Tilting perspectives on regulating technologies
Overall conference theme
Innovative technologies – ICT, biotechnology, nanotechnologies – have a huge impact on society. Regulating these technologies is a complex effort. This conference aims at bringing academic knowledge and policy approaches about regulating technology a step forward by looking at issues from a multidisciplinary angle. Regulating technologies involves different regulatory approaches giving rise to fundamental questions.
For instance: Do biotechnology and ICT innovations alter people’s identity? Can ICT regulation profit from experiences in dealing with sensitive issues in genetics? How can policy-makers approach regulatory issues in the context of polycentric governance? What use is the heuristic of applying ‘off-line’ rules to the ‘on-line’ environment, when ‘virtual’ and ‘real’ worlds converge? How can respect for human dignity and human rights be maintained in an era of human enhancement and surveillance? In what stage should moral values be taken into account in the design of technologies? If at all, which values?
Conference structure
More than 20 renowned speakers from different countries and from distinct disciplines – including law, ethics, politics, sociology, biotechnology, and information security – will provide plenary key-notes, or present papers in parallel sessions. Furthermore, submitted papers will be presented in the parallel sessions.
About Tilting Perspectives
Dates
10 - 11 December 2008
Location
Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands
Organisers
TILT – Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society
Target audience
Academics, as well as policy makers and professionals, interested in the interaction between regulation, technology, and society
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