Outreach/Events
Outreach
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The
outreach component of PoET is designed to improve the
capacity of society to respond to the implications of
emerging technologies. The active participation of government,
business, and NGOs is an integral feature of this project,
serving to check academic blindness, to enrich graduate
education, and to engage the world beyond the academy.
Senior staff from the Departments
of State and Defense,
the EPA,
the UN
Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Goldman
Sachs, Ford
Motor Company, AFL-CIO,
and Environmental
Defense, as well as working journalists, have expressed
interest in participating in panels and research groups.
Analytic methods and substantive findings will also be
distributed through graduate students placements, academic
publication and conferencing, and MIT Congressional Staff
Seminars on science and technology issues.
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PoET
PI, Kenneth Oye and PoET student, Jon Lindsay
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Upcoming
Events (click
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Internal
Events
Past
Events
June
25, 2007
View presentation (.ppt format)
"DNA Synthesis, Synthetic Biology, and Biosecurity"
by Scott Mohr
View
script (.pdf format) "SB 3.0 Biosecurity Presentation"
by Gautam Mukunda and Scott C. Mohr
April
26, 2007
Northeast Branch of the American Society for Microbiology monthly
meeting
View
presentation (.ppt format, 4.4 mb) "Synthetic Biology:
Boon or Bane?" by Scott C. Mohr, Boston University Department
of Chemistry & Bioinformatics Program
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February
1, 2007
Protocols and Standards for Emerging Technologies:
Issues in Synthetic Biology and the Future Internet
Location:
Bartos Theater (Wiesner Building, E15)
Time: 10:15 am – 12:45 pm
Details: Click here for more
details.
Contact: Annie Abbondante
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April
27-28, 2006
New Approaches to Research on the Social Implications of Emerging
Technologies
Co-sponsored by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University
of Oxford, with the support of the Cambridge-MIT Institute
Workshop
designed to bring together a group of engineers, computer scientists
and social researchers (including representative PoET faculty
and IGERT students) to discuss alternative approaches to bridging
research traditions on technology and society. The workshop
will seek to help:
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forward multi-disciplinary research on the social implications
of emerging technology;
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enable new collaborative possibilities, across disciplines
and institutions;
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encourage more empirical research of emerging technologies;
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generate new approaches or perspectives on the study of emerging
technologies; and
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develop more international awareness and collaboration, particularly
between Europe and North America.
Contact:
Heidi Knuff
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November
2, 2005
Annual Fall Panel Retreat
Location:
Council Room, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Norton's
Woods Conference Center, Cambridge
Time: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Details: Click here for more
details including Agenda,
Recommended Reading,
and Questions
Contact: Heidi Knuff
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April
11, 2005
Fifth Annual Symposium of the Program on Emerging Technolgies
and Technology and Policy Program
A Full-day Workshop at MIT
Emerging Technologies: Technology Assessment in High-Stakes
Settings
Location:
MIT Faculty Club, 6th Floor, MIT Building E52
Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Details: Click here for
more details
Contact: Heidi Knuff
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Proceedings (.pdf format, 2.8 mb)
2005
Symposium Speakers
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October
1, 2004
First Workshop of the Multidisciplinary Panel on Ubiquitous
Computing
A Full-day Retreat at the Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge
Contact: Heidi Knuff
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Agenda (.pdf format, 69 KB)
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April
12, 2004
Fouth Annual Symposium of the Technology and Policy Program
A Full-day Workshop at MIT
Emerging Technologies: Recognizing Uncertainty and Assessing
Implications
Location:
MIT Faculty Club, 6th Floor, MIT Building E52
Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Details: Click
here for more details
Contact: Heidi Knuff
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Proceedings (.pdf format, 1.4 mb)
