CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS & PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

"Discovering the Nanoscale"
An International Conference on Philosophical, Social, and Ethical Issues
of Nanotechnological Research,
University of South Carolina, 20-23 March 2003

There is still some limited space for interested persons to participate
in this conference. If you wish to participate, please register by
sending an e-mail to me <[log in to unmask]>, indicating your address and
afiliation. A small conference fee of $15, due at the conference, will
cover costs for coffee breaks.

For more information, visit the conference website
        http://www.cla.sc.edu/cpecs/nirt/events/conf03/

Regards,
        Joachim Schummer


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        PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
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Thursday, March 20
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Registration
4:00 - 6:00 pm

Paneldiscussion of Michael Crichton's Prey
6:00 - 8:00 pm

RICK ADAMS, DAVIS BAIRD, STEVE LYNN, ALFRED NORDMANN,
RICK STEPHENS, LIZ STILLWAGGON


Friday, March 21
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SESSION 1: EPISTEMOLOGY & METHODOLOGY
9:00 - 11:40 am

- JOSEPH C. PITT: "The Epistemology of the Very Small"

- ALFRED NORDMANN: "Molecular Disjunctions: Staking Claims on the
Nanoscale"

- JOHANNES LENHARD: "Nanoscience and Simulation Modeling"

- OTAVIO BUENO: "Von Neumann, Self-Reproduction and the Constitution of
Nanophenomena"


SESSION 2: INSTRUMENTATION
1:30 - 3:30 pm

- CYRUS MODY: "From the Topografiner to the STM to the AFM: What the
history of probe microscopy might tell us about nanoscience
instrumentation"

- DAVIS BAIRD & ASHLEY SHEW: "Probing the History of Scanning Tunneling
Microscopy"

- TOM W. STALEY: "The Relationship of Structure, Logic, and Image in
Crystallographic Nanotechnology"


SESSION 3a: INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND THE SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY RELATION
4:00 - 5:20 pm

- JOACHIM SCHUMMER: Interdisciplinary Issues in Nanoscale Research

- HOLGER SCHWECHHEIMER: "Mapping the Disciplinary Structure of
Nanoscience Research"


Invited Speaker
8:00 - 9:00 pm

HANS GLIMELL: "Lilliput Politics: Staging the exploration of 'the
endless frontier'"


Saturday, March 22
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SESSION 3b: INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND THE SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY RELATION
8:30 - 9:50 am

- GEORGE KHUSHF & ROBERT BEST: "Bridging the cultures of nanotechnology
and genetics"

- GREGOR SCHIEMANN: "Dissolution of the Nature-Technology Dichotomy?"


SESSION 4: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY POLICY
10:15 - 12:15 am

- ANN JOHNSON: "The End of Pure Science? An Overview of Science Policy
from Bayh-Dole to the National Nanotechnology Initiative"

- ANDREAS LÖSCH: "The Construction of Space in Medical Microsystem
Technology and Nanotechnology: Strategies for Negotiating a Technology
of the Future"

- JODY A. ROBERTS: "What's Law Got to Do with It? Why looking at the law
might offer an alternative perspective to examining the introduction of
nanotechnology into our societies"


SESSION 5: RHETORIC AND BELIEFS
2:00 - 4:00 pm

- DAVID M. BERUBE: "The Rhetoric of Nanotechnology"

- ROSALYN W. BERNE: "Narrative, Nanoscience and the Entanglements of
Myth and Technology"

- ARNE HESSENBRUCH: "Nothing new under the sun? The holy grail of atomic
resolution"


SESSION 6: ETHICS, POLITICS AND TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
4:30 - 7:10 pm

- JAMES MOOR & JOHN WECKERT: "Nanoethics: Assessing the Nanoscale From
an Ethical Point of View"

- EDWARD MUNN: "The Expert's Role in Nanotechnology"

- MICHAEL E. GORMAN: "Societal Dimensions of Nanotechnology as a Trading
Zone"

- MARK AVRUM GUBRUD: "Superweapons, 'Realism', and Fate"

Banquet
8:00 pm


Sunday, March 23
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Invited Speaker
9:00-10:00 am

EMMANUELLE BOUBOUR: Title to be announced

General Discussion
10:30 - 12:00 am



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Dr. Joachim Schummer

Editor, HYLE: International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
http://www.hyle.org/
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Dept of Philosophy, Univ of Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, GERMANY

1 January - 30 June 2003:
Dept of Philosophy, Univ of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208, USA
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