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Lieve Goorden, Michiel van Oudheusden and Johan Eversn – Drawing on the hard lessons learned from the public controversy over genetically modified crops in Europe, policy makers, scientists and technologists have begun to recognize the need for upstream public involvement to address societal implications of nanotechnologies.
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September. Christine Peterson, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Biodesign
Auditorium. Peterson is a founder of Foresight Nanotech Institute,
the leading nanotech public interest group in the US. She writes,
lectures and briefs the media on coming powerful technologies,
especially nanotechnology. She is Vice President of Public Policy at
Foresight, whose mission is to ensure the beneficial implementation of
nanotechnology. Foresight educates the public, technical community and
policymakers on nanotechnology and its long-term effects.
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October. Rosalyn Berne. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Biodesign building.
Berne is Associate Professor in the Department of Science, Technology &
Society, University of Virginia and author of Nanotalk. Berne is
currently focused directly on nanoscience and nanotechnology
investigators, to understand the formulation of their personal
motivations, beliefs, aspirations and goals, as well as the development
of individual ethical frameworks, as these are connected to their
research in nanotechnology.
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November. Griff Kundahl. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Biodesign building.
Kundahl is Vice President Western Region and General Counsel,
Nanobusiness Alliance. Kundahl advises the NanoBusiness Alliance on
legal matters and developing business, partnerships and liaisons in the
western United States. He is co-author of The Handbook of
Nanotechnology Business, Policy, and Intellectual Property Law
(Wiley & Sons, 2004) and is an Associate Editor of Nanotechnology Law &
Business, a journal for attorneys, entrepreneurs and investors involved
in small scale technologies.
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December. Meyya Meyyappan. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Biodesign building.
Meyyappan is NASA's Director and Senior Scientist at Ames' Center
for Nanotechnology in Moffett Field, CA. He is in charge of all the
technical aspects of his team's work, providing vision and determining
what kind of projects to work on. As the senior scientist, he is also
involved in technical work. Areas of focus include nanoelectronics and
computing, developing nanotechnology-based sensors and detectors, and
utilizing nanotechnology in gene sequencing. His project is primarily on
nanoscale materials, primarily carbon nanotubes.
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January, 2007.
Ulrich Fiedeler. Fiedeler is a member
of the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS).
He has studied the development of nanotechnology from a variety of
prospective approaches including Vision Assessment and Roadmapping as a
tool for Technology Assessment. Areas of focus include the role of
Nanotechnology in Chemical Substitution, Social Issues of Neuronal
Implants, and Naturalness and Neuronal Implants.
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February 2007. Arie Rip. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Biodesign building.
Rip is NanoNed Technology Assessment program coordinator. He is a
chemist who has always had broader interests in philosophy and in the
role of science and technology in society. He specialized in the social
aspects of science and technology assessment in Leiden University then
worked on the dynamics of science and technology at the University of
Amsterdam before joining University of Twente in 1987. 
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April 2007 Mark Bunger 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the Biodesign
Institute Auditorium. Mark is going to talk about Forecasting the
Impact of Science-Based Innovation. Lux Research is an independent
industry research firm that looks at emerging, natural sciencebased
technologies. Nanotechnology has been foremost among their research, in
that it has entered the commercial sphere arguably more rapidly than any
analogous domain of science. Click