfe Demirtas
Commentator: Linh Mac
Chair: Steven Diggin
SESSION 5: 1:30–3:00
Paper: Secondary Propriety and the Goals of Assertion
Author: Matt Weiner
Commentator: Dominic Alford-Duguid
Commentator: Mike Ashfield
Chair: Ella Zhang
SESSION 6: 3:15–4:45
Paper: Moral Standing Beyond Consciousness: The Case for the Moral Standing of Insentient Entities
Author: Shmuel Gomes
Commentator: Jen Foster
Commentator: Marybel Menzies
Chair: Helen Han Wei Luo
EVENING SOCIAL EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, July 27
9:30-10:00: Breakfast and coffee
SESSION 7: 10:00–11:30
Paper: What is Creativity?
Author: Lindsay Brainard
Commentator: Angela Sun
Commentator: Regina Rini
Chair: Rohan Sud
SESSION 8: 1:30–3:00
Paper: The Duty to Believe: Moral Obligations to Manage Epistemic Risks
Author: Kayleigh Rodgers
Commentator: Winnie Ma
Commentator: DeeAnn Spicer
Chair: Martín Abreu Zavaleta
SESSION 9: 3:15–4:45
Paper: Vindictive Anger
Author: Mercedes Corredor
Commentator: Audrey Yap
Commentator: Adriene Takaoka
Chair: Carrie Jenkins