Prof. Hironori Washizaki

Waseda University, Japan

IEEE Computer Society 2025 President
Professor and Associate Dean of Research Promotion Division
National Institute of Informatics, Visiting Professor
eXmotion, Outside Director. University of Human Environments, Advisor

Bio: Hironori Washizaki is the 2025 IEEE Computer Society (CS) president. He is a professor and the associate dean of the Research Promotion Division at Waseda University. He is a visiting professor at the National Institute of Informatics and an advisor at the University of Human Environments. He also works in the industry as an outside director and advisor at eXmotion and SI&C. He has led professional and educational activities at the IEEE CS, including the evolution of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) and the CS Juniors program. He has led many academia-industry joint research and large-funded projects in systems and software requirements, design, reuse, quality assurance, and AI software engineering. He leads a professional IoT/AI/DX education project called "Smart SE." Since 2015, he has been the convenor of ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7/WG20 to standardize bodies of knowledge and certifications in systems and software engineering.

Prof. Koen Smit

HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands

Bio: Koen Smit is a University of Applied Sciences professor focusing on Digital Ethics at the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, in the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science in 2018 at the Open Universiteit. His research primarily focuses on the combination of Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, Decision Management, Decision Mining, Digital Twin technology, Social Robotics and Value-Oriented Design methods and techniques. His interest also leans towards how technological innovations can be designed and implemented in such a way that human and public values are explicitly and adequately considered. He regularly reviews and/or publishes and presents his research contributions at conferences and journals (e.g., HICSS, ICIS, PACIS, AMCIS, PJAIS, JITTA, JMIR, IST, and BPM). Furthermore, he is part of the management team of the Institute for ICT of the same university. He supervises several PhD and Professional Doctorate students on his focus areas.

Title: Digital Ethics in the Age of Generative AI: New Challenges and Solutions?