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Schedule:

All panels will be held in the Elliott School of International Affairs Room 602 (1957 E St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052).

9:00am – 9:15am Welcome & Intro
9:15am – 10:45am Panel 1: Technologies of Life
10:45am – 11:00am Coffee Break
11:00am – 12:30pm Panel 2: Technologies of Ecology
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 3:00pm Panel 3: Technologies of Death
3:00pm – 3:15pm Coffee Break
3:15pm – 4:30pm Keynote

Panels:

Panel 1: Technologies of Life

Panel 1 will examine questions of technologies and aging/palliative care, reproduction, disability, and medicine.

Cortney Hughes Rinker
George Mason University

Elham Mireshghi
University of Chicago

Timothy Loh
Princeton University

Amir Afkhami (Panel Chair)
The George Washington University

Panel 2: Technologies of Ecology

Panel 2 will examine issues around climate adaptation and geoengineering; ecology and toxicity; and critiques of regional sustainability frameworks.

Kendra Kintzi
New York University

Katayoun Shafiee
University of Warwick

Kali Rubaii
Purdue University

Diana Pardo Pedraza (Panel Chair)
The George Washington University

Panel 3: Technologies of Death

Panel 3 will address matters around AI and surveillance, military tech, and their linkages with the humanitarian and financial sectors.

Shana Marshall
The George Washington University

Sophia Goodfriend
University of Cambridge

Samer Abboud
Villanova University

Hatim el-Hibri (Panel Chair)
George Mason University

Keynote

Jonathan Guyer