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CTC/Maribor is the logo of the international conference entitled "Converging Technologies: Body, Brain and Being" organised upon the initiative of IFIP/WG 9.2 on "Computers and social responsibility". The conference is dedicated to the ethical influences of converging technologies that are increasingly following people's lives without them noticing. The conference is organised by the Institute of Information Science in Maribor in cooperation with the Slovenian Society Informatika. The topic is related to the international project EGAIS on the ethical governance of technological projects. With special emphasis on the role of ICT, the conference will deal with ethical dilemmas in biomedicine, privacy protection and online education (student section) as a part of round table discussions. The introductory part of the conference is dedicated to the World Information Society Day, a topic that will be addressed by Dr. Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia and honorary sponsor of the conference. The introductory lecture will be held by Prof. Em. Donald Gotterbarn.
/The postcard "Maribor in the future" was created by Franz Knollmüller in the beginning of the 20th century./
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