Bucharest Conference in Applied Ethics - Ethical Aspects in Emerging Technologies

Date: 10/28/2011, 09:30h to 10/29/2011, 20:00h

Location:
tba

Further information: http://www.bcae.ro/2011_cfp.php

Description: What are the ethical challenges raised by the new and emerging technologies? How will these technologies affect the way we perceive ourselves and the society at large? Can we establish a common ground for evaluating the moral implications of any new or emerging technology? Should we be more cautious or should we let the chance take its course when we develop a new technology? In a world more and more concerned with the risks of its developments, these questions come to open the public debate on the need for ethical evaluation in technology research, development and implementation. The 4th edition of the Bucharest Conference in Applied Ethics will provide the platform to make this debate as rich as possible for both specialists and the public. Our aim is to bridge the academic sector with the economic and research sectors and discover the ways ethical evaluation can lead to smoother acceptance of those technologies that best respond to our common ethical concerns.

Contact:
Cristian Duce
Smart Solutions & Support
1 Intr. Targu Frumos
Bl. 4Turn, Apt. 2
Bucharest 040722
Romania

Phone: 004-73 320 4146
Fax: 004-31 816 2421
cristian.ducu@bcae.ro; 2011@bcae.ro
http://www.bcae.ro/contact.php

Organizer: Smart Solutions & Support, Romania Research Centre in Applied Ethics of the University of Bucharest; in cooperation with the National Commission of Romania for UNESCO and Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology Bucharest et al.

Keywords: research ethics; technology ethics; technology assessment