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2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

As regular readers will know, the mission of the Bassetti foundation involves promoting and participating in debates surrounding the development of responsible forms of innovation. Each year the foundation forms partnerships and promotes events with governance institutions, universities, private companies, NGO’s and foundations and international research groups. In this short review we cast our lens ... 2015, promoting responsible forms of innovation

Redazione FGB

25/01
2016 10mn
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Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World

On 14 -15 January 2016 the Go4 Joint Final Conference “Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World” will take place at the EESC in Brussels, Belgium. The Go4 conference will present key results drawn from 3 year’s work of four major FP7 projects. All of the projects share a common concern to ... Responsible Research and Innovation in Europe and across the World

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22/12
2015 4mn
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Engaging Society in Responsible Research and Innovation: What’s Next?

The Engaging Society in Responsible Research and Innovation: What’s Next? conference will take place between Monday 9th November – Tuesday 10th November 2015, at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels. The two-day conference marks the culmination of the EU funded Engage2020. The project has spent two years mapping engagement ... Engaging Society in Responsible Research and Innovation: What’s Next?

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31/10
2015 2mn
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Fourth NWO Responsible Innovation Conference

On 24 – 25 August 2015 the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) hosted the Fourth International Conference on Responsible Innovation in The Hague, the Netherlands. Readers may recall the conference from last year, when Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins presented during the poster session. This year’s conference aimed to discuss the merits, practices and necessity ... Fourth NWO Responsible Innovation Conference

Redazione FGB

04/09
2015 2mn
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INSS Annual Conference Report

The INSS Third Annual Conference took place this year between April 9th and 10th, with Bassetti Foundation Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Hankins attending the London site. This year’s conference was held over 5 sites, in an attempt to make the event as sustainable as possible by cutting down on travel for the participants. Several seminars and ... INSS Annual Conference Report

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07/05
2015 3mn
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2014, A Year in Responsible Innovation

2014 was a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation. In this post we describe some of the International conferences and projects that the Foundation participated in. American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting The American Association for the Advancement of Science held its annual meeting in Chicago from 13th to 17th February, and Ottavia ... 2014, A Year in Responsible Innovation

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16/01
2015 5mn
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EST-Frame Final Conference Report

On December 2 the EST-Frame Final Conference took place in Brussels Belgium. The conference was entitled “Assessing emerging technologies – Towards an integrated approach“. The program can be found here. In his short welcome speech and introduction, Thomas Reiss explained that assessments tools are needed because of questions about ethics. He argued that assessments may ... EST-Frame Final Conference Report

Jonathan Hankins

18/12
2014 4mn
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Assessing emerging technologies – Towards an integrated approach

On December 2nd 2014, in Brussels, Belgium, the EST-Frame project will hold its final Conference. The EST Frame Project the EST-Frame project is an FP7 Science and Society Collaborative Project (funded the European Union’s Research and Innovation Program) that has ‘identified needs for more integrated assessment of emerging science and technologies’. The Assessing emerging technologies ... Assessing emerging technologies – Towards an integrated approach

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25/11
2014 2mn
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EPIGENomics and Health Care Policy

EPIGENomics and Health Care policy: Challenges and Opportunities December 1-3, 2014 IEO, via Adamello 16 Milan, Italy (Go to the site of conference) The rise of epigenomics has been exponential over the last decade, in terms of scientific breakthroughs and technological advances as well as in the public salience of its discourse. Its impact is ... EPIGENomics and Health Care Policy

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18/09
2014 3mn
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FaRiNN International Conference: Responsible Innovation, The Southern European Way

This week the “Responsible Innovation: The Southern European Way” International Conference takes place in Mitilene (Lesbo, Grecia). Taking place on 10 September, this final conference is part of the project FaRInn – Facilitating Responsible Innovation in SEE Countries, which is co-funded by the South East Europe Programme for territorial cooperation. The project unites 8 partners ... FaRiNN International Conference: Responsible Innovation, The Southern European Way

Redazione FGB

09/09
2014 2mn
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Minerva Foundation 11th International Conference on Neuroesthetics

On 6th and 7th of September, the Minerva Foundation holds its 11th International Conference on Neuroesthetics in San Francisco California, at UC Berkley. The Minerva Foundation is a not-for-profit, charitable foundation, dedicated to promoting original and challenging approaches to the study of the visual brain. Their aim is to encourage original research which leads to ... Minerva Foundation 11th International Conference on Neuroesthetics

Cristina Grasseni
Redazione FGB

31/08
2014 3mn
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The European Business Ethics Network Conference

The German Network for Business Ethics (DNWE) recently organized the annual conference for its European Organisation: The European Business Ethics Network – EBEN. The conference took place in Berlin from the 12th to the 14th of June 2014, and was located in the ESTM European School of Management and Technology. The EBEN annual conference brought ... The European Business Ethics Network Conference

Alessandro Blasimme
Virginia Sanchini

08/07
2014 2mn
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