Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Conference: SPT 2009 - Converging Technologies, Changing Societies
16th International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, July 8-10, 2009. University of Twente, Enschede. The Netherlands
The SPT conference series is recognized as the premier international event in philosophy of technology, with delegates from all over the world. Conferences are held every 2 years, alternating between Europe and the United States. SPT 2009 is the 16th conference in the series.
SPT 2009 will include 14 tracks:
- Converging technologies and human enhancement
- Converging technologies and engineering sciences
- Converging technologies and risks
- Converging technologies: general issues
- Ethics of emerging technologies
- Philosophy and ethics of biomedical and nanotechnology
- Philosophy and ethics of information technology
- Environmental philosophy and sustainable technology
- Philosophy of engineering and design
- Robots, cyborgs and artificial life
- Technology and moral responsibility
- Technology, culture and globalisation
- The good life and technology
- Philosophy of technology: general and assorted issues
Call for papers
SPT 2009 welcomes high quality papers and panel proposals in all areas of philosophy of technology. Given the focus of this year’s conference, papers dealing with converging technologies and their social and cultural impact are especially welcomed. More information / call for papers.
Organizing Committee:
Directors: Philip Brey and Peter-Paul Verbeek, University of Twente
Coordination: Katinka Waelbers, University of Twente
For more information visit http://www.utwente.nl/ceptes/spt2009/
