Call for Papers

 

GLOBELICS CONFERENCE

September 22 - 24, 2008
Mexico City, Mexico

GLOBELICS (Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems) is an international network of scholars who apply the concept of "learning, innovation, and competence building system" (LICS) as their framework and are dedicated to the strengthening of LICS in developing countries, emerging economies and societies in transition. The research aims at locating unique systemic features as well as generic good practices to enlighten policy making relating to innovation, competence building, international competitiveness, regional development, labor market and human capital development.

 

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Debating Science

 

2008 Program Announcement

Debating Science is a graduate education program that teaches the skills of ethical public discourse and their application to issues in science and technology. Debating Science is looking for graduate students who are inspired by their own research but who are also interested in exploring the social, political, and philosophical context of that work, and who are committed to collaboration in the genuine hope for a better world.

 

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Call for Papers

 

Consuming Nano

May 14-16, 2008

 

University of South Carolina

Columbia , South Carolina

USA

 

On May 14-16 of 2008 NanoScience and Technology Studies at the University of South Carolina will be bring together an international group of scholars to examine the ways that nanotechnology is consumed. We are particularly, though not exclusively, interested in examining the consumption of nanotechnology from the point of view of the humanities. We will look at nanotechnology from its role in making better tennis rackets, through its power as brand for marketing, to the ways that it is seen as an essential part of regional and national development and growth.

 

It is time to look at Nanotechnology not as a promise for the future, but as a developing technology that affects us in the present. This conference will continue the University of South Carolina’s tradition of bringing the international community together to examine broad issues in the social and ethical implication of nanotechnology.

 

Papers will be limited to 20 minutes reading time with a 10-minute question and answer period. Panel or workshop proposals are also encouraged. Panels and Workshops should fit into a 90-minute time period. Proposals should include a description of the panel or workshop, a list of participants including their institutional affiliation and roles in the panel/workshop, and contact information for all participants. While presentations that address the theme of the conference are preferred any presentation that addresses social and ethical implications of nanotechnology will be considered.

 

Electronic submissions of 500-word proposals (pdf or RichText formats) will be accepted to January 15, 2008. Early acceptance of papers will be available for authors who require it because of visa or other travel issues. If you require early acceptance please state so in your abstract. Send abstracts to Mark Stevens, mstevens@gwm.sc.edu. For further information contact Dr. Ed Munn Sanchez, ed@schc.sc.edu (803 576-5633).

 

The conference is supported by the University of South Carolina’s Nanocenter and a NIRT-grant from the National Science Foundation.