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                The two-day Research Workshop on Science, Technology, Society
<br>(STS)/History, Technology, Society (HTS): *Bioeconomy, Biotechnology,
<br>Medical Technologies *focuses on recent approaches to biotechnology and
<br>medical technologies from the fields of Science, Technology, Society (STS)
<br>and History, Technology, Society (HTS). The workshop brings together
<br>scholars working on umbilical cord blood (UCB) biobanking and the STS/HTS
<br>research community. It places the emphasis on the bioeconomy of UCB
<br>biobanking.
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<br>The workshop is organized in the context of the research project “The
<br>public debate on umbilical cord blood banking in Greece: Approaches from
<br>the interdisciplinary field Science, Technology, Society (STS)”. It is
<br>funded by the Onassis Foundation and hosted by the Department of History
<br>and Philosophy of Science, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian
<br>University of Athens. The workshop is also supported by the European
<br>Association for the Study of Science and Technology – *EASST *Fund 2018.
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<br>It is held *19-20 April 2018, *at the Historical Archive of the National
<br>and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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<br>*Webpage*: http://www.phs.uoa.gr/hst/Projects/Project_Biobanks_Workshop.html
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<br>*Organizers: *Constantinos Morfakis and Katerina Vlantoni, Onassis
<br>Postdoctoral Fellows, Department of History and Philosophy of Science,
<br>National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
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<br>*Program*
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<br>*Thursday, April 19th 2018*
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<br>*09:30 | Welcome notes*
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<br>*Constantinos Dimitrakopoulos**, *Professor and Chair*, *Department of
<br>History and Philosophy of Science, School of Science, National and
<br>Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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<br>*10:00-11:30*
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<br>*Session 1 |* *Appropriating STS/HTS concepts and perspectives in
<br>dissertation research about medical technologies*
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<br>*Chair**: **Theodore Arabatzis*, Professor of Philosophy and History of
<br>Science, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, School of
<br>Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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<br>*Marilena Pateraki*
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<br>PhD Candidate, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, School of
<br>Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
<br>
<br>*Parkinson’s Disease and Deep Brain Stimulation in Greece: Framing the
<br>body-technology fusion within health care infrastructures*
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<br>*Kostas Raptis*
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<br>PhD Candidate, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, School of
<br>Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
<br>
<br>*Between the general and the specific: methodological questions on the
<br>reshaping of death by digital medical technologies*
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<br>*Aspasia Kandaraki *
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<br>PhD Candidate, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, School of
<br>Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
<br>
<br>*Attending digital work: video recording as methodological tool in
<br>fieldwork research in a medical imaging software development laboratory*
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<br>11:30-12:00    Coffee break
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<br>*12:00-13:00 *
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<br>*Session 2** | Trends on biotechnology policy and bioeconomy*
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<br>*Chair**: Sylva** Haralambous*, Research Director, Inflammation Research
<br>Group, Department of Immunology, Head of Transgenic Technology Laboratory,
<br>Director of the Department of Experimental Animal Models, Hellenic Pasteur
<br>Institute
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<br>*Yulie Foka-Kavalieraki *
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<br>Postdoctoral Fellow, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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<br>*Socioeconomic impact of biotechnology in Greece: Awareness and attitudes
<br>towards biotechnology*
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<br>*Blessing Silaigwana*
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<br>Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
<br>
<br>*Towards ethical biobanking in Africa: What policy and best practice
<br>lessons can we learn from Europe?*
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<br>*15:15-17:00*
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<br>*Session 3** | Rethinking biovalues and the political economy of biobanking*
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<br>*Chair**: **Aristotle Tympas*, Associate Professor of History of Technology
<br>in Modernity, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, School of
<br>Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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<br>*Polina Vlasenko*
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<br>PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, USA
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<br>*The Political Economy of Transnational Ova Provision: The Case of
<br>Ukrainian Market of Ova and Its Global Connections*
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<br>*Amishi Panwar*
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<br>PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, The Graduate
<br>Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
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<br>*Banking on Blood: The Life, Science and Market of Blood Stem Cells in
<br>India*
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<br>*Constantinos Morfakis & Katerina Vlantoni*
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<br>Onassis Postdoctoral Fellows, Department of History and Philosophy of
<br>Science, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
<br>Greece
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<br>*The ‘El Dorado of private UCB banks’: UCB biobanking in Greece*
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<br>17:00-17:30    Coffee break
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<br>*17:30-19:00 *
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<br>*Invited Speech | Cord Blood and the City: On the hybrid economies of
<br>international exchange of cord blood for transplantation*
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<br>*Lorenzo Beltrame**, *Researcher, Department of Sociology and Social
<br>Research, University of Trento, Italy
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<br>
<br>*Friday, April 20th, 2018*
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<br>*9:00- 11:00*
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<br>*Session 4 | STS and Biobanks: Opening the “Black Box” of UCB biobanks*
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<br>*Chair**: **Maria Rentetzi*, Associate Professor of History and Sociology
<br>of Science and Technology, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and
<br>Law, School of Applied Mathematics and Physics, National Technical
<br>University of Athens, Greece
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<br>*Jennie Haw*
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<br>Postdoctoral Fellow, CIHR-Canadian Blood Services Health System Impact
<br>Fellow, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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<br>*Enrollment into Canada’s National Public Cord Blood Bank: Manufacturing
<br>Biologics and Immunitary Bioeconomies*
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<br>*Lorenzo Beltrame*
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<br>Researcher, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of
<br>Trento, Italy
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<br>*Between antigens and civic engagement: The biopolitics of umbilical cord
<br>blood banking in Italy and the UK*
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<br>*Astha Jaiswal*
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<br>PhD Student, Centre for Studies in Science, Technology and Innovation
<br>Policy, Central University of Gujarat, India
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<br>*Umbilical Cord Cells Banking in India: Construction of Dominant Discourse
<br>in terms of “Choice”, “Control” and “Reassurance”*
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<br>*Pablo Santoro*
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<br>Professor, Department of Sociology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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<br>*What has changed in UCB banking (and in STS approaches to it) in the last
<br>10 years: some reflections from the Spanish context*
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<br>11:00-11:30    Coffee break
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<br>*11:30-12:30 *
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<br>*Session 5 | Engaging with stakeholders: Institutional arrangements and
<br>bioethical challenges in UCB biobanking*
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<br>*Chair**: **Stathis Arapostathis*, Assistant Professor of History of
<br>Science and Technology, Department of History and Philosophy of Science,
<br>School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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<br>*Takis Vidalis*
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<br>Scientific officer, (Hellenic) National Bioethics Commission.
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<br>*Vassiliki Gkioka*
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<br>Hellenic Cord Blood Bank (HCBB), Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of
<br>Athens & former Organ Transplant Coordinator, Hellenic Transplant
<br>Organization (EOM).
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<br>*Angeliki Xagorari*
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<br>Biologist, Public Cord Blood Unit, Hematology Department, General Hospital
<br>of Thessaloniki “G. Papanikolaou”
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<br>*Representative of the* Greek UCB Banks Association (EETOA)
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<br>*12:30-13:30* *| **Concluding remarks*
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