SCRIPTed – A Journal of Law, Technology & Society presents Governance of New Technologies: The Transformation of Medicine, Information Technology and Intellectual Property, An International Interdisciplinary Conference, March 29-31, 2009, at the University of Edinburgh. The call for papers deadline is Dec. 1, 2008.
As part of its celebration of 5 years of success, SCRIPTed is pleased to host an international and interdisciplinary conference focusing on the governance of new and evolving technologies, and the consequences of these technologies for the law and for society more generally. Examples of such new technologies and practices which are revolutionising the way we live, learn and interact, the way we deliver healthcare and other public services, the way we conduct business, and so on include, but are not limited to, the following: genomics and stem cell applications; xeno-transplantation; synthetic life; nanotechnology; artificial intelligence; internet and digital information technologies; e-commerce and m-commerce; Web 2.0 applications and online gaming. The conference will consider developments in, and governance and social implications of, these and other new technologies and practices within the context of three primary and overlapping streams, namely (1) medicine and healthcare, (2) information and communication technology, (3) and intellectual property.* * *
This conference will be of interest to academics, educators, students, regulators, IT professionals, and other practitioners with an interested in new technologies and their relationship with and impact on society and/or the law. It will be of particular interest to post-graduate students and early career researchers as a means of networking and generating new ideas and novel approaches to the challenges thrown up by these technologies.
