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DAY 1 | Monday 17th May, 2010 | 9.00-9.30 | registration | 9.30-10.00 | Opening speeches:
Jozsef Gyoerkoes, state secretary for higher education, science and technology of Slovenia
Penny Duquenoy, Middlesex University, UK (Conference chair) | 10.00-10.45 | "The Importance of Ethics in the Information Society"
Keynote: Prof. Don Gotterbarn,
East Tennessee State University, USA | 10.45 – 11:15 | break | 11.15 -12.45 | Converging Technologies:
An overview | 11.15 -11.45 | “Social scientific perspectives on Converging Technologies”
Clemens Blümel, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany | 11.45 – 12.15 | “The transparency of scientific work”
Franci Demšar, Slovenian Research Agency | 12.15 – 12.45 | “Modelling of Processes - Technology development"
Maksimiljan Gerkeš, IZUM Slovenia | 13.00 – 14.00 | lunch | 14:00-16:00 | Converging Technologies:
Transforming the future | 14:00-14.30 | "Man's landing on the Moon - The beginning of what?"
Dušan Petrač, JPL/NASA | 14:30-15:00 | "Learning Ethics to change the future"
Suzana F. Žilič, University of Maribor, Mateja Geder, DOBA, Franci Pivec, IZUM | 15:00-16.00 | “The view from the future designers and users”
A students’ focus
Students from University of Maribor and DOBA | 16.00 – 16.15 | break | 16.15-17.45 | Converging Technologies: body | 16.15-16.45 | “Information and communication technologies as a vehicle for transformation”
Peter Baum, Institute for Prospective Technology Studies, Spain | 16.45-17.15 | “Converging Technologies: ICT and healthcare”
Peter Singleton, University College London, UK | 17.15-17.45 | “Trends for e(m) Health: Cases and approaches worldwide”
Bernadett Koteles, Prime Minister’s Office, Hungary and Diane Whitehouse, The Castlegate Consultancy, UK | 17.45-18.00 | Summary of day/close |
DAY 2 | Tuesday 18th May, 2010 | 9.30-10.15 | “The Convergence Theory on ICT and Psychosocial Life Environment"
Opening Address: Prof. Gunilla Bradley,
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden | 10.15 – 10.30 | break | 10.30-13.00 | Converging Technologies: brain and being | 10.30-11.00 | "EGAIS: The ethical governance of emerging technologies"
Norberto Patrignani, Catholic University of Milano, Italy | 11.00-11.30 | “Conditions for a critical perspective on converging technologies: ethical and social issues”
Philippe Goujon, Catherine Flick, University of Namur, Belgium | 11.30-12.00 | “Slow Tech. Manifesto for an ethical governance of information technologies”
Norberto Patrignani, Catholic University of Milano, Italy | 12.00-12.30 | "Ecology and converging technologies"
Leo Šešerko, Environmental Protection College Velenje | 12.30-13.00 | "Deviance in Science: A Criminological Analysis on the Basis of Merton's Strain Theory"
Gorazd Meško, University of Maribor | 13.00-14.00 | lunch | 14.00-15.00 | Converging technologies: means and methods | 14.00-14.30 | “Social network and commerce – an application of converging technologies”
Colin Pattinson, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom | 14.30-15.00 | “Back to reality”
Marc van Lieshout, TNO, The Netherlands | 15.00-15.45 | Summary session:
Final remarks and close of conference
Penny Duquenoy, Conference chair |
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