Future of Sex
tagline
  • Remote Sex
  • Virtual Sex & Entertainment
  • Robots
  • Human Augmentation
  • Sex Tech
  • Dating & Relationships
  • Bizarre Bazaar 18+
  • Future of Sex Community
  • Remote Sex
  • Virtual Sex & Entertainment
  • Robots
  • Human Augmentation
  • Sex Tech
  • Dating & Relationships
  • Bizarre Bazaar 18+
  • Future of Sex Community
  • Lovense Partners with Audiodesires Erotica Platform to Enable Multi-sensory Pleasure

  • News on International Congress on Love and Sex with Robots

  • Pleasure and Consent in Sex in Space

  • Sex Tech Mixers, Hackathons & Conferences [UPDATED]

  • Sex in the Metaverse: A New Space with Old Problems

  • 5 Social Media Accounts Helping People Grow Past Fundamentalism

  • How Dating Apps Can Do Better For Non-Binary Users

  • How embracing my ADHD led to better orgasms

Future of Sex is supported by our readers. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Home > Robots > Next Congress on Love and Sex with Robots Set For July

Robots
Home›Robots›Next Congress on Love and Sex with Robots Set For July

Next Congress on Love and Sex with Robots Set For July

By M. Christian
May 8, 2019
2056
1

The 4th international event to be held in Brussels

Organizers of the controversial and previously postponed Congress on Love and Sex with Robots have announced a new date for their fourth event!

Digisexuals, academics, and sex tech professionals alike are asked to attend the conference on July 1 and 2 at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in Brussels, Belgium.

For this year’s conference, organizers have also partnered with the University’s Interdisciplinary Bioethics Research Center, whose mission, according to its site, is to study “ethical issues raised by the development of life and health sciences and techniques.”

For academics and the sex tech industry

The event itself continues to aim to be a venue for academics and members of the sex tech industry to meet, share ideas, and possibly even develop new concepts. The conference will cover teledildonics, intelligent electronic sex hardware, roboethics, robot emotions, and others.

Controversy after controversy

That being said, calling the Congress on Love and Sex with Robots controversial might be a bit of an understatement. While the inaugural event back in 2014, held in Madeira, Portugal, went smoothly, the unfolding of the following two was, shall we say, rocky. To put it mildly.

The second event, originally scheduled for Iskander Malaysia back in 2015, had to be cancelled when Malaysian authorities got wind of the subject matter, forcing organizers to scramble to find a new venue.

This third event subsequently moved to the United Kingdom, where even there it had to go through a last minute location change to protect the safety of the attendees due to death threats from Muslim extremists.

Yet more protests

Planners for the latest event might have tried to play it safe by moving the venue to the University of Montana.

But then organizers made the questionable decision to schedule Steve Bannon, the ultra-right wing founder of Breitbart News and former Chief Strategist for the Trump administration, as the keynote speaker.

Due to the ongoing challenges and drama faced by the event, it is perhaps hard to understand how organizers didn’t think that choosing the divisive figure would not incite protest.

Yet this time outcry and planned protests came from the other (left) side of the political spectrum. It caused organizers of the Advances in Computing Entertainment Conference (ACE), which the Congress on Love and Sex with Robots was part of, to cancel the event yet again.

Previously, the organizers rescheduled the 4th event to occur in Las Vegas in January 2020 during the annual AVN Adult Entertainment Expo. Now they've instead opted to hold it sooner and in the European country.

“The ACE conference is still planned for Las Vegas in 2020 but we are hoping that the event this year will be sufficiently well received that we can stay in Europe next year,” organizer David Levy told Future of Sex in an email.

Will we see another controversy?

As there is of yet no information on who will be attending, or speaking, at the fourth congress it is extremely hard to predict if history will repeat itself and protests will end the event again.

We’ll just have to wait and see.  


Image sources: Tyler Bindon, San José Public Library, Sascha Pohflepp, Jennifer Boyer

M. Christian

M.Christian (they/them) loves nothing better than exploring the intersections of sex and technology—and speculating on the future of both. A highly regarded erotica writer they have six novels,12 collections, 100+ short stories, and 25 anthologies as an editor to their name. Their non-fiction regularly appears in many sites, but they're most proud of being a regular contributor to Future of Sex.

Of their erotic fiction, Tristan Taormino said that “M.Christian is a literary stylist of the highest caliber: smart, funny, frightening, sexy—there's nothing [they] can't write about… and brilliantly.”

Reflecting their unique ability to sympathetically and convincingly write for a range of genders and sexual orientations, their stories have appeared in multiple editions of Best American Erotica, Best Gay Erotica, Best Lesbian Erotica, The Mammoth Books of Erotica, and others. Their collection of gay erotic fiction, Dirty Words, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

While a majority of their stories have been collected into books like Dirty Words, their fondness for combining sex and science fiction is clearly evident in collections that include Rude Mechanicals, Technorotica, Better Than The Real Thing, Skin Effect Effect, Bachelor Machine, and Hard Drive: The Best Sci-Fi Erotica of M.Christian.

As a novelist, M.Christian’s versatility is on full display with Running Dry, The Very Bloody Marys, Brushes, Painted Doll; and the somewhat controversial queer BDSM/horror/thrillers Finger's Breadth, and Me2.

M.Christian has worked on the industry’s production side as an Associate Publisher for Renaissance E Books and as a Publisher for Digital Parchment Services. The latter dedicated to celebrating the works of science-fiction legends such as William Rotsler, Jerome Bixby, Jody Scott, Arthur Byron Cover, Ernest Hogan, and James Van Hise.

Covering topics like BDSM safety, sexual education, senior sexuality concerns, queer and gender issues, plus reviewing a variety of sex tech products, M.Christian’s non-fiction has appeared on sites like Kinkly, Tickle.Life, Sexpert, Queer Majority, Sex for Every Body, and—of course—their ongoing work for Future of Sex.

If there’s anything M.Christian enjoys more than writing, it’s teaching. A featured presenter, sometimes with their friend Ralph Greco Jr, at national sex and BDSM events, they have lectured on kink play (with an emphasis on safety), polyamory, boosting sexual creativity, and erotica writing--for beginners or those wanting to go pro.

M.Christian is a cohost on two popular sex-education podcasts: Love’s Outer Limits with Dr. Amy Marsh and Licking Non-Vanilla with Ralph Greco, Jr.

M.Christian's Books (Sizzler Editions)
M.Christian's Audiobooks
Previous Article

How Tech Is Transforming Long-distance Relationships

Next Article

Adult Performer Riley Reyes Loves the Intimacy ...

Related articles More from author

  • Therapeutic Sexbots
    Robots

    Should Doctors Prescribe Sexbots for Patients with Sexual Dysfunction?

    July 16, 2019
    By Audrey Pope
  • A woman experiences pleasure while in bed.
    AugmentationRobots

    Can You Really Make a Woman Orgasm by Remote Control?

    March 14, 2014
    By Jenna Owsianik, Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net
  • Three female sex doll heads facing up is a display case.
    Robots

    Sexbot Brothels: What Are the Pros and Cons of Robotic Sex Workers?

    May 28, 2017
    By Future of Sex
  • Robots

    Artificial Lovers: A Quarter of Young People Would Date Robots

    May 26, 2016
    By Jasmine van den Hoek
  • A photo of actress Scarlett Johansson posing on a bed.
    Robots

    Poll: 78% of Readers Would Date a Robot; 23% Want Sexy Celebrity Replicas

    February 28, 2017
    By Future of Sex
  • Emma The AI Doll
    Robots

    Sex Doll ‘Breathes’ with New Robotic Chest Cavity

    December 20, 2019
    By Margaret Andersen

Leave a reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

  • Remote Sex

    The Lowdown on the Biggest Webcam Sites

  • Remote SexRobotsSex TechVirtual Sex & Entertainment

    Sex Tech That Made the 2010s Climax

  • Dating & RelationshipsSex Tech

    Loly: ‘Orgasmic Compatibility’ App Reveals Troubling View of Consent

Virtual Lust is a 3D interactive sex game.
3DXChat
Discover the best virtual sex parties and 3D sex worlds.
  • TOP REVIEWS

  • Realistic Sex Games

    Review of the Best Sex Games and Most Realistic Sex Simulators of 2021 [UPDATED]

    0
  • Multiplayer Online Sex Games

    Review of the Best Massively Multiplayer Online Sex Games

    0
  • Sex Games for Mac

    The Best Sex Games for Mac

    0
  • foot-fetish-sex-games-girlvania

    Foot Fetish Games That Will Knock Your Socks Off

    0
  • The Best RPG Sex Games of 2021

    0
Fantasy sex game Dream Sex World lets you explore your wildest desires.
Multiplayer sex world Red Light Center continues to impress with its massive userbase and incredible sex graphics.
A blonde and light-skinned love doll face sppears next to the text Go now realdollxthe future is real.
  • 27KFollowers

Like Us on Facebook

Newsletter Subscription

Sign up for our monthly newsletter sharing the very best of the future of sex from our publication and others across the web.

DreamSexWorld offers a stunning XXX 3D world filled with incredibly interactive erotic experiences.

Like Us On Facebook

Facebook Pagelike Widget

RLC_ad_v2

Tweets by @FutureofSex
Future of Sex Report

Follow us

  • Home
  • About
  • ADVERTISE
  • Contribute
  • Story Ideas?
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
© 2011 - 2022 Future Exploration Network
This website or its third-party tools use cookies to improve user experience and track affiliate sales. To learn more about why we need to use cookies, please refer to the Privacy Policy.

By clicking the agree button or continuing to browse through the website, you agree to the use of cookies. Accept Privacy Policy
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
SAVE & ACCEPT