Hi all, We have now released the agenda for this workshop which is attached. If you still want to come, there is still time left to apply, although the application deadline is the 1st September. If you want to apply please see www.resiliencer.org/workshop . Kind Regards Gideon
On Friday, 15 July 2022 at 12:20:12 UTC+1 Gideon Futerman wrote: > I am writing to invite you to apply <https://www.resiliencer.org/workshop>to > the RESILIENCER Workshop on the 12th September at Utrecht University. The > RESILIENCER (Ramifications of Experimentation into SRM In Light of its > Impacts on Existential, Negative-state and Civilisational Endangering > Risks) workshop will provide a forum for a wide range of SRM scholars to > explore the impacts of SRM research and deployment on global catastrophic > risks. > > The workshop will attempt to explore a whole host of questions about how > SRM research and/or deployment could act to increase and decrease certain > extreme risks, particularly focused on heavy tailed risks which are > commonly neglected in the discussion. The aim will to be to provide an > environment for scholars who are both in favour and sceptical of research > and/or deployment to engage in knowledge generation, generating key > questions for enquiry and and attempting to challenge points of preexisting > wisdom. We hope to create an environment where researchers are encouraged > to provide unique perspectives, including blue teaming viewpoints opposed > to their own. There will also be the generation and evaluation of > scenarios, and evaluation of the applicability of certain positions on SRM > in different scenarios. > > The RESILIENCER Workshop has been established as part of the RESILIENCER > Project, so an opportunity to critique aspects of the research already done > in that project will also be discussed. This project has been funded by FTX > Future Fund, although they have no sway over the methods or the results of > the project nor workshop. > > The questions of the relation of SRM to GCRs has been heavily neglected in > the literature thus far, and so this workshop hopes to engage researchers > from across the field to get as wide a range of views as possible. Having > such a wide range is particularly important, as it helps to buttress > against the dangers of locking in or unfairly privileging certain > assumptions, viewpoints and modes of enquiry. We really hope that as many > people as possible can attend with as many viewpoints as possible. > > The workshop will hope to generate useful output which can be used in > workshop proceedings and the resulting RESILIENCER Project. There will be > opportunities for collaborative discussion and working across groups with > various expertise and ideas, as well as a hope for identification of key > points of disagreement as well. We are still in the process of formulating > the agenda, although the preliminary agenda will be sent out shortly. The > workshop will mainly be discussion based rather than presentation based. > > The workshop will be taking place on the 12th September 2022 at Utrecht > University. Unfortunately, we will have to be selective about which people > we allow to come to the workshop, as the space in the venue is limited, and > we will tell you if you have got into the workshop or not. We are looking > for a balance of expertises, viewpoints and backgrounds, so not getting a > place isn’t because you “weren’t good enough”. Even if you don’t get a > place, we would love your input either way. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/3d874bdb-2aa7-4844-8d28-196ea94edf2bn%40googlegroups.com.
RESILIENCER Workshop Agenda (5).pdf
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