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A Report from the S.NET Conference in Boston

The 5th S.NET annual meeting took place in Boston between 27th and 29th October, and I was present on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation. S.NET is the Society for the Study of Nanoscience and emerging technologies, and this year’s conference was hosted by Northeastern University in Boston. The conference theme was ‘Innovation, Responsibility and Sustainable ... A Report from the S.NET Conference in Boston

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S.NET Annual Meeting: Innovation, Responsibility and Sustainable Development

The Nanotechnology and Society Research Group at Northeastern University have put a draft program online for their S.NET annual meeting. This year’s meeting will be held at the Northeastern University School of Law between the 27th and 30th of October. The theme for this year is Innovation, Responsibility and Sustainable Development, and many of the ... S.NET Annual Meeting: Innovation, Responsibility and Sustainable Development

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Notes from the Responsible Innovation Conference

The Responsible Innovation conference, held in Den Haag April 18-19, 2011, was a milestone in discussions of responsible innovation. It brought together — and to some extent created — a growing community of innovators and policymakers sharing a set of concerns across a wide variety of disciplines. The conference was actually the outcome of several ... Notes from the Responsible Innovation Conference

The Rightful Place Of Science Conference

Between the 16th and 19th of May 2010 the Consortium For Science Policy and Outcomes will hold their 2010 conference at Mission Palms HotelinTempe, Arizona, USA. The conference is entitled “The Rightful Place of Science?” and its stated aim is to ”address the challenges facing a society that is at once utterly dependent on science ... The Rightful Place Of Science Conference

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Practicing Responsibility

Nell’imminenza della deadline (prorogata al 22 marzo) per proporre comunicazioni scientifiche, segnalo il seguente call for papers su "politica, policies e governance della scienza", co-organizzato dalla Fondazione Bassetti, nell’ambito della conferenza EASST_010 (European Association for the Study of Science and Technology) che si terrà a Trento il 2-4 settembre in collaborazione con STS Italia. Si ... Practicing Responsibility

A Conference on Greener nanotechnology

The SNNI’s (safer nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing initiative) 4th annual conference takes place at the Invitrogen Corporation, Eugene, Oregon, USA on March 2-3, 2009, and for anyone interested the deadline for the call for abstracts for the poster sessions at the conference is on Friday 16th January. Abstract topics must be in one or more of ... A Conference on Greener nanotechnology

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