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Trust in expert knowledge in medicine and Technoscience. A meeting with Silvia Camporesi

Thoughts on Bioethics, public communication and participation. Index: report, video, slides, paper, photos. From health to technoscience, and from medicine to politics: trust in expert knowledge is progressively falling. This is a global phenomena, sitting intertwined within a complex relational system whose themes are public communication and participation, individual and collective narratives and power. But ... Trust in expert knowledge in medicine and Technoscience. A meeting with Silvia Camporesi

Redazione FGB

30/03
2017 3mn
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Looking Back on 2016

2016 was a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation (FGB), involving our participation in projects and conferences and events across the world. In this editorial we cast a light upon some of the year’s major events. Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World January saw FGB participate in the Go4 Joint Final ... Looking Back on 2016

Redazione FGB

17/01
2017 9mn
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2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

As regular readers will know, the mission of the Bassetti foundation involves promoting and participating in debates surrounding the development of responsible forms of innovation. Each year the foundation forms partnerships and promotes events with governance institutions, universities, private companies, NGO’s and foundations and international research groups. In this short review we cast our lens ... 2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

Redazione FGB

25/01
2016 10mn
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Looking Back on 2013

As we wish our readers season’s greetings and best wishes for the coming year, we reflect upon what has been an eventful and fulfilling year for the Bassetti Foundation and our collaborators. 2013 saw an appreciable expansion in international affairs for the Foundation, and the launch of several long term global projects. Without doubt the ... Looking Back on 2013

Redazione FGB

08/01
2014 5mn
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Responsible Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Special Eurobarometer

November saw the publication of the European Commission’s Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), Science and Technology Special Eurobarometer. A summary is free to download here. The summary follows on from that of 2010, in addressing European citizens’ general attitudes towards science and technology, and aims to inform the Commission regarding delivery of the Europe 2020 ... Responsible Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Special Eurobarometer

Redazione FGB

17/12
2013 6mn
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World Economic Forum Global Information Technology Report

The World Economic Forum recently released its Global Information Technology Report 2013. The report has a Network Readiness Index that aims to measure how prepared countries are to adopt and make the most of new technology. Factors such as investment in broadband and other telecommunications fields obviously enter, but so does the quality of the ... World Economic Forum Global Information Technology Report

Redazione FGB

19/07
2013 2mn
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San Franciso, Innovating With Beauty: il progetto di un nuovo Rinascimento

22 giugno 2013, San Francisco Symposium. Cannery, a due passi dai moli, un paio di piani sopra la mostra della Triennale The New Italian Design. Sala piena di almeno 200 persone: studenti, ricercatori, imprenditori e appassionati dell’Italia accoglie una vivace discussione, introdotta da Dale Dougherty e guidata da Piero Bassetti, Chris Anderson e Stefano Micelli, ... San Franciso, Innovating With Beauty: il progetto di un nuovo Rinascimento

Giovanni Lanzone

09/07
2013 5mn
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Public Consultation on Internet of Things (IOT) Governance

Recently the European Commission released its Report on the Public Consultation on IOT Governance. IOT is the Internet of Things, and it refers to “a long term technology and market development based on the connection of everyday objects to the Internet“. The authors argue that “IOT has the potential to considerably improve the life of ... Public Consultation on Internet of Things (IOT) Governance

Redazione FGB

23/05
2013 3mn
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Strengthening Responsible Research and Innovation

Last month the EU Directorate-General for Research and Innovation published a report entitled “Options for Strengthening Responsible Research and Innovation: Report of the Expert Group on the State of Art in Europe on Responsible Research and Innovation”. The report is meant to set out and discuss 4 possible policy option developments regarding the EU position ... Strengthening Responsible Research and Innovation

Redazione FGB

05/03
2013 2mn
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Global Risk 2012, World Economic Forum Report

Recently the World Economic Forum released its Global Risk 2012 report, the seventh in an annual series of such reports and an initiative of their Risk Response Network. In this article I would like to outline their findings and conclusions. The report opens with a series of graphs that represent how global risk is perceived ... Global Risk 2012, World Economic Forum Report

Redazione FGB

07/01
2013 4mn
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2012, a Review of the Year

2012 was a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation. In this post we take a look back at some of the major events. December saw the release of the latest publication in the Bassetti Foundation Books series. A Handbook for responsible innovation is a collection of articles published by Jonathan Hankins over the last 3 ... 2012, a Review of the Year

Redazione FGB

24/12
2012 4mn
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Fukushima Report Released

Last year as the Fukushima disaster was unfolding I wrote an article entitled Reports of a Fukushima Cover Up Abound, and I would like to follow up on this article by taking a look at The Official Report of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Committee. The report comes at a rather difficult and controversial ... Fukushima Report Released

Jonathan Hankins

13/07
2012 3mn
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