Appendix B
Program
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND ETHICAL ISSUES
Tuesday, October 14
Emerging Technologies
Moderator: Deborah G. Johnson, Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics, University of Virginia
9:00 a.m. |
Keynote Address Wm. A. Wulf, President National Academy of Engineering |
9:30 a.m. |
The Ethical Dimensions of Earth Systems Engineering and Management Braden R. Allenby, Environment, Health, and Safety Vice President AT&T |
10:00 a.m. |
Nano-Ethics: Framing the Issues George Khushf, Humanities Director of the Center for Bioethics, and Associate Professor of Philosophy University of South Carolina |
10:30 a.m. |
Break |
10:45 a.m. |
Neurotechnology and Brain-Computer Interfaces: Ethical and Social Implications Paul Root Wolpe, Senior Fellow, Center for Bioethics University of Pennsylvania |
11:15 a.m. |
E3: Energy, Engineers, and Ethics John F. Ahearne, Director, Ethics Program Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society |
12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
State of the Art in Engineering Ethics
Moderator: Stephanie J. Bird, Editor, Science and Engineering Ethics
1:00 p.m. |
Ethical Methodology for Case Studies in Engineering Ethics Charles E. (Ed) Harris, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy Texas A&M University |
1:30 p.m. |
Creativity and Responsibility in Engineering Caroline Whitbeck, Elmer G. Beamer-Hubert H. Schneider Professor in Ethics, Department of Philosophy, and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Case Western Reserve University |
2:00 p.m. |
Microethics, Macroethics, and Professional Engineering Societies Joseph R. Herkert, Associate Professor of Multidisciplinary Studies North Carolina State University |
Ethics Challenges
2:45 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions on Ethics and Emerging Small- and Large-Scale Technologies |
4:30 p.m. |
Film Incident at Morales Developed and produced by the National Institute for Engineering Ethics |
5:20 p.m. |
Reception |
6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
Wednesday, October 15
9:00 a.m. |
Reports from Breakout Groups |
Ethics in Engineering Education
Moderator: John F. Ahearne, Director, Ethics Program Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
10:00 a.m. |
Ethics across the Curriculum Vivian Weil, Director, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, and Professor of Ethics Illinois Institute of Technology |
10:30 a.m. |
Integrating Ethics Education at All Levels Stephanie J. Bird, Editor Science and Engineering Ethics |
11:00 a.m. |
Facilitated Discussion: Where Do We Go from Here? Led by John F. Ahearne, Stephanie J. Bird, Deborah G. Johnson, and Wm. A. Wulf |
12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |