From: SPT Newsletter
"Technology and Global Society" 13th Biennial International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology July 7-9, 2003 Park City, Utah Topics: - Security and Information Systems - Biotechnology, Trade and Development - Democracy, Trust and Global Institutions - The Global Village Revisited - Technology and Environment - Technology, Sport and the Olympics Movement As previously announced, the 13th meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Technology will be held July 7, 8 and 9, 2003 in Park City, Utah. The conference will feature three invited plenary speakers in addition to this yearÂ’s Presidential Address from Andrew Light. Two speakers are philosophers. Professor Bernard Rollin, who holds a joint appointment between philosophy and the veterinary college at Colorado State University will address the conference on biotechnology and the concept of nature. Dr. Rachelle Hollander of the U.S. National Science Foundation is a longtime member of SPT. She will be presenting some reflections on the history and philosophy of the primary U.S. funding program for ethics related studies of science and technology, including some discussion of how philosophical work on technology has been received by American scientists and government officials. Professor Sheila Slaughter, from the education program at the University of Arizona, will also address the conference. Professor Slaughter is the co-author (with Larry Leslie) of a recent study Academic Capitalism, as well as the author of Higher Learning and High Technology. Park City is conveniently located 35 miles east of the Salt Lake City International Airport. The conference site for the 2003 SPT meetings will be at the Lodges in Deer Valley. Free shuttle bus service from the Lodges to Park City's Old Town-with its numerous restaurants, art galleries, a brew pub and other clubs-will be available. Park City lies at an elevation of 2100 meters in the heart of Utah's Rocky Mountains. It was the venue for the Alpine competitions of ski jumping, luge, moguls, snowboarding, and Alpine skiing during the 2002 Olympics. In the summer, Park City offers an ideal environment for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and swimming. The program committee has received about 50 abstracts from around the globe on a wide variety of topics, and will be advising those who have submitted abstracts of their decision shortly. Members of the society who would still like to have abstracts considered should submit the immediately to program chair Paul Thompson (pa...@purdue.edu). In addition, we will be adding a special session for poster presentations this year. Members and students who have not submitted abstracts are especially encouraged to submit poster proposals, which may be submitted up to May 1, 2003. In addition, those who would like to comment on papers, or chair sessions are urged to pass that information along to Lee McBride (mcbri...@purdue.edu), who is assisting with conference organization. We would like to remind members that final papers for the program should not be more that 12 pages, double-spaced. Completed papers will be required by May 1, 2003 in order to provide respondents with ample time for preparing remarks. SPT Newsletter: http://www.spt.org/newsletter.html -- InterPhil List Administration: http://www.polylog.org/interphil/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://www.polylog.org/agd/cal/
