Past Events
Third Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy, and Ethics Tuesday, May 26, 2015 to Thursday, May 28, 2015 from 2:15pm to 3:30pm
Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center 7700 E McCormick Pkwy, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 (map)
The third annual conference on the Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics, will be held at the Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center, in Scottsdale, Arizona, on May 26-28, 2015.
The conference will consist of plenary and session presentations with discussions on regulatory, governance, legal, policy, social and ethical aspects of emerging technologies, including (but not limited to) nanotechnology, synthetic biology, biotechnology, genomics, personalized medicine, stem cell and regenerative medicine, human enhancement technologies, telecommunications, information technologies, surveillance technologies, geoengineering, neuroscience and robotics. The conference is premised on the belief that there is much to be learned and shared from and across the governance experience and proposals for these various emerging technologies.
Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Moreno / “The most interesting bioethicist of our time”
Jonathan D. Moreno is an American philosopher and historian who specializes in the intersection of bioethics, culture, science, and national security, and has published seminal works on the history, sociology and politics of biology and medicine.
Plenary Sessions:
- Free Speech, Privacy & Technology
- Inter-Generational Equity and Emerging Technologies
- Technological Unemployment: Governance Implications
- Politicization of Science and the Governance of Emerging Technologies
- Emerging Technologies and Security: Just War Theories and Emerging Technologies
There will also be an additional 16 concurrent sessions on a wide variety of topics and technologies (chosen based on accepted abstracts). Some pre-selected topics for sessions for which abstracts are invited include:
- Pluralism in Governing Complex Technology Systems
- Permissionless Innovation
- Resilience and Emerging Technologies
- Sources of Truth in a Post-Science Society
Saturday, October 18, 2014 (7:15 PM – 8:45 PM)
Navigating the Thorny Landscape on a Path from Newborn Screening to Genome Sequencing: A Play Brings to Life the Drama of DNA
Cast Members include Barbara Koenig
Please RSVP in advance to Lynn Bush: lwb25@cumc.columbia.edu.
Monday, October 20, 2014 (3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
Returning incidental findings to family members of deceased research participants: Perspectives from a cancer biobank.
Poster Presentation
Authors: Barbara Koenig, Carmen Breitkopf, Susan Wolf, Marguerite Robinson, Kari Rabe, Noralane Lindor, Gloria Petersen
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 (9:00 AM – 11:00 AM)
Stakeholder Engagement in Genomics Policy Development: What Is It? Why Do It? How?
Moderators: Julie Harris and Amy Lemke
Speakers/Presentations:
Wylie Burke, Setting priorities for stakeholder engagement in genomics
Sharon Terry, Harnessing social networking to empower engagement
Michael Burgess, Participatory governance and public deliberative engagement for health and science policy
Barbara Koenig, Challenges and opportunities for stakeholder engagement: Strategies for incorporating public feedback into biobank policy-making