Blockchain in Smart Contracts, Real Estate, and Supply Chain
LSI is continuing our 2019 Blockchain Speaker Series this Wednesday (2/20)! The speaker series hones in on promising and controversial applications for blockchain technology. Energy policy, healthcare, smart contracts, and your very identity are set to be revolutionized by this technology. This upcoming session will focus on blockchain applications in Smart Contracts, Real Estate, and Supply Chains. The event […]
Symposium Issues: Energy, Water, Food, and Climate Change
Policy and governance issues in energy, water, and food can all be deeply complex individually. In the age of climate change, these areas are not separate. Instead they sit at a nexus. Actions in one inevitably result in trade offs elsewhere. However, the law and governing agencies tend to be siloed, separated by jurisdictional boundaries. […]
Marchant on the First Study of Genetics-related Lawsuits
Faculty Director Gary Marchant recently spoke to GenomeWeb about the first empirical study of genetics-related lawsuits, or “genomic malpractice.” The study, conducted by Marchant and Rachel Lindor–a physician and researcher at the Mayo Clinic, was published in the Food and Drug Law Journal earlier this year. That paper is available here: Genomic Malpractice: An Emerging Tide or Gentle Ripple? Precision […]
Phoenix’s Tech Future at the Smart Region Summit
ASU’s Smart Region Summit packed the house at the Beus Center for Law and Society on November 15. The Summit attracted speakers and attendees from state and local government representatives, several leading tech companies, and leading academics to discuss making the Phoenix region a national leader in smart technologies for transportation, communication, power, and sustainability. […]
Call for Abstracts: Seventh Annual GETS Conference
The Seventh Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science (GETS) will be held at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law on May 22-24, 2019. The conference is premised on the belief that there is much to be learned and shared from and across the governance experience for various emerging technologies. The conference will consist of […]
Marchant Speaks in Shanghai on Neurotech Innovation
Faculty Director Gary Marchant attended an OECD workshop on neurotechnology in Shanghai, China on September 6-7. The workshop, titled “Minding Neurotechnology: delivering responsible innovation for health and well-being“, was convened in collaboration with the China National Center for Biotechnology Development. The workshop provided a forum for exploring legal and ethical challenges raised by the advancement of brain science and […]
CLSI Joins the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium
The Center for Law, Science & Innovation (CLSI) at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University is excited to announce that we will be joining the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium along with more than 75 organizations, universities, law firms, and businesses. CLSI will work with the consortium on developing standards and governance […]
GETS Keynote Speaker Erica Kochi on AI and Human Rights
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/469022112″ params=”color=#ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”300″ iframe=”true” /] Erica Kochi, co-founder of UNICEF Innovation, was a keynote speaker at the Sixth Annual Governance of Emerging Technology & Science Conference. While at the conference she sat down with Faculty Fellow Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross for an engaging episode of the Future Out Loud podcast. The episode covers a wide range of topics, including: Is […]
GETS Speakers Featured in Jurimetrics Symposium Issue
The latest Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology is a symposium issue featuring LSI’s Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science Conference and including papers by three past presenters. Karinne Ludlow – The Policy and Regulatory Context of U.S., U.K., and Australian Responses to Mitochondrial Donation Governance. Ludlow analyses the responses of three national governments to the development of […]
Future Out Loud feat. GETS Speaker Gillian K. Hadfield
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/456904956″ params=”color=#ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”300″ iframe=”true” /] The latest episode of Future Out Loud, co-hosted by Faculty Fellow Andrew Maynard and Heather Ross, features author and professor Gillian K. Hadfield discussing how to govern emerging technologies. Hadfield, professor of law at USC’s Gould School of Law, sat down with Maynard and Ross at the LSI’s Sixth Annual Governance of Emerging Technologies […]