Wednesday, March
29, 2006 (Welcome reception for early arrivals March 28, 6:30 to 7:30 PM)
The Ethical, Legal, and Societal
Implications of Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is a growth industry, ironically touted as 'the next big thing." However, nanoscale science, research, and manufacture present a complex and entirely new set of circumstances and situations never before faced by society.
Join us for the NABIS Conference, an important one day symposium featuring experts representing law, science, social science, business, medicine/healthcare, education - and ethics. Compelling issues surrounding nanotechnology will be explored in the context of currently available information.
Speakers include leading representatives from -
- Arizona State University Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes
- Center on Nanotechnology and Society
- Converging Technologies Bar Association
- Foresight Nanotechnology Institute
- International Center for Technology Assessment
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Mayo Clinic
- NanoBusiness Alliance
- Nanotechnology, Law and Business Journal
- Northwestern University
- Regis University
- University of South Carolina, International Council on Nanotechnology
- U. S. Department of Commerce
Click here to see schedule of events.