Source
Automatically imported from: http://commons.somewhere.com:80/rre/1994/Pugwash.Sci-Tech.Confere.html
Content
| | | | --- | --- | | Red Rock Eater Digest | Most Recent Article: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 |
Pugwash Sci-Tech Conference, JHU: Public Events and Electronic list
``` Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 13:01:15 -0400 (EDT) From: jporten@sas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey A. Porten) To: sci-tech-studies@ucsd.edu Subject: Pugwash Sci-Tech Conference, JHU: Public Events and Electronic list
Greetings. One of the students at our conference recommended that this be distributed to your list.
Thanks, Jeff
Following is a conference and electronic mailing list announcement that I thought would be of interest to this list. Apologies to all who have seen this more than once.
Student Pugwash USA Eighth International Conference
Science and Technology for the 21st Century: Meeting the Needs of the Global Community
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD June 12 - 18, 1994
An exceptional international forum will take place at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland from June 12-18, uniting 100 student leaders from around the world to explore critical global and technological challenges and to design viable alternatives for their resolution. These students, representing over 25 countries, have been selected as participants of Student Pugwash USA's Eighth International Conference, *Science and Technology for the 21st Century: Meeting the Needs of the Global Community*.
The International Conference will explore critical issues at the juncture of technology and world affairs, addressing the inter-relationships among issues and their impact on the global community. The event represents a unique opportunity for young people and concerned citizens to engage in serious discourse with experts from the fields of international security, environment, health care, information technology, genetics and community development.
Working groups at the conference are:
Resource Stewardship for Environmental Sustainability Preventative Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution for a Secure Future* Overcoming Barriers to Health Care Education and Delivery* Meeting Societal Needs Through Communications and Information Technologies Designing the Future--From Corporations to Communities The Social Costs and Medical Benefits of Human Genetic Information
There are two ways you can get involved. Our plenary sessions and High Technology Forum are open to the public, and we invite everyone who is interested to attend.
We will also be running an electronic mail listserver during the conference, to which we will distribute transcripts from the plenaries, summaries of the working group reports, and messages from student participants. Responses from the Internet community will be circulated at the conference!
---
To subscribe to the electronic conference, send e-mail to majordomo@blaze.cs.jhu.edu with the body
subscribe pugwash
[Do NOT add your real name after the subscribe command.]
---
THE FOLLOWING EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Please send e-mail to jporten@mail.sas.upenn.edu if you need directions to Mudd Hall at Johns Hopkins or the Maryland Science Center.
Monday, June 13
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Keynote Plenary - Envisioning the Future: Towards Mudd Hall Auditorium a Global Community in the 21st Century
Nicholas Steneck (Introductions) - Chair, Student Pugwash USA Board of Directors
Adele Simmons - President, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Timothy Wirth - Under Secretary for Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Tuesday, June 14
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Exchanging Technologies Between Cultures and Mudd Hall Auditorium Countries: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Taft Broome (Moderator) - Professor of Engineering, Howard University
Gerard Bodeker - Coordinator, Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of Health
Armstrong Wiggins - Executive Director, Indian Law Resource Center
Susan Harjao - Executive Director, Morning Star Foundation
7:00 pm - 9:15 pm Science and Human Rights Mudd Hall Auditorium Rosemary Chalk (Moderator) - Study Director, National Academy of Sciences
Carol Corillon - Director, Committee on Human Rights, National Academy of Sciences
Clyde Snow, M.D. - Oklahoma Medical Examiner Office
Wednesday, June 15
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm High Technology Forum Maryland Science Center This interactive forum will feature a series of displays and presentations featuring high and alternative technologies. Exhibits include: geographic information systems, computer-aided design, global positioning systems, virtual reality, and CD-ROM technologies, among others.
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Innovations and Innovators: Technology and Social Maryland Science Responsibility Center Ken Phillips (Moderator) - Vice President for Telecommunications Policy, Citicorp
Sheldon Segal - Distinguished Scientist, Population Council (Co-Developer of Norplant)
Theodore Taylor - Nuclear Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1949 - 56)
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Reception for Conference Participants and Public Maryland Science and Continuation of High Technology Forum Center
Thursday, June 16
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Future of U.N. Peacekeeping: Prospects for a Mudd Hall Auditorium Volunteer Force
Anne Cahn (Moderator) - Senior MacArthur Scholar, University of Maryland
William Maynes - Editor, Foreign Policy
George Rathjens - Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anne Richard - International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
UN Representative to be announced
Friday, June 17
7:00 pm - 9:15 pm Closing Plenary - Creating Solutions and Mudd Hall Auditorium Initiating Change: Young People and the Global Community
Jeffrey Leifer (Moderator) - President, Leifer Capital and Founder, Student Pugwash USA
Alicia Ely Yamin - Founder of human rights advocacy program in Mexico
David Fleming - Founder, Students' Support Council for Africa
Brian Trelstad - Founder, Center for Environmental Citizenship
Chai Ling - Commander in Chief, Tienanmen Square Democracy Movement (tentative)
Student Pugwash USA, a national, educational, non-profit organization, is dedicated to building a commitment among young people to solve critical global problems through the responsible use of science and technology. Student Pugwash USA draws its name from Pugwash, Nova Scotia, where in 1957 several of the world's leading scientists gathered at the behest of Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell to address pressing issues at the forefront of technology and global security. Following this tradition, Student Pugwash USA began coordinating educational programs for graduate and undergraduate students in 1979, beginning with an International Conference on technology and ethical responsibility held at the University of California at San Diego.
Student Pugwash USA programs also include a student-initiated Chapter Program, extending to over 175 university, college and high school campuses nation-wide, and a "New Careers" Program, linking students to career opportunities and mentors in the areas of technology and social change. Additionally, Student Pugwash USA International Conferences have led to the formation of Student/Young Pugwash organizations in 18 countries around the world.
Student Pugwash USA 1638 R Street NW, Suite 32 Washington, DC 20009 (202) 328-6555 uspugwash@igc.org
During the conference, our phone number is (410) 516-6401. Send e-mail to jporten@mail.sas.upenn.edu. ```
| | | --- | | ProcessTree Network TM For-pay Internet distributed processing. | | Advertising helps support hosting Red Rock Eater Digest @ The Commons. Advertisers are not associated with the list owner. If you have any comments about the advertising, please direct them to the Webmaster @ The Commons. |