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REMINDER: Conference on Technology and Social Responsibility,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christina Erickson)
Fri Feb 22 01:41:54 2002
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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 01:37:46 -0500
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From: Christina Erickson <cme77@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Chitra M Kumar <chitrak@mit.edu>
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***Please Circulate***
TECHNOLOGY IN THE NEW GLOBAL CONTEXT:
Rethinking Social Responsibility
2002 Student Pugwash Northeast Regional Conference
http://web.mit.edu/pugwash/www/conf_home.html
February 22 & 23, 2002
(Friday & Saturday)
* FREE * Open to Public *
A forum for students, professionals, and academics in the
Northeast to engage in dialogue about the effects of scientific
and technological research on humanity. Through a mix of panels,
roundtable discussions and social events the conference
is designed to cover a range of perspectives challenging
participants to formulate their own opinion on a matter, not be
indoctrinated by a particular stance.
Panel topics:
* Genetic Engineering and Food Security
* Climate Change and Sustainability
* Information, Computers, and Social Change
The conference begins at 5:00pm on Friday, February 22 with
opening remarks and a Keynote address and is followed
by a full day of panel discussions and roundtable discussions on
Saturday.
* The Keynote speech features Tiffany Shlain, one of Newsweek's
"Women Shaping the 21st Century," founder and Director of The
Webby Awards, Internet expert for ABC's Good Morning America,
and award winning filmmaker.
* The Uses of Haiti: A Discussion with Paul Farmer & Noam
Chomsky -- Why does the US government have sanctions in place
against the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere?
* Featured speaker: Philip Morrison, MIT Professor of Physics,
Emeritus who began a career promoting nuclear disarmament after
working on the Manhattan Project.
For a complete list of confirmed speakers, see
http://web.mit.edu/pugwash/www/conf_agenda.html
RSVP to suarez@bu.edu--Walk-ins or partial attendance welcomed.
Sponsored by: MIT Student Pugwash; Boston University Student
Pugwash; Student Pugwash USA; The Technology and Culture Forum
at MIT; Department of Urban Studies and Planning; MIT Offices of
the President, Provost, and Chancellor; MIT Department of
Science, Technology, and Society; Sloan Socially Responsible
Business Club; MIT-SAVE; MIT Western Hemisphere Project; MIT
Department of History; MIT Department of Anthropology, MIT Public Service
Center; and MIT Graduate Student Council.
