News Archive (July 2009)
Friday, July 17, 2009
World Technology Award for Jeroen van den Hoven
Jeroen van den Hoven, professor in ethics and technology at TU Delft, has won the World Technology Award 2009 in the category ‘ethics’. The winners in the different categories - such as ethics, biotechnology, energy and materials - are people who, according to the World Technology Network, ”are doing the innovative work of ‘the greatest likely long-term significance’ in their fields. They are those creating the 21st century.” Prof. Van den Hoven is scientific director of the 3TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology. The prize has been awarded to professor Van den Hoven on Thursday July 16th, during a ceremony in the Time & Life building in New York.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Call for papers: Ethics, Energy and the Future
From June 24-26th 2010 3TU.Ethics organizes the conference ‘Ethics, Energy and the Future: Technology for a Sustainable Society’. A call for papers is now available and can be found here. The deadline for submitting abstracts is February 15th 2010. More information about the conference can be found at www.ethicsandtechnology.eu/sustainability.
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