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Dr. Otavio Bueno speaks on the visual perception of nanoscale phenomena
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"There needs to be a balance between exploiting nano- technology for economic benefits and sufficiently monitoring the social impact." |
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2007 Workshop: Nanotechnology and Society: The Organization and Policy of Innovation
May 17, 2007, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Registration |
| 8:30 - 8:45 |
Jane Fountain |
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Paul Kostecki, Vice Provost for Research at UMass Amherst |
| 9:00 - 10:30 |
Technology Innovation and Dispute Resolution
- Howard Gadlin, Ombudsman, National Institutes of Health Office of the Ombudsman, Center for Cooperative Resolution: Re-thinking scientific teams: competition, conflict and collaboration [Bio & Abstract]
- Jay P. Kesan, Professor and Director, Program in Intellectual Property & Technology Law, University of Illinois College of Law: Nanotechnology Innovation--Two Aspects [Bio & Abstract]
- Moderator: Ethan Katsh, Director of the Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution at UMass Amherst
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| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Break
- Podcast - Nanotechnology: Wave of the Future?
Be sure to listen to a podcast produced by the Advanced Issues in Information Technology class (Communication 497T) at UMass Amherst during the break.
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| 10:45 - 12:15 |
Forming Public Opinion and Informing Public Policy on Emergent Technologies: the Role of the Media
- Geoff Cooper, University of Surrey Department of Sociology (UK): Investment and interpretation: nanotechnology, financial journalism and practical epistemology [Bio & Abstract]
- Susanna Hornig Priest, Director of Research, University of South Carolina: Predicting the Future: How Ordinary People Make Sense of Emerging Nanotechnologies [Bio & Abstract]
- Moderator: Jarice Hanson, Professor of Communication, UMass Amherst
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Visual Perception of Nanoscale Phenomena
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Organization and Economics of the Nanotechnology Research and Development Enterprise
- John Armstrong, Vice President, UMass Amherst Foundation, UMass Amherst;
Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing External Advisory Board, former Vice President for science and technology and IBM Director of research: Nanotechnology, development and public policy [Bio & Abstract]
- Daniel Lee Kleinman, Professor, University of Wisconsin, Department of Rural Sociology: The Culture of the American University in the Age of Neoliberalism. [Bio & Abstract]
- David Rejeski, Director of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies and the Foresight and Governance Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Why Managing Research is Not Managing Science. [Bio & Abstract]
- Moderator: Jane Fountain, Director, Science, Technology and Society Initiative, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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