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Tim Maher To Deliver Online Lecture On Ambient Intelligence & GCR 11 July With Discussants Howe, Kaptein & Rowell

Post Date June 28, 2013

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Author Seth Baum

Category emerging technologies, environmental change, ethics, governance failure, law & policy, online lectures

This is the pre-event announcement for an online lecture by Tim Maher, GCRI Research Assistant and recent graduate of Bard College’s M.S. program in Climate Science and Policy

Here is the full talk info:

Ambient Intelligence: Implications for Global Environmental Change and Totalitarianism Risk
Thursday 11 July, 17:00 GMT (10:00 Los Angeles, 13:00 New York, 18:00 London)
To be held online via Skype or equivalent. RSVP required by email to Seth Baum (seth [at] gcrinstitute.org). Space is limited.

The lecture will feature three discussants:
Peter Howe, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale Project on …

Eric Talbot Jensen Gives Online Lecture on Future Weapons and the Law of Armed Conflict

Post Date June 25, 2013

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Author Grant Wilson

Category emerging technologies, online lectures

On Wednesday 19 June, GCRI hosted an online lecture by Eric Talbot Jensen entitled ‘The Future of the Law of Armed Conflict: Ostriches, Butterflies, and Nanobots’. Jensen is an Associate Professor at the Brigham Young University School of Law and formerly spent two decades in the US Army as a Cavalry Officer and a Judge Advocate, including a position as Chief of the Army’s International Law Branch. His lecture is based on a forthcoming paper he wrote of the same name [1].

The law of armed …

Catherine Rhodes Gives Online Lecture on Pathogenic Genetic Resources and Sovereign Rights

Post Date June 18, 2013

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Author Grant Wilson

Category infectious disease, law & policy, online lectures

On Tuesday 12 June, GCRI hosted an online lecture by Catherine Rhodes entitled ‘Sovereign Wrongs: Ethics in the Governance of Pathogenic Genetic Resources’. Rhodes is a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester’s Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, where she researches how science can address humanity’s major challenges, with a focus on the interplay between science and international processes. Her lecture is based on a paper she published of the same name [1].

Rhodes’s lecture raised the question of who owns ‘pathogenic genetic resources’, meaning …

June 2013 Newsletter

Post Date June 05, 2013

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Author Grant Wilson

Category newsletter

Dear friends,

We took the opportunity over the past month to jumpstart our online lectures, which previously hadn’t gotten the attention they deserve. We’re now announcing six new lectures over the next three months, with more in the works. It’s a wonderful mix of topics, ranging from chemical pollution to pandemics to artificial intelligence, and including original natural and social science, legal and policy analysis, and more. This breadth is what makes global catastrophic risk so challenging and exciting. We hope you’ll join us for some of …

Itsuki Handoh To Deliver Online Lecture On Phosphorus And Chemical Pollution As GCRs 25-26 June

Post Date June 05, 2013

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Author Seth Baum

Category environmental change, online lectures

This is the pre-event announcement for an online lecture by Itsuki Handoh, Associate Professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto.

Here is the full talk info:

Phosphorus and Chemical Pollution as Global Catastrophic Risks
Tuesday-Wednesday 25-26 June, midnight GMT (Wednesday 9:00AM JST/Tokyo; Tuesday 20:00 New York; Tuesday 17:00 Los Angeles)
To be held online via Skype or equivalent. RSVP required by email to Seth Baum (seth [at] gcrinstitute.org). Space is limited.

Abstract:

The so-called global environmental problems are a manifestation of adverse effects of the interactions between humanity …

Baum To Moderate Megadisasters Panel At AGU Science Policy Conference

Post Date June 05, 2013

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Author Grant Wilson

Category announcement, events

GCRI Executive Director Seth Baum has been invited to moderate a panel discussion Potential for Megadisasters at the 2013 American Geophysical Union Science Policy Conference, which will take place in Washington, DC.

Panelists will include Lindley Johnson, Executive of the NASA Near Earth Objects Observations Program; Lucile Jones, Science Advisor for Risk Reduction of the U.S. Geological Survey’s SAFRR Project (Science Application for Risk Reduction); Lawrence Zanetti, Physicist at the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab; and Eddie Bernard, Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington.

Aladdin Diakun Gives Public Lecture On Geoengineering And IP Law

Post Date June 05, 2013

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Author Grant Wilson

Category emerging technologies, online lectures, uncertainty

On Thursday 16 May, GCRI hosted an online lecture by Aladdin Diakun entitled ‘Towards the Effective Governance of Geoengineering: What Role for Intellectual Property?’ Aladdin is an MA Candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs who is researching how IP law can serve as a form of de facto governance of geoengineering.

The UK Royal Society defines geoengineering as “the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change.” With the atmospheric concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere recently having reached 400ppm—higher than …

Miles Brundage To Deliver Online Lecture On Social Science And Artificial General Intelligence 25 July

Post Date June 03, 2013

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Author Seth Baum

Category emerging technologies, law & policy, online lectures

This is the pre-event announcement for an online lecture by Miles Brundage, a PhD student in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology at Arizona State University.

Here is the full talk info:

A Social Science Perspective on Global Catastrophic Risk Debates: The Case of Artificial General Intelligence
Thursday 25 July 2013, 17:00 GMT (10:00 Los Angeles, 13:00 New York, 18:00 London)
To be held online via Skype or equivalent. RSVP required by email to Seth Baum (seth [at] gcrinstitute.org). Space is limited.

Abstract: Researchers at institutions such as …

Eric Talbot Jensen To Deliver Online Lecture On Law For Emerging Weapons Technologies 19 June

Post Date June 03, 2013

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Author Seth Baum

Category emerging technologies, law & policy, online lectures

This is the pre-event announcement for an online lecture by Eric Talbot Jensen, Associate Professor of Law at Brigham Young University.

Here is the full talk info:

The Future of the Law of Armed Conflict: Ostriches, Butterflies, and Nanobots
Based on a paper of the same title.
Wednesday 19 June, 18:00 GMT (11:00 Los Angeles, 12:00 Utah, 14:00 New York, 19:00 London).
To be held online via Skype. RSVP required by email to Seth Baum (seth [at] gcrinstitute.org). Space is limited.

Abstract: The law has consistently lagged behind technological …

Catherine Rhodes To Deliver Online Lecture On International Pandemics Governance 11 June

Post Date June 01, 2013

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Author Seth Baum

Category infectious disease, law & policy, online lectures

GCRI’s next online lecture will be given by Catherine Rhodes, who is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation at University of Manchester.

Here is the full talk info:

Sovereign Wrongs: Ethics in the Governance of Pathogenic Genetic Resources
Tuesday 11 June, 17:00 GMT (10:00 Los Angeles, 13:00 New York, 18:00 London)
To be held online via Skype. RSVP required by email to Seth Baum (seth [at] gcrinstitute.org). Space is limited.

Abstract: This presentation examines the implications of a new international approach to the governance of …

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