Events
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Workshop ‘Values in Socio-Technical Systems – Design, Ethics and Policy’
Faculty of TPM, TU Delft, The Netherlands. Time: 12.00 - 17.00
The planning, design and implementation of technology and related socio-technical systems implies the trade off between many different values: some public, some private, some visible, some invisible; some countable, others priceless; some short term, others long term. This trade off is not always visible to the different stake holders, in the long process from advocacy, plans, political debate, design, administration and implementation. In this workshop we want to shed light on the many different values that are involved in socio-technical systems, from first plans to implementation. Moreover, we want to explore ways how we can prioritize, analyze en implement these trade offs. What kind of reference do we need? Is it possible at all? We will search for strategies or solutions to deal with the multiple values, drawing inspiration from two ideas that may need to be combined in order to be successful, namely (1) value sensitive design and (2) process management.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Book launch ‘Philosophy and engineering. An emerging agenda’
Location: Royal Institute of Engineers, KIVI NIRIA, Prinsessegracht 23, Den Haag
Date & time: 1 April 2010, 14.30-18.00
Language: English
What has philosophy to do with engineering? Engineering is about numbers, hard science and tangible constructions with no room for vague philosophical discussions, or isn’t it? Engineering is also about creativity, innovation, values and improving the world. On the occasion of the appearance of the book Philosophy and engineering, an emerging agenda, two renowned engineers will be speaking about why they think that philosophy matters for engineers. David E. Goldberg is Jerry S. Dobrovolny Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and a world leader in genetic algorithms. He is also co-founder and co-director of the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education (iFoundry). Recently his attention has turned to the intersection of philosophy and engineering and he is co-editor of the book that will be launched. Sybrand van der Zwaag is professor of novel aerospace materials at TU Delft. He is involved in teaching engineering ethics and contributed to the book. Patricia Osseweijer (professor science communication TU Delft and KIVI NIRIA) and Jeroen van den Hoven (professor moral philosophy TU Delft and scientific director 3TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology) will comment on their presentations. President Jan Dekker of KIVI NIRIA will receive a copy of the book.
Monday, April 12, 2010
International workshop: ‘Cost-Benefit Analysis: Uncertainty, Discounting and the Sustainable Future’
April 12-13th, 2010
Eindhoven University of Technology, Traverse Dorgelozaal
Opening Lecture: Simon Caney, University of Oxford
Monday, April 19, 2010
Colloquium: The impact of neurotechnologies on identity
Laura Klaming, Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society, Tilburg University, Netherlands, Monday 19th April 2010, room a3.100.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
3TU.Ethics Research Day
Huize Molenaar, Korte Nieuwstraat 6, 3512 NM Utrecht
For the second consecutive year, 3TU.Ethics staff members will gather in Utrecht to discuss about the current & future developments of the organization and for interacting on the research work done by senior as well as junior staff members. The day will conclude with a key-note lecture by Guy Kahane (Oxford University), after which there’ll be some time for interacting on a more informal level.