International Symposium on Technology and Society

2007

Coming to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

On June 1 - 2, 2007, the International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) will be held at UNLV.

The main sponsor of this annual conference is the Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT), a society of the IEEE.

This year, additional sponsors include the UNLV Department of Environmental Studies and Institute for Security Studies, and the Risk Assessment and Policy Association.

The ISTAS 2007 theme will be Risk, Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Technology and Society

Subthemes Include:

• Risk, technology and the nuclear weapons legacy (old weapons, new weapons, testing)
• Risk, technology and the nuclear present and future (new construction, waste disposal)
• Gambling technology and society (Internet gaming, gambling addictions)
• Tourism and public health vulnerability (food and water safety, infectious disease prevention and containment, large scale evacuation and crowd management)
• Infrastructure vulnerability (water, energy, transportation; natural and human caused hazards)
• Managing uncertainty (statistics, modeling, communication)
• Financial risk and insurance (global warming, extreme events)

The conference will also include papers on other traditional ISTAS topics including environmental, health and safety implications of technology; engineering ethics and professional responsibility; history of technology; technical expertise and public policy; peace technology; and social issues related to energy, information technology and telecommunications.

 

Abstracts Due January 15, 2006

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