CHALLENGES FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IN THE 21st CENTURY
Stefan Goessling
FOR GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY (INES)
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= First Announcement
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= INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
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= CHALLENGES FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IN THE 21st CENTURY
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= Stockholm, Sweden, 14-18 June, 2000
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Are you concerned about global development at a time of increasing
demand on natural resources and decreasing attention paid to human
values? Are you looking for orientation on the future path of science
and engineering? Do you wonder how you, as a professional, might
contribute to a viable future in this respect? Some of the answers
to these questions will emerge from the INES 2000 Conference, an NGO
event in Stockholm in June 2000.
This is an invitation to sign up for more information.
You are welcome to visit our web page
There, you can join our mailing list to receive continuous updates
- with the latest news and our conference newsletter. And you can
send an e-mail message to the Conference Office,
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BY WHOM - FOR WHOM?
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The conference is organized by
INES, the International Network of Engineers and Scientists
for Global Responsibility, in cooperation with
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and
The Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research (FRN).
The conference is supported by:
The European Physical Society;
The International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional
and Technical Employees (FIET);
Swedish Scientists and Engineers Against Nuclear Arms (SEANA);
The Swedish Pugwash Group.
It is intended for participants from all over the world who are
professionals or students or otherwise active in society concerned
with sustainable development and a responsible use of science and
technology.
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THEME AREAS FOCUSING ON IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR SUSTAINABILITY
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The conference will consist of several plenary lectures and
workshops addressing 4 theme areas:
A. Developing the culture of science and engineering;
B. Science and engineering for a finite world;
C. Humanizing economy in a global context;
D. Steps towards comprehensive security and lasting peace.
In the plenary program and in the workshops, special attention
will be paid to youth and gender issues. There will be a special
focus on the development of science in developing countries.
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WHY THIS KIND OF CONFERENCE NOW?
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The year 2000 offers a unique opportunity to highlight and discuss
the role of science and engineering in our societies as well as the
changes of direction that many of us see as necessary for a peaceful
and sustainable future.
The modern 'scientific project', set in motion 400 years ago, has
resulted in a world where technology is a prime driving force - for
good and for bad. The future tasks and directions of science and
engineering in different societies is the central topic for the
conference. Special attention is paid to the ethical dimension of
professionalism in these areas.
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PRE-CONFERENCES ON ADDITIONAL TOPICS
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Before the main conference, a number of one-day pre-conferences
will be held on the following subjects:
1. Science and technology in the states in transition;
2. Science and technology in less developed states;
3. Future Science and Technology according to the younger generation;
4. Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones in Europe.
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LOCALIZED AROUND THE KTH CAMPUS IN STOCKHOLM
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The Conference will be held on the premises of the Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH), Stockholm. Part of the program will be held on
the grounds of the Royal Academy of Sciences, north of Stockholm.
See INTERNET:
http://www.kth.se/index-eng.htm
http://www.kva.se
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WIDER SCOPE
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The conference will promote a wider dialogue between different actors
in science and engineering: individuals, institutions, professional
societies, industrial companies, governments, international
associations, concerned non-governmental organizations.
It will follow up on results of the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference
in May 1999, the UNESCO World Science Conference in Budapest in June,
and the 2nd Interdisciplinary Conference on the Evolution of World
Order (WOC) in Toronto, also in June 1999.
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= THE CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
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= INES 2000 Conference Secretariat
= Gutenbergstr. 31
= 44139 Dortmund, Germany
= Tel: +49 231 575218
= Fax: +49 231 575210
= E-mail: INES...@t-online.de
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
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Advisory Board:
Prof. Ana Maria Cetto (MＹico), UNESCO Consultant;
Prof. Ricardo Diez Hochleitner (Spain), President of the Club of Rome;
Prof. Giacomo Elias (Italy), President of ISO;
Prof. George Galbraith (England), Nobel Price Economics;
Dr. Mats-Olov Hedblom (Sweden), Environmental Manager, Ericsson;
Prof. V.V. Krishna (India); School of Social Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University;
Prof. Ervin Laszlo (Italy), President of the Club of Budapest;
Prof. Jan Nilsson (Sweden), President Swedish Academy of Sciences;
Prof. Joseph Rotblat (England), Peace Nobel Price 1995;
Dra. Hebe Vessuri (Venezuela); IVIC, Department of Social Studies
of Science.
Organizing Committee:
Lars RydＯ, (INES, Sweden), chair;
Hartwig Spitzer (INES, Germany), vice-chair;
Stefan Bj排nson (SEANA, Sweden), secretary;
Armin Tenner (INES, Netherlands), auditor;
Per-Eric Boivie (FIET, Sweden);
Bengt Gustafsson (KVA, Sweden);
Bo KjellＯ (Pugwash, Sweden);
Bengt L排stad (EPS, Sweden);
Ulrike Otto (INES, Germany);
Christer Sanne (KTH, Sweden).
Program Committee:
Stefan Bj排nson (Sweden);
Per-Erik Boivie (Sweden);
Prof. Claudia von Braunm”l (Germany);
Prof. Ogunlade Davidson (Sierra Leone);
Dr. Esmat Ezz (Egypt);
Prof. Sylvie Faucheux (France);
Prof. Bengt Gustafsson (Sweden);
Dr. Alla Jaroshinskaja (Russia);
Dr. David Krieger (USA);
Dr. Guillermo Lemarchand (Argentina);
Prof. Pentti Malaska (Finland);
Prof. Carlos Mallmann (Argentina);
Prof. Luis Masperi (Argentina);
Prof. Jiri Matousek (Czech Republic);
Dr. Marc Ollivier (France);
Dr. John Peet (New Zealand);
Prof. Valerij Petrosyan (Russia);
Prof. Lars Ryden (Sweden);
Dr. Christer Sanne (Sweden);
Prof. Philip Smith (Netherlands);
Joachim Spangenberg (Germany);
Prof. Hartwig Spitzer (Germany);
Sandra Striewski (Germany);
Prof. Armin Tenner (Netherlands);
Prof. Gunnar Tibell (Sweden);
Prof. Diana Uerge-Vorsatz (Hungary).
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
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INES 2000 PLENARY LECTURES
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1. Great shifts in scientific thinking and human development
in the last four hundred years: Evolution and impacts of western science
2. What kind of science and technology for 8 billion people?
3. Confronting and transforming the international economic and
financial system: a task for global governance
4. Dynamics of evolution and the role of humans
5. Perspective for the economic sciences
6. Perspective for the physical sciences:
Working with complexity and emergence
7. Gender perspective of science and engineering
8. Women in science and technology
9. Panel discussion on future universities
10. The culture of responsibility: How to establish universal
standards of responsibilities for individuals and institutions
11. New paradigms for the engineering sciences
12. Rebuilding research capacities and science education in less
developed countries
13. Agenda for science and engineering in the 21st century
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INES 2000 WORKSHOPS
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THEME AREA A -- DEVELOPING THE CULTURE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
A1: Cultural and social change in a long term perspective
A2: The policy dimensions of science and technology strategies
A3: Towards a culture of individual and institutional responsibility
A4: Challenges and promotion of transdisciplinarity
A5: Science, technology and education
A6: Science and technology in the gender perspective
THEME AREA B -- SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FOR A FINITE WORLD
B1: Spirit and rationality of sustainability and the Earth Charter
Process
B2: Risk assessment of controversial technologies in a larger context
B3: Inventing and refining sustainable technologies and services
B4: Carrying capacity challenges
B5: Modelling an open future: Potential and limits of the art of
modelling
B6: Establishing, enforcing and implementing environmental standards:
Contributions of scientists and engineers in a larger context
THEME AREA C -- HUMANIZING ECONOMY IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
C1: Prospects for real economic development:
Rethinking the dominant socio-economic policies
C2: Changing the global financial architecture
C3: Local strategies in response to economic globalization
C4: Economic growth, ecological changes, consomption issues and social
justice: Short and long term
C5: Economy and societies in the age of new information technologies
THEME AREA D -- STEPS TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY AND LASTING PEACE
D1: Assessment of trends in armament and conflict resolution
D2: The demilitarization of engineering and science
D3: Scientists' contribution to peace building
D4: Abolition of nuclear weapons
D5: Towards disarmament and a culture of peace
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EVENING LECTURES Open to the public
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1. Global Health priorities
2. From neoliberal to people oriented economies
3. Public forum on nuclear issues
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REPLY FORM
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