Message posted on 12/01/2018
Reminder: CFP - two sessions related to life sciences and biotechnology topics - deadline for abstracts 19 Jan
Dear colleagues <br> <br>We are organising two sessions related to life sciences and biotechnology in <br>the context of the 17th Annual STS Conference Graz 2018. Critical Issues in <br>Science, Technology and Society Studies. <br>The conference will take place in Graz, Austria on 7-8 May 2018 and we are <br>inviting you to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations. <br> <br>Deadline for submitting abstracts: 19 January 2018 <br> <br>More information: https://conference.aau.at/event/137/ <br> <br> <br>S18: Fostering agricultural biotechnology in line with RRI principles <br>Organisers: Armin SPK (Graz University of Technology) & Monica RACOVITA <br>(Alpen-Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt |Wien Graz), Austria <br> <br>Despite the efforts of the European Union to harness the full economic <br>potential of biotechnology, the development of a bioeconomy strategy has - so <br>far - not led to significant progress in agricultural biotechnology. Recent <br>developments in synthetic biology and genome editing have triggered new hopes <br>in certain stakeholder groups that the long-standing promises could be finally <br>fulfilled. Yet the directions to be taken for innovation, commercial <br>application and risk regulation appear to deeply divide stakeholders. These <br>challenges seem to acquire another dimension with the European Union decision <br>to pursuit the strategy of responsible research and innovation. Against this <br>backdrop the main question for this panel is if and how RRI could help to <br>proceed with agricultural biotech applications. Contributions on both concepts <br>and examples of implementing RRI in agricultural biotech research and <br>innovation practice are particularly invited <br> <br>S22: Need for responsible biohacking? <br>Organisers: Armin SPK (Graz University of Technology) & Monica RACOVITA <br>(Alpen-Adria Universitt Klagenfurt Klagenfurt |Wien Graz), Austria <br> <br>DIY biology - sometimes dubbed as biohacking - has evolved as citizen science <br>initiatives in many countries over the recent years. These groups encompass a <br>wide spectrum - from garage labs with self-made laboratory appliances to <br>semi-professional community laboratories. <br> <br>According to their self-portraits, these initiatives are mainly non-profit, <br>open-access and open-source oriented. Moreover, at least in the EU they still <br>have to operate under national regulatory oversight and EU law. Recently <br>concerns have been raised that the novel methods of genome editing would <br>greatly enhance what could be done in DIY biology labs - implying potential <br>biosafety and biosecurity issues while operating under the radar of regulatory <br>oversight. The panel aims to portrait this community (actors, aims, <br>activities, diversity of groups) by drawing on inputs from STS researchers and <br>from members of the biohacking community. The main question to investigate is <br>if genome editing did or could possibly enhance their activities and if so - <br>if there is a need of mandatory of voluntary standards for the DIY biology <br>community. A visit to a biohacker's lab in Graz will be organised. <br> <br>Looking forward to your contributions <br> <br>Kind Regards <br> <br>Armin Spk & Moncia Racovita <br> <br> <br>-- <br>Dr. Armin Spoek <br>Senior Scientist <br> <br>TU Graz - Graz University of Technology <br>Science, Technology and Society Unit <br>Institute for Interactive Systems and Data Science <br>............................................................................. <br>................. <br> <br>Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt/Vienna/Graz (AAU) <br>Institute of Science, Technology and Society Studies <br>https://www.aau.at/technik-und-wissenschaftsforschung/ <br>............................................................................. <br>................. <br> <br>IFZ-Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, <br>Work and Culture <br>http://www.ifz.at/eng <br> <br> <br>Schloegelgasse 2, 8010 Graz, Austria <br>phone: +43 (0)664 88796988 <br>e-mail TU Graz: armin.spoek@tugraz.at. <br>e-mail AAU: armin.spoek@aau.at <br>Skype: a.spoek <br>_______________________________________________ <br>EASST's Eurograd mailing list <br>Eurograd (at) lists.easst.net <br>Unsubscribe or edit subscription options: http://lists.easst.net/listinfo.cgi/eurograd-easst.net <br> <br>Meet us via https://twitter.com/STSeasst <br> <br>Report abuses of this list to Eurograd-owner@lists.easst.netview formatted text
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