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Human Brain Project: Workshop on research, ethics & societal impact
July 4, 2018 - July 6, 2018
DUAL USE AND RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH:
ETHICAL CHALLENGES
4-6 JULY 2018, KALKSCHEUNE BERLIN, GERMANY
This workshop aims to provide participants with insights on ethical aspects of dual-use research in neuroscience and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Lectures will be given by some of the world‘s leading experts on dual-use in neuroscience research, and by active researchers on RRI. The topics covered will include the chemistry of the brain and dual action of drugs, novel incapacitants, ethics awareness and engagement and RRI. An important ingredient of the workshop is the use of team-based learning techniques.
Application deadline: 25 April 2018
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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
- Simisola Akintoye – Responsible Research and Innovation: The role of public engagement
De Montfort University (DMU), UK - Jean-Pierre Changeux – The chemistry of the brain and the dual action of drugs
Collège de France and Institut Pasteur (PI), France - Malcolm Dando
– Dual-use neuroscience, novel incapacitants and the 2018 review conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention
– Team-based learning (TBL) on dual-use
University of Bradford (UoB), UK - James Giordano – Dual-use brain science: Realistic capabilities; critical concerns
Georgetown University Medical Center (GU), USA - Tyr Fothergill – Ethics awareness and engagement: The impact of video games
De Montfort University (DMU), UK - Tara Mahfoud – Beyond dual-use: Exploring the limits of dual use as a guiding concept for ethical research
King’s Colleeg London (KCL), UK - Abdul Mohammed – Introduction
Linnaeus University/Karolinska Institutet (LNU/KI), Sweden - Kathryn Nixdorff – Team-based learning (TBL) on dual-use
Darmstadt University of Technology (TU), Germany - Sebastian Porsdam-Mann – Cognition, plasticity and ethics
Harvard Medical School (HMS), USA - Bernd Stahl – Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT
De Montfort University (DMU), UK - Inga Ulnicane-Ozolina – Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Ethics, governance and policy
De Montfort University (DMU), UK - Simon Whitby – Team-based learning (TBL) on dual use
University of Bradford (UoB), UK - J.-P- Changeux, J. Giordano, M. Dando, B. Stahl, S. Akintoye, K. Nixdorff, T. Mahfoud, L. Bitsch – Roundtable: Dual-use and RRI
- Manuel Guererro – Data use and ethical issues in HBP (joint lecture)
Karolinska Institutet (KI), Sweden