2023 Forum on Philosphy, Engineering & Technology Call

The 2023 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering & Technology (fPET 2023)  will take place from 10-21 April 2021 in Delft, The Netherlands, with particular attention to value change in technology and engineering.

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to the 30th of January.

About fPET2023

The conference will bring together engineers and philosophers to address the challenges of engineering in a changing world. We are currently witnessing disruptive changes due to climate change, pandemics and war. Technological developments in, for example, geo-engineering, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and neuro-technology may contribute to such disruptions but also help to better deal with them.

fPET 2023 will provide the opportunity to meet like-minded researchers and present and discuss research on the intersection of engineering and philosophy, addressing the theme of technology and engineering in a changing world, broadly understood. You can now submit abstracts and panel proposals.

Tracks

We invite abstracts and panel proposals on the following (broad) topics:

• Philosophy of technology and engineering
• Ethics, social and political philosophy, and values in technology and engineering
• Philosophy and ethics in engineering and technology education
• Interdisciplinary studies of technology and engineering, particularly (but not limited to) responsible innovation and value-sensitive design
• Practitioners’ reflections on engineering and technology
• We particularly invite practicing engineers and technological practitioners and researchers to submit abstracts and present reflections based on their hands-on experience in engineering or technological research.

Special track: value change

The conference will feature a special track on Changing Values, Changing Technologies. This track will introduce a novel perspective on value change. We will discuss the nature of value change and illuminate the implications for the practice of, research on and teaching in engineering. For this track, we are cooperating with the research project Designing for Changing Values, that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 788321. For this track we invite papers that present recent research on the theme of value change and technology. If you want to submit to this special track, you can indicate during submission.

What to expect

fPET 2023 will be a daring attempt to provide a forum to discuss engineering & philosophy in general, to meet and mingle, and to ignite the debate on a novel research perspective which draws from fields hitherto (largely) unconnected to the philosophy & engineering debate. It will also try out a new format and attempts to spur interdisciplinary collaboration.

Timeline

• January 30, 2023: Deadline for abstract submission
• February 22: Decision about acceptance
• Until March 15: Early-bird registration
• April 19-21: Conference

Location

We are currently planning to have the conference in Delft. If the situation will change due to Corona measures, we will update our plans accordingly. Currently there are no Covid-19 related restrictions for traveling to the Netherlands. The most recent information can be found here.

Submission detail
Please submit your abstract via the website. Abstracts must not exceed 500 words, incl. notes and references.

We particularly welcome submissions addressing new or underexplored topics, the reflective submissions of engineers or other technology practitioners, and submissions of an interdisciplinary nature.

Contact

Please direct any queries related to the conference to fpet2023@valuechange.eu.

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