The second annual Responsible Innovation conference will be held in The \;Hague\, the Netherlands\, on 13-14 December 2012. This two-day conference will \;bring together researchers from the humanities\, social sciences and \;science/technology from around the world\, to exchange ideas for mutual \;benefit and to forge new inter-disciplinary and international research \;partnerships. The programme will include two keynote presentations - \;invited speakers to be announced - and a special policy relevance panel \;session\, \;as well as 30 contributed paper slots and 15 poster presentations drawn \;from this call for papers.
\nCall for abstracts:
\nWe invite you to submit abstracts for the Second Annual International \;Conference on Responsible Innovation organized by the Netherlands \;Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). NWO has launched an \;interdisciplinary research program that brings together researchers from \;ethics\, applied science and the social and behavior sciences in research \;projects that aim at designing solutions to urgent societal problems. \;We encourage submissions from an interdisciplinary spectrum\, including but \;not limited to philosophers\, engineers\, natural scientists\, social \;scientists\, and those involved in public or private policymaking.
You can submit short abstracts for a paper or a poster session using the \;online submission form on the conference website.
Deadline for abstract submission:
5pm on Monday\, 17th September 2012 (Amsterdam time). Abstracts will be \;blind-reviewed and applicants will be advised in writing about whether \;their offer has been accepted on 22 October 2012.
Springer publications:
Each year\, a selection of the finest papers presented at the conference \;will be published in a new Springer series entitled "Responsible \;Innovation". \;Further instructions on participation will follow in due \;course on the conference website.
Suitable topics include:
Important dates:
10 Sept 2012 &mdash\; abstract submission deadline
22 Oct \; 2012 &mdash\; authors advised of outcome
Scholarship:
We especially invite submissions from contributors from developing \;countries\, who may be eligible for a scholarship in order to cover travel \;expenses.
Background:
\nSince 2008\, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has \;funded the thematic Responsible Innovation research programme\, abbreviated \;to "MVI" from the Dutch "Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Innoveren". For \;details see the programme website: \;http://www.nwo.nl/mvi
The Responsible Innovation programme involves research into the ethical \;and societal aspects of new technologies (e.g. ICT\, nanotechnology\, \;biotechnology and brain sciences) and of changes in technological systems \;(e.g. energy\, transport\, agriculture and water). The programme's objective \;is to help ensure that technological and scientific advances become \;properly embedded in society. To this end the funded projects not only \;result in scholarly analysis and an understanding of a particular problem\, \;but subsequently also lead to a 'design perspective'.
Research within the Responsible Innovation programme is highly \;inter-disciplinary. It involves close collaboration between researchers \;in such diverse fields as ethics\, social science\, law\, economics\, applied \;science and engineering - as well as innovative\, design-oriented and \;policy-relevant. The programme has an explicitly proactive dimension. \;Right from the start\, research\, development and design incorporate \;relevant ethical and societal aspects. This allows researchers to \;make a genuine contribution to responsible innovation. \;Besides Dutch innovation projects the programme also emphatically \;involves innovation projects in other countries or parts of the world\, in \;particular in \;developing countries.
Contact: \;info@responsible-innovation.nl
\nMVI Programme committee
Professor Jeroen van den Hoven (Chair\; Delft University of Technology)
Professor Bert-Jaap Koops (Tilburg University)
Dr. Kees Linse (Board Technology Foundation STW)
Dr. Henny Romijn (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Professor Tsjalling Swierstra (Maastricht University)