#Innovation and Responsibility

The Symposium From Taylorism To Tailor Made

The Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco invite you to THE SYMPOSIUM FROM TAYLORISM TO TAILOR MADE Created and presented by Fondazione Giannino Bassetti Saturday, June 22, at 2:00 pm Academy of Art University, The Cannery, San Francisco Master of Ceremony: Dale Dougherty Piero Bassetti, Chris Anderson, Stefano Micelli ... The Symposium From Taylorism To Tailor Made

Redazione FGB

10/06
2013 1mn
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Innovating with Beauty. Preliminary program.

In San Francisco and the Bay Area for the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the US, Giannino Bassetti Foundation presents the culture, beauty and innovation of ‘Made in Italy’ design: exhibitions, debate and comparison between the cutting edge models of Italian production and the technology of Silicon Valley, towards a new economy of beauty. ... Innovating with Beauty. Preliminary program.

Redazione FGB

06/06
2013 4mn
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Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in Society

This week saw the digital release of Richard Owen, John Bessant and Maggie Heintz’s book entitled ‘Responsible Innovation: Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in Society‘. The print copy release is scheduled for next month, and interested readers can download any or all of the chapters through the Wiley website Online Library where ... Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in Society

Jonathan Hankins

30/04
2013 3mn
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Italian Design: achieving the improbable, innovating with beauty

Fondazione Giannino Bassetti for the Italian Year of Culture in the USA Italian Design: achieving the improbable, innovating with beauty San Francisco, 21-27 June 2013 Towards a new economy of beauty. Milan meets San Francisco Artisanship, Technology, Design – From Taylorism to tailor made On 28 February 2013 in Rome at the Farnesina, the Italian ... Italian Design: achieving the improbable, innovating with beauty

Redazione FGB

24/04
2013 5mn
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A Conversation with Hilary Sutcliffe of Matter

Hilary Sutcliffe is the Director of Matter, described on the homepage as ” a new ‘action tank’ whose aim is “Bringing Responsible Innovation to life”. As a follow up to his review of their “Report On Responsible Research and Innovation” Jonathan Hankins posed a series of questions regarding the future of Responsible Innovation to the ... A Conversation with Hilary Sutcliffe of Matter

Jonathan Hankins

04/04
2013 9mn
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A Report On Responsible Research and Innovation

As a follow up to my post regarding René Von Schomberg’s Matrix for Responsible Innovation I would like to point readers towards a document entitled “A Report On Responsible Research and Innovation” that is free to download from the MATTER homepage linked below. The document was written by Hilary Sutcliffe, the Director of MATTER, on ... A Report On Responsible Research and Innovation

Jonathan Hankins

26/02
2013 2mn
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An Interview with Chris Howard, CEO of Libboo

Chris Howard is CEO and co owner of Libboo, a high profile online publishing venture based in Cambridge Massachusetts. In this interview carried out in January 2013, Jonathan Hankins poses questions of responsibility and ethics surrounding the company’s use and patenting requests for an innovative method of measuring how certain individuals may be able to ... An Interview with Chris Howard, CEO of Libboo

Jonathan Hankins

31/01
2013 14mn
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2012, a Review of the Year

2012 was a busy year for the Bassetti Foundation. In this post we take a look back at some of the major events. December saw the release of the latest publication in the Bassetti Foundation Books series. A Handbook for responsible innovation is a collection of articles published by Jonathan Hankins over the last 3 ... 2012, a Review of the Year

Redazione FGB

24/12
2012 4mn
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Von Schomberg’s Responsible Innovation Matrix

René Von Schomberg is the Directorate General for Research at the European Commission. As such he has a great interest in responsible research and innovation and has recently published an article and a ‘Responsible Research and Innovation matrix’ on his blog. The matrix should be read and interpreted via the article, and here we would ... Von Schomberg’s Responsible Innovation Matrix

Redazione FGB

26/09
2012 4mn
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Sequencing the Genome of Unborn Babies

As a follow on from my post about 23andMe and genetic testing last month, I would like to point readers towards a story that is just breaking here in the US. The New York Times carried a story on its front page on 7th June that is rapidly spreading, in which it reported that an ... Sequencing the Genome of Unborn Babies

Jonathan Hankins

13/06
2012 3mn
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Who’s Responsible?

Cristina Grasseni and The Bassetti Foundation at EASA The 2012 European Association of Social Anthropologists conference (EASA) takes place at Université Paris Nanterre in July of this year, and long time collaborator Cristina Grasseni will participate on a panel on behalf of the Bassetti Foundation, as part of an event entitled “Who’s Responsible?”. The panel ... Who’s Responsible?

Jonathan Hankins
Redazione FGB

30/05
2012 5mn
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Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 3

(…continues from the previous entry). During the afternoon panel Sharon Terry of the Genetic Alliance explained her interest in creating partnerships between genetic databases in order to use the massive number of participants and wealth of genetic materials available but currently divided between different databases. She talked about the need to move the information about ... Architectures for Life with 23andMe, a Report – part 3

Jonathan Hankins

08/05
2012 5mn
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