OECD Conference on Technology in and for Society, December 2021
In this post, Jonathan Hankins offers some take-aways and personal thoughts on the recent OECD Conference on Technology in and for Society, held on the 6th and 7th of December 2021. - More
by Jonathan Hankins, 16 December 2021 Permalink
Read also: the white paper "Responsibility driven design for the future self-driving society" and other posts with tag "Driverless Society"
Categories Design, Governance, Innovation and Responsibility, Lecture, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, Video
OpenMined: an example of 'decentralized AI'
In this article Alessandro Scoscia describes the new OpenMined project. Moreover, the technological solution proposed by OpenMined allows the implementation of a reliable payment system that can allow the users to receive payment for having participated, collaborated with their data and calculations to system learning and therefore to its general and wholistic improvement. - More
by Alessandro Scoscia, 6 September 2018 Permalink
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Between health and well-being, hybrid technology and governance problems: the 'health app'. A meeting with Federica Lucivero.
Last September the Bassetti Foundation had the pleasure of hosting Federica Lucivero, Senior Researcher at the Ethox Centre of the Big Data Institute of the University of Oxford and coordinator of the Digital Health Network at King's College London. Her lecture was titled 'Health apps between medicine and lifestyle'. - More
by Anna Pellizzone, Redazione FGB, 28 February 2018 Permalink
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Categories Bioethics, Design, Innovation and Responsibility, Lecture, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, Video, biotechnology
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See also: all meeting and lesson videos and The Self At Your Wrist.
Categories Bioethics, Design, Innovation Poiesis Intensive, Innovation and Responsibility, Nanotechnology, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, Roboethics, biotechnology, enhancement, genetics
Professor Jos Malda in Milan: 'fascinated by the combination of technology and living things'
On 9th May at the Bassetti Foundation in Milan, Universiteit Utrecht Professor Jos Malda will present his work and provide an overview of the state-of-the-art on 3D printing in the biomedical sector. - More
by Redazione FGB, 28 April 2017 Permalink
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Fifth Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics and Annual VIRI meeting
The Fifth Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies:Law, Policy and Ethics will be held at the new Beus Center for Law & Society in Phoenix, AZ between May 17-19, 2017, with Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins in attendance to report on proceedings. - More
by Redazione FGB, 26 April 2017 Permalink
Read also: other posts on VIRI
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, Law, New Technologies, Policy, Responsibility and Politics, Responsibility and Science, Roboethics
SMART-map project
SMART-map is a coordination and support action financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Programme. Its goal is to define and implement concrete roadmaps for the responsible development of technologies and services in three key time-changing fields: precision medicine, synthetic biology and 3D printing in biomedicine. - More
by Redazione FGB, 25 January 2017 Permalink
Read also: 30 mesi di SMART-map e SMARTmap - le immagini
Categories Bioethics, Governance, Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, biotechnology
See also: The Fungus of Design, Osmosi #4. Incontro con Maurizio Montalti (in Italian)
Categories Design, Innovation Poiesis Intensive, Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, biotechnology
Nanonica Prize 2015
Fondazione Giannino Bassetti is pleased to announce its partnership with Nanonica, a Swiss based-company created in 2006, that together with its Spanish-based subsidiary Nanonica Europe S.L. is devoted to knowledge transfer from Academia to Industry in the areas of nanotechnology and microtechnology. - More
by Redazione FGB, 26 November 2015 Permalink
Categories Nanotechnology, New Technologies
The Self At Your Wrist - 3/3
The interaction between the human body and electronics is a process that started at a distant point in time. Anyone who thinks that this is just a simple evolution due to hardware miniaturization is guilty of oversimplification. Part 3 of 3. - More
by Fabio Besti, 28 April 2015 Permalink
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Read also: Journal of Responsible Innovation review
Categories Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, anthropology, enhancement
The Self At Your Wrist - 2/3
The interaction between the human body and electronics is a process that started at a distant point in time. Anyone who thinks that this is just a simple evolution due to hardware miniaturization is guilty of oversimplification. Part 2 of 3. - More
by Fabio Besti, 27 April 2015 Permalink
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Categories Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, anthropology, enhancement
The Self At Your Wrist - 1/3
The interaction between the human body and electronics is a process that started at a distant point in time. Anyone who thinks that this is just a simple evolution due to hardware miniaturization is guilty of oversimplification. Part 1 of 3. - More
by Fabio Besti, 24 April 2015 Permalink
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Categories Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science, anthropology, enhancement
Design Will Own The Future at The Singularity University
Our distinguished delegation was honored in visiting the Singularity University. This is the temple of innovation innovation! Located in the Nasa Research center in the heart of the Silicon Valley and a stones throw from the likes of Google Headquarters, it is the perfect place to wrap up a series of events that have engaged us over the past few days. There could be no better setting to seek further dialogue and gain more understanding on the power and responsibility of innovation. - More
by Francesco Bassetti, 24 June 2013 Permalink
Categories Eventi, Innovation Poiesis Intensive, Innovation and Responsibility, New Technologies, Responsibility and Science
Towards a new model of governance to manage new technologies in organizations - Part 5. Conclusion
We argued that the risks and challenges of digitally interoperable enterprise architectures that define the environment of contemporary organisations cannot be understood solely by looking at the traditional distinction between... - More
by Redazione FGB, 29 December 2007 Permalink

Towards a new model of governance to manage new technologies in organizations - Part 4. Putting it all together
The issues briefly sketched above lead us to discuss the risk and challenges for the creation digitally interoperable enterprise architecture between the public and the private sectors along three key... - More
by Redazione FGB, 30 November 2007 Permalink

Towards a new model of governance to manage new technologies in organizations - Part 3. Federated, concentric and platform organisations
Building the internal capabilities, technical architecture, service delivery, planning and contract monitoring to achieve this ambition will require a governance framework encompassing a wide spectrum of arrangements, including the measurement... - More
by Redazione FGB, 29 October 2007 Permalink

Towards a new model of governance to manage new technologies in organizations - Part 2: New technologies in organisations: issues and perspectives
Global ICT Programmes require the intersection of information infrastructures well beyond the conventional boundaries of institutions and organisations, which are typically demarcated by the legal (or contractual) boundary of their purposes and activities. - More
by Redazione FGB, 30 September 2007 Permalink
Towards a new model of governance to manage new technologies in organizations - Part 1: Introduction
According to a recent report of the META Group Inc. (2006) , requirements for digital interoperability between the public and private sectors will drive enterprise architecture over the next years, impacting 50% of the Fortune 500 companies and extending into the global domain. - More
by Redazione FGB, 31 July 2007 Permalink
