http://andymiah.wordpress.com ethics | technology | culture Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:38:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.icists.org Venue KAIST Daejeon Campus Description ICISTS-KAIST, one of the largest and most prestigious International Conference in Asia, would like to once again welcome you this summer. ICISTS-KAIST holds three workshops bound under our main theme of integration of science and technology into society. The delegates in each workshop will ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/korean-advanced-institute-for-science-and-technology/ Social Media: Uses and Abuses Provisional Outline for the Day: Room: David Wilson Library, First floor, Seminar Room 1 PROGRAMME 10.00am    Session on Twitter (for those who want to set up on their laptop phone) – Jennifer Jones & Jake Fudge 10.30am     Registration opens (Tea and Coffee) 10.50am    Housekeeping, explanation of one-tweet initiative and details ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/social-media-uses-and-abuses-2009-june-26-leicester/ 4th UK Postgraduate Bioethics Conference Belfast, 2009 June 23-24. Can we owe ourselves a duty to die? Sinead O’Brien, Manchester University whether right to life do we have a right to die as and when we see fit? Deal with adult human beings Capable of valuing own life Intrinsic value Owing duty to ourselves Kant – duties – in every moral ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/4th-uk-postgraduate-bioethics-conference-2009-june-23-belfast/ London 2012 Creative & Digital Industries Manchester, 2009.06.19 Paul Newman Media City 5 BBC depts., 1600 jobs BBC Five Live BBC Childrens BBC Sport Local radio, comedy, some news and current affairs Peter Salmon, BBC North -    chief commissioner of Media City Anne Thompson NWDA, Sector Leader Sport Scale of Olympics ME: numbers of media are inaccurate. These are the IOC and Organizing Committee ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/london-2012-creative-digital-industries-2009-june-19-manchester/ Human Enhancement European Parliament Martinjntje Smits, Ratheneau What is new about human enhancement Laissez faire Pro-enhancement Case by case Restrictive Total ban Human Enhancement: A Reasoned Restrictive or (Cautionary Permissive?) Approach Roberto Mordacci HE under the idea of Public Reason -    HE: poltical not metaphysical -    Improving t human condition not -    Equality, freedom and integrity of individuals as public goods -    Framework for justice ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/human-enhancement-2009-feb-02-european-parliament-brussels/ Northern Voice Vancouver,  2009, Feb 21 On Buried Hatchets and Better Tomorrows Nora Young, Spark What mainstream media can learn from social media Transparency – we’ve learned not to be protective – Show parts of invus not normally broadcast Using twitter - info medium, but sometimes use to develop story ideas. Change of culture of the book – linear, ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/northern-voice-2008-feb-21-vancouver/ American Enterprise Institute 18.12.2008 Gene Doping, Doping & the Future of Sport Introduction Jon Entine Travis Tygart Doping creates atmosphere of coercion Athletes don’t want it Public harmed by fraudulent activity Teenage pregnancy less for girls who play sports Ethical crisis Josephson institute of ethic – 24% admit have cheated on a test in school 30% have stolen from a store. ME: who ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/gene-doping-doping-the-future-of-sport-2008-dec-18-american-enterprise-institute-washinton-dc/ Questions of Sport Edinburgh Law School 07 Nov, 2008 Sporting Brands & Reputations 13.30        Introduction Abbe Brown SCRIPT, University of Edinburgh 13:35        The Olympics & the Brand Farisha Constable, Brand Protection Manager, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games & Paralympic Games, Sponsor protection / ambush marketing  - Linford Christie contact lenses / Unofficial merchandise – bicycle ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/questions-of-sport-edinbugh-law-school-2008-nov-07/ Human Futures symposium An Ethics of the Unknown Russell Blackford, History of the concept of the future Current anxieties – corporations, environment Emerging notions of the future – relationship to technology Technology changing us – our capacities Technology that mediates evolution -    does it? Can it? The uncertainty part is about this mediation What is ethics? -    politics and ethics of ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/human-futures-symposium-2008-oct-fact-liverpool/ Gene Doping Conference Florence, Italy 2008.10.25 15:30            Welcome Maria Luisa Giovannucci Uzielli MODERATORS: Angela Schneider and Mauro Giacca Arne Ljungqvist 1989 following Seoul 1988 Florence was first anti-doping conference in 1988 HM&R committee -    list: 11 -    lab: 8 -    tue: 6 -    gene: 5 Gene Doping Panel -    Ted -    Odile Cohen-Haguenauer, France -    Lee -    Doug Wallace, California -    Kurt Zinn, Alabama $7m annual budget (1999) ME: Today? Torino 2006 ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/gene-doping-conference-2008-oct-florence/ 2012 Northwest Video montage for ECOC achievements Introduction Alan Jackson BBC Radio Merseyside Liverpool 2008 Welcome Peter Mearns NWDA Spider / Ringo / Big things happen here / 2002 Commonwealth – North West Business Club – £22m contracts at 2002 / London 2012 Business Network – first legacy project for 2012 – all businesses must register or will not ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/london-2012-northwest-2008-oct-15/ Arts & technology: The role of the arts in democratic policy making Tuesday 14th October 2008 1400     Welcome & introductory remarks 1410    Art in an age of uncertainty Dr. Andy Miah Reader in New Media & Bioethics at the University of the West of Scotland 1435    Begotten not made Mr Paul Meade Director and joint artistic director of ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/the-role-of-the-arts-in-democratic-policy-making-2008-oct-15-biocentre-london/ LESS REMOTE Blog entry Q: have you thought that aliens might be machines? A: we do take that seriously. I’m not too sure where to begin with this one. Let’s start where I am now - observing a highlight lecture on the Dynamics of Climate Change delivered at the International Astronautical Congress. It takes ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/less-remote-2008-september-glasgow-international-astronautical-congress/ Leeds Met Uni Cultural Olympiad seminar The 2008-2012 Cultural Olympiad: A Round Table Discussion What is the 2008-2012 Cultural Olympiad, and what is its relevance to Yorkshire and other English regions? The panellists will consider what can be learnt from previous Cultural Olympiads, as well as issues of evaluation, links between the arts and ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/the-olympics-politics-and-protest-2008-july-16-leeds-metropolitan-university/ Digital Economy 4 July, 2008. BMA House Paul Luff Gordon Brown £100m into digital economy Digital eceonomy Energy Nanoscience Essential platform Securing he fuure £46m (2008-9) standard – large (£10m) types of projects -    phd studentships (10-20 at a time; each one is 100 students – 400 total) fund large centres (2-6 of them), around £20m each, possibly multi-institutional -    call in mid-july identify funamental areas ... http://andymiah.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/digital-economy-2008-july-4-bma-house-london/