Responsible Innovation: Values and Valorisation

We invite you to submit abstracts for the Third 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 behavioral sciences in research projects that consider the ethical and social aspects of new technology from the design phase onwards.

Research in the field of Responsible Innovation is typically geared towards solutions to the grand and societal challenges as they figure in the Millennium Goals and the EU Horizon2020 program. Contributions are expected to clarify how the research presented is oriented towards such solutions, by means of offering guidance in thinking about the moral justification of technical, economic or institutional aspects of innovations. 

We encourage submissions from an interdisciplinary spectrum, including but not limited to philosophy, engineering, applied science, social science, economics and those involved in public or private sector policymaking. You may submit abstracts for a paper or a poster session using the online submission tool on the conference website.

A selection of papers will be published in the third volume of the Conference Series (Springer).

To offer a paper or poster for one of the sessions, please submit an extended abstract (circa 1,000 words) using the online submission tool (your abstract should indicate whether you intend to present a paper or a poster).

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

5pm on Monday, 31 March 2014 (Amsterdam time).

Abstracts will be blind-reviewed and applicants will be notified about acceptance of their contribution on Tuesday, 22 April 2014.

SUITABLE TOPICS INCLUDE (but are not limited to)

·       Medical technology and biomedical research

·       e-Health

·       Virtual and Augmented Reality

·       Surveillance

·       Renewables

·       Neurotechnology

·       Military technology and cyberwarfare

·       Human enhancement

·       Big Data

·       Smart transport

·       Sustainable food and water

·       Smart grids and biofuels

·       Biodiversity and animal production

·       Law, ethics, and development

·       The Internet of Things

SCHOLARSHIP

We especially invite submissions from contributors from developing countries, who may be eligible for a scholarship in order to cover (part of their) travel expenses. In that case, please send a separate e-mail to Jasper Roodenburg ([email protected]) with the subject line “Submission Scholarship MVI Conference 2014”. The e-mail should contain an indication of the expected travel and accommodation costs and state the contributor’s country of origin. Contributors from developing countries will be notified about the outcome on 22 April 2014.

SUBMISSION

Contributions will have to submitted using the online submission tool. Note that you will first have to create an account, which will be used as well for the further review process. The tool for submission can be accessed through the following link: http://www.responsible-innovation.nl/conference/conftool2014/