The Fourth Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy and Ethics will be held at the Mission Palms in Tempe, AZ, on May 24-26, 2016.
The conference will consist of plenary and session presentations and discussions on regulatory, governance, legal, policy, social and ethical aspects of emerging technologies, including (but not limited to) nanotechnology, synthetic biology, gene editing, biotechnology, genomics, personalized medicine, stem cell and regenerative medicine, digital currencies, human enhancement technologies, telecommunications, information technologies, surveillance technologies, big data, internet of things, geoengineering, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and robotics. The conference is premised on the belief that there is much to be learned and shared from and across the governance experience and proposals for these various emerging technologies.
Call for abstracts: The co-sponsors invite submission of abstracts for proposed presentations. Submitters of abstracts need not provide a written paper, although provision will be made for posting and possible post-conference publication of papers for those presenters interested in such options. Although abstracts are invited for any aspect or topic relating to the governance of emerging technologies, some particular themes that will be emphasized at this year’s conference include existential or catastrophic risks, governance implications of algorithms, resilience and emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, military technologies, and gene editing.
Please submit your abstract here: https://forms.law.asu.edu/abstracts2016
Abstracts should not exceed 500 words. Abstracts must be submitted by January 31, 2016 to be considered. Decisions on abstracts will be made by the program committee and communicated by February 29. The sponsors will pay for the conference registration (including all conference meals) for one presenter for each accepted abstract. In addition, we will have limited funds available for travel subsidies in whole or in part. After completing your abstract online, you will be asked if you wish to apply for a travel subsidy.
For more information, visit our website: http://conferences.asucollegeoflaw.com/get2016/