Bernd Carsten Stahl

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Bernd Carsten Stahl
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Action Plan on Science and Society

• A greater diversity of scientific perspectives
  is needed with contributions from different
  actors.
• Diversity in science will also be encouraged
  through multidisciplinary research.
• Action 29 Help set up information and
  documentation observatory for ethical issues
• Action 30 Establish public dialogue in Europe on
  ethics and science
• Action 31 Raise researchers awareness of ethical
  issues
• Action 33 Develop international dialogue on
  ethical issues
• (http//ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/acti
  on-plan/action-plan_en.html)

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Current Meeting

• Policy recommendations for the FP7 IST
• Considerations of how to raise the profile of
  ethics in FP7
• Specific content of interest such as
• Privacy
• Intellectual property
• Impact on power structures
• etc.
• Particular and relevant methods / methodologies
  for exploring these issues
• Suggestions for further activity such as
• Establishment of a network
• Shared research opportunities
• Publication projects
• etc.

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Format and Purpose of Todays Meeting

• Brief presentations 5-10 minutes
• What do we aim to achieve with the meeting?
• Start (informal) network, support research
  proposals
• Consider shared FP7 bid, Network of Excellence
• How can we achieve it?
• Who will take responsibility for which
  deliverable?
• Further meetings, next steps?
• Anything we forgot so far?