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BIOTECH SOCIETY: an international conference on society and biotechnology
Reminder and Second Announcement
News regarding publication of papers as journal special issues
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS FAST APPROACHING!
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We invite your participation in the Biotech Society international
conference, as an opportunity to examine biotechnology in a novel way,
bringing together two research traditions that otherwise rarely meet: those
who study innovation, organization and management, and those who do
research in the impact of technology on society, public responses to
science and environmental ethics, among others. The conference web site is
at:
http://life2000.helsinki.fi/BioSoc/index.html
Important dates:
Conference: September 29-30, 2003
Dead line for abstracts: May 31, 2003
Early registration (save 40 euros): May 31, 2003
Late registration: August 15, 2003
The role of biotechnology in society is complex. While many heads of state,
directors of national innovation agencies, business leaders and prominent
scientists praise biotechnology development and, not least, investment,
others express concern about costs, public opinion, environmental
sustainability and legal ramifications, which makes it a hot topic in many
fora. It has increasing relevance in many sectors, including
pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, functional foods (nutraceuticals),
biomaterials, enzymes, chemistry, forestry, mining and energy. The general
industry enthusiasm has fostered a growing range of other attendant
phenomena: conferences, dedicated journals and web sites, trade
fairs, specialized head-hunting agencies and investment agents, to name a
few. Most of this activity is content-related, amplifying the financial,
scientific and technological aspects of "biotech" itself; largely still
missing is a wider perspective that seeks to understand and influence the
overall place, impact and role that biotechnology has, and will have, with
regard to the rest of society.
** NEWS **
Agreement has been reached with two journals regarding the publication of
selected papers in special issues of each journal. This is an excellent
publication opportunity.
The Biotech Society conference aims to focus more attention on these
broader dimensions of biotechnology, and in a manner that reflects the
intense scrutiny of the different mainstreams of research gathered in this
unusual forum. For more detailed information about the conference*s
plenary sessions and thematic workshops, consult the web site:
http://life2000.helsinki.fi/BioSoc/index.html
Invited guest speakers:
Nik Brown, University of York, UK
Alan Carsrud, Florida International University, USA
Rob Hagendijk, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ilpo Helén, University of Helsinki, Finland
Alan Irwin, Brunel University, UK
Peter Keating, University of Quebec, Canada
Shantha Liyanage, Business School of the University of
Auckland, New Zealand
Maureen McKelvey, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Luigi Orsenigo, Bocconi University, Italy
Thomas Reiss, ISI Fraunhofer, Germany
Inger-Johanne Sand, University of Oslo, Norway
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