Santa Clara University

CSTS Events - 2005-2006 Symposia

Center for Science, Technology and Society

2005-2006 Symposia

November 29, 2005

Video Gaming: Playing with Ethics?

Co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University

and The Tech Museum of Innovation

Introduction:     Susan Leigh Star, Senior Scholar, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University

Moderator:       Chad Raphael, Associate Professor, Department of Communication,

Santa Clara University

Panelists:          Leland Yee, California Assemblyman

                        Mike Antonucci, Popular Culture Writer, San Jose Mercury News

                        Kristine Asleson McDonnel, CEO, LimeLife

                        Caroline Ratajski, Student and Video Gamer, Santa Clara University

February 13, 2006

Memory Practices in the Sciences

Presenter:         Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University

February 27, 2006

The Ethics and Politics of Search Engines

Co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University

Introduction:     Susan Leigh Star, President of Social Studies of Science and Professor and Senior Scholar, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University

Moderator:       Kirk O. Hanson, Executive Director, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University

Panelists:          Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University

Peter Norvig, Director of Research, Google, Inc.

                        Terry Winograd, Professor, Computer Science, Stanford University

April 24, 2006

The Technical Foundations of Clean Technology

Presenter:         Jon Guice, Vice President of Business Development, GreenMountain Engineering, LLC

April 25, 2006

Internet Neutrality

Co-sponsored by the Commonwealth Club of California/Silicon Valley

Panelists:         Tod Cohen, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Government Relations, eBay Inc.

Allen Hammond, Professor of Law, School of Law, Director, BroadBand Institute of California, Program Director, Law & Public Policy, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University

Miguel Helft, Editorial Writer, The San Jose Mercury News

John Sumpter, Vice President, Pac-West

May 16, 2006

Traces of Ourselves: The Ethics and Politics of Databases

Co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University

Moderator:       Kirk O. Hanson, Executive Director, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University

Panelists:          John Arquilla, Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Post Graduate School

Mitch Kapor, Chair, Open Source Applications Foundation

Susan Leigh Star, President of Social Studies of Science and Professor and Senior Scholar, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University

October, 7-8, 2006

Public Consensus Conference on Municipal Broadband

Broadband Internet for All?

Co-sponsored by the BroadBand Institute of California

November 15, 2006

The Tech Museum Awards: Technology Benefiting Humanity

Presented by Applied Materials, Inc.

Co-sponsored by The Tech Museum of Innovation

Santa Clara University, Center for Science, Technology, and Society

November 16, 2006

The Silicon Valley Challenge Summit

Co-presented by RiOS Institute