Santa Clara University's 2025 Austin J. Fagothey Conference, "Meeting at the Confluence of Environmental Ethics & Technology"

Santa Clara University's Department of Philosophy's presents its annual Fagothey Conference, to be held on Friday, February 28th, 2025. The Fagothey Conference, though firmly philosophical, is geared toward an interdisciplinary audience and draws participation from faculty and students across Departments at SCU. The 2025 Fagothey Conference will be centered at the intersection of environmental philosophy, more-than-human (e.g., animal, plant, and fungi) ethics, and the philosophy of technology (“Meeting at the Confluence of Environmental Ethics & Technology”).

Speakers and topics include:

- Jeff Sebo (NYU): AI, plant, and animal minds 
- Meica Magnani (Northeastern): peak bagging & gamification
- Yasha Rohwer (Oregon Tech): gene-editing, restoration, and conservation 
- Anncy Thresher (Northeastern) : space ethics (including space junk & our cosmic commons)
- Brian Burkhart (The University of Oklahoma): indigenous approaches to emerging environmental technologies