Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Technik und Umwelt Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
	TA-DATENBANK-NACHRICHTEN
	Nr. 1, 7. Jahrgang - März 1998

VERANSTALTUNGEN

Seminare/Kongresse/Workshops

Toolmet'98 - Tool Environments and Development Methods for Intelligent Systems
Oulu, Finland, 16 - 17 April 1998

TOOLMET'98, a symposium on tool environments and development methods for intelligent systems, will take place in Oulu, Finland, on 16 and 17 April 1998. Organized by the University of Oulu, the symposium will bring together scientists and users to discuss and exchange new ideas and application experiences.

The main topics to be covered in discussions and presentations will be fuzzy and fuzzy-neural technology. As well as general intelligent application tools, there will be presentations of different applications of fuzzy logic and neural networks technologies in industries such as: pulp and paper; steel; electronic manufacturing and telecommunications; and medical healthcare.

The language of the symposium will be English.
(Source: CORDIS focus)

For further information, please contact

University of Oulu
TOOLMET'98 Secretariat
Ms. Marjatta Koivusalo
Department of Process Engineering
Box 444
FIN-90571 Oulu
Tel.: + 358-8/5532301
Fax: + 358-8/5532304
E-mail: marjatta.koivusalo@oulu.fi

Call for papers
Third International Congress:
Worldwide revolution in longevity and quality of life - Opportunities, challenges and responses
Paris, France, 18 - 20 May 1998

The International Council for Global Health Progress (ICGHP) is organizing its third international congress on the theme of Longevity and Quality of life, to take place in Paris, France, from 18 to 20 May 1998. The congress is being organized under the auspices of Mr. Jacques Chirac, President of France, Mr. Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission, and Mr. Frederico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO.

The event will include symposia, round-table discussions and workshops addressing the following:

• A global approach to the demographic, epidemiological and economic evolution of longevity;
• Future therapeutics and the progress of research in the treatment of pathologies related to ageing;
• The practical aspects of caring for the elderly;
• The necessary development of care for the elderly as it becomes increasingly based on technology;
• A constructive dialogue with economic, social and medical policy-makers in the field of ageing.

Mrs. Edith Cresson, Commissioner responsible for research, innovation, education, training and youth, and Mr. Umberto Scapagnini, Member of the European Parliament are expected to participate in a round-table debate on "Political responsibilities in the revolution in longevity".

The official languages of the congress are English and French. Abstracts related to longevity and quality of life should be submitted by 1 March 1998 at the latest.
(Source: CORDIS focus)

For further information, please contact

ICGHP
Regine Boutrais/Virgine Tournoud
Hopital Paul Brousse
F-94804 Villejuif Cedex
Tel.: + 33-1-45593677
Fax: + 33-1-45593885
E-mail: cipgs@club-internet.fr

Vorankündigung
17. Verkehrswissenschaftliche Tage
Integrierte Mobilitätsforschung - Herausforderungen für die interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit
Dresden, 4. - 5. Juni 1998

Mit dem Leitthema der Tagung setzt die Fakultät Verkehrswissenschaften "Friedrich List" der TU Dresden die jahrzehntelange Tradition der in Dresden veranstalteten "Verkehrswissenschaftlichen Tage" fort.

In einer Plenarveranstaltung sowie in 5 Tagungssektionen sollen dem breiten Spektrum des Rahmenthemas entsprechend neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und Erfahrungen vermittelt und ausgetauscht werden. Wissenschaftler, Verkehrspolitiker und vor allem die in der Verkehrspraxis tätigen Ingenieure und Wirtschaftler aus dem In- und Ausland sind dazu herzlich eingeladen.

Plenarsitzung

In der Plenarsitzung werden von hervorragenden Persönlichkeiten aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Technik und Ökologie Grundsatzvorträge zu verkehrspolitischen Zielvorstellungen, zur Mobilitätssicherung, zur Vernetzung von Verkehrssystemen und zur ökologischen Nachhaltigkeit im Verkehrswesen aus internationaler und nationaler Sicht gehalten.

Beratung in Tagungssektionen findet zu den folgenden Themen statt:

I. Wirtschaft und Verkehr
II. Verkehrstelematik und Betrieb
III. Entwicklungstendenzen der Fahrzeugtechnik
IV. Verkehrsplanung, Verkehrstechnik und Anlagengestaltung
V. Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit im Verkehr.

Kontakt

K.I.T. - Congress Incentives GmbH
Münzgasse 2
D-01067 Dresden
Tel.: + 49 (0) 351/498-9990
Fax: + 49 (0) 351/495-6116
E-mail: dresden@kit.de
Internet: http://www.tu-dresden.de/verkehr/vwt98.htm

Call for papers
Economic Evaluation of Technological Change
Washington DC, USA, 15 - 16 June 1998

An International Conference on the Economic Evaluation of Technological Change will take place in Washington DC, USA, on 15 - 16 June 1998. The conference, which is organized by the Advanced Technology Programme (ATP) of the US Department of Commerce and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), will focus on the effects of government investment in science and technology in advanced industrial economies.

The goal of the conference is to advance the state-of-the-art of evaluating the impacts of government investment in high-risk research aimed at developing enabling technologies of the type funded by the ATP. The meeting will bring together government R&D policy makers, analysts and R&D managers with academic and other researchers studying technology evaluation issues. It is expected that the presentations will facilitate comparisons of evaluation methods and practices in different countries.

Appropriate topics for papers include, but are not limited to:

• Measurement of R&D spillovers;
• Effects of collaborative research and development;
• The impact of subsidies and tax incentives on private sector R&D substitution;
• Complementarity between private and public R&D;
• Issues concerning the commercialization of goods and services resulting from innovation.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31 January 1998.
(Source: CORDIS focus)

For further information, please contact

Advanced Technology Programme
Dr. Richard Spivack
NIST
Administration Building, Room A303
Gaithersburg MD 20899
USA
Tel.: + 1-301/9755063
Fax: + 1-301/9754776
E-mail: richard.spivack@nist.gov
Internet: http://www.atp.nist.gov

ITAS-Jubiläumsveranstaltung
25 Jahre Technikfolgenabschätzung in Deutschland
Bonn, 17. - 18. Juni 1998

(siehe hierzu die Informationen in "Neues aus ITAS")

First Announcement and Call for papers
Fourth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies - GHGT-4 -
Interlaken, Switzerland, 30 August - 2 September, 1998

This conference continues the tradition established with the ICCDR Conference Series - The International Conferences on Carbon Dioxide Removal. The First Conference was held in March 1992 in Amsterdam and represented the first major gathering of researchers in the field of CO₂ capture, disposal, and utilisation. The scope of this conference series has been expanded to include all greenhouse gases, by the incorporating of the IEA Greenhouse Gases, Mitigation Options Conference held in London in 1995. This is reflected in the change of the name of the conference: GHGT-4.

The conference will provide a forum for the latest advances in the field of Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, including capture, disposal, and utilisation. Additionally, it strives to promote international research and development collaborations and to encourage an exchange of ideas on future directions in this field.

You are invited to submit papers on research, development, demonstration, analysis, or economics related to the following topics:

CO₂ Capture
Separation and recovery techniques including absorption, adsorption, membrane separation, and cryogenic fractionation.
Integrating of CO₂ recovery into power plant designs, including replacing air burning with oxygen burning and integrated coal gasification combined cycle power plants.
Capture from non-power plant sources in the industrial, transportation, or building sectors.

CO₂ Disposal
Disposal of CO₂ into the ocean, depleted oil and gas wells, underground aquifers, etc.
Transporting CO₂ from the source to the disposal site.

CO₂ Utilisation and Recycling
Opportunities for economic utilisation of captured CO₂.
Large-scale utilisation of CO₂, using either chemical or biological processing.
Cofiring of biomass in power plants.

Other Greenhouse Gases
Capture, minimization, utilisation, recycling and disposal of other greenhouse gases, as e.g. methane and nitrous oxide.

Implementation Issues
Current or proposed research, development, and/or demonstration projects.
Economic, environmental, and/or legal considerations.

Policy Issues
Relationship of CO₂ control technologies to other mitigation options. Life-cycle and other externality analysis.
Mitigation impact of CO₂ capture, disposal, and utilisation technologies.

Abstracts are due March 1, 1998.
The conference language is English.

For further information, please contact

GHGT-4 Secretariat
c/o Andrea Smith
IEA GHG R&D Programme
CRE Group Ltd.
Stoke Orchard, Cheltenham
Glos. GL52 4RZ UK
Tel.: + 44-1242-680753
Fax: + 44-1242-680758
E-mail: andrea@ieagreen.demon.co.uk
Internet: http://www.ieagreen.org.uk/

Call for papers
5. Internationale Konferenz Wissenschaft - Medien - Öffentlichkeit
Berlin, 17. - 19. September 1998

Die Konferenz

Wissenschaft und Technik prägen unsere Welt. Dennoch ist das öffentliche Bewußtsein und das Wissen über wissenschaftliche Zusammenhänge nicht sehr ausgeprägt.

Wie wird die Öffentlichkeit über Wissenschaft und Forschung informiert? Welche Rolle übernimmt der Wissenschaftsjournalismus? Welche Bedeutung haben Volkshochschulen und Museen? Was hat die Forschung über den Wissenschaftsjournalismus und die öffentliche Information über Wissenschaft herausgefunden? Antworten auf diese Fragen versucht die Konferenz WISSENSCHAFT - MEDIEN - ÖFFENTLICHKEIT zu geben. Sie informiert über neueste Forschungsergebnisse zur Wissenschaftskommunikation. Gleichzeitig soll sie den Austausch zwischen Theorie und Praxis fördern. Forscher werden die Probleme der Praktiker (Journalisten und PR-Fachleute) kennenlernen und Praktiker können von den Ergebnissen der Forscher profitieren.

Das Programm wird Themen bieten, die für die tägliche Praxis im Wissenschaftsjournalismus, in der Museumsarbeit oder in der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit für technisch-wissenschaftliche Institutionen bzw. Technologieunternehmen wichtig sind, aber auch Themen, die der akademischen Analyse von Wissenschaftsinformationen dienen.

Die Veranstalter

Veranstaltet wird die Konferenz vom Arbeitsbereich Wissenschaftsjournalismus der Freien Universität Berlin, Mitglied im Internationalen Netzwerk für Public Communication of Science & Technology (PCST). Das PCST-Netzwerk ist ein internationaler Zusammenschluß von Personen, die sich als Forscher und Praktiker mit der Vermittlung von Themen aus Wissenschaft und Technologie auseinandersetzen.

Der Kongreß wird von der Robert Bosch Stiftung, der Siemens AG, Schering AG und der Freien Universität Berlin gefördert.

Die Themen

Die nachfolgend genannten Themen sind als Rahmenvorschläge zu verstehen, die noch konkretisiert werden müssen:

1. Von Einstein bis Frankenstein
   • Das Image von Wissenschaft und Wissenschaftlern
   • Wissenschaft in Spiel und Spielfilm
   • Wissenschaft und Fiktion

2. Die Zukunft der Wissenschaftsinformation
   • Trends in der Wissenschaftsberichterstattung
   • Trends in der Analyse von Wissenschaftsinformationen

3. Regionale Aspekte
   • Wissenschaftsberichterstattung in Ost-Europa
   • Wissenschaftsinformation in Europa
   • Der Asiatisch-pazifische Raum
   • Lateinamerika
   • Südafrika

4. Training zur Wissenschaftskommunikation
   • Ausbildung von Wissenschaftsjournalisten
   • Ausbildung für Wissenschafts-PR
   • Medientraining für Wissenschaftler

5. Aus dem Ghetto, aber wie?
   • Wissenschaft im Alltag
   • Wissenschaft in den Medien (Print, Hörfunk, Fernsehen)
   • Wissenschaft Online

6. Wissenschaft "verkaufen"?
   • Wie fesselt man das Publikum?
   • Von der Information zum Verständnis
   • Hofberichterstattung oder Kritik?

7. Öffentlichkeitsarbeit für Wissenschaft und Forschung
   • Wissenschaftszentren und Museen
   • Public Health und Öffentlichkeit
   • Umwelt, Risiken und die öffentliche Debatte.

Einreichung von Beiträgen

Themenvorschläge für einen Konferenzbeitrag oder die Organisation eines Workshops bitte als e-mail oder als Word-Datei auf einer Diskette an das Konferenz-Sekretariat senden.
Annahmeschluß ist der 15. März 1998.
Konferenzsprachen sind Englisch und Deutsch.

Konferenz-Sekretariat

c/o Prof. Winfried Göpfert
Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für Publizistik/Wissenschaftsjournalismus
Malteserstr. 74-100
D-12249 Berlin
Tel.: + 49 (0) 30/7792-300
Fax: + 49 (0) 30/776-2149
E-mail: wissjour@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Internet: http://www.kommwiss.fu-berlin.de/pcst98

Informations-Service

Wenn Sie automatisch per e-mail über den Kongreß und andere Aktivitäten des PCST-Netzwerks informiert werden möchten, melden Sie sich bitte beim PCST-List Server unter folgender Adresse an:
listproc@cornell.edu.
Die e-mail darf nur die folgende Zeile enthalten:
subscribe PCST-L vorname nachname.

Training programme:
Impact Assessment for Sustainable Development: Integrating Environmental Assessment with Economic and Social Appraisal
Manchester, UK, 21 September - 11 December 1998

Introduction

The University of Manchester, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IDPM) and the EIA Centre at the University of Manchester, are offering a progressive training programme on Impact Assessment for Sustainable Development: Integrating Environmental Assessment with Economic and Social Appraisal.

Sustainable Development can only be achieved on the basis of a balanced appraisal prior to their approval and implementation, of a country's development policies, plans and programmes as well as of its major development projects. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a tool which is widely used to assess the environmental impacts of individual development projects. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and social impact assessment (SIA) are used to appraise their likely economic and social consequences. A balanced appraisal requires the integrated application of each of these three appraisal methods. The emergence of sustainable development as a major policy objective is now leading to these three methods being adapted and applied, in an integrated manner, in strategic-level appraisals of development policies, plans and programmes. This has created the need to strengthen and extend training in the combined application of these three forms of appraisal, at both project and policy and planning levels, in different types of economic system. The University of Manchester, through IDPM and the EIA Centre, has an international reputation for research and training in this area.

Participants

The programme is intended to meet the needs of those concerned with the practical integration of environmental considerations, along with economic and social factors, in the development process. It will be appropriate, therefore, for senior government agency staff, development agency personnel, private sector development staff, international consultants and regulatory authority staff, and managers in NGOs from developing and transitional economies, as well as those from advanced economies with interests in international and national sustainable development issues.

Programme Content

The course has been designed as a comprehensive 12 week programme for which a Postgraduate Certificate in Environmental Assessment and Sustainable Development will be awarded on its satisfactory completion, However, because of the programme's structure, applicants may attend the modules in project level assessment (weeks 1-4) and in strategic policy and planning assessment (weeks 6-9) separately.

Options within the programme

• Environmental Impact Assessment and Economic and Social Appraisal for Development Projects
• International Conference (see special announcement: 23 - 24 Okt. 1998) and Pre-Conference Workshop and Visits Programme
• Strategic Environmental Assessment and Economic and Social Appraisal for Sustainable Development Planning
• Individual Study Programme
• Postgraduate Certificate in Environmental Assessment and Sustainable Development
• Study-pathway (including distance learning component) to a Postgraduate Diploma and Masters Degrees in Environmental Assessment and Sustainable Development (in preparation, and subject to University approval).

For further information, please contact the Programme Directors

Professor Colin Kirkpatrick
Institute for Development Policy and Management
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9GH
Tel.: + 44 (0) 161/275-2800, - 2807
Fax: + 44 (0) 161/273-8829
E-mail: colin.kirkpatrick@man.ac.uk

Dr. Norman Lee
EIA Centre
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL
Tel.: + 44 (0) 161/275-6873
Fax: + 44 (0) 161/275-6893
E-mail: norman.lee@man.ac.uk

Call for papers
Industrial Structure, Innovation Dynamics and Technology Policy
Lisbon, Portugal, 16 - 17 October 1998

An international conference on "Industrial Structure, Innovation Dynamics and Technology Policy" will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 16-17 October 1998. The conference is being organized by the Institute for New Technologies of the United Nations University (UNU/INTECH) and is supported by the European Commission.

The aim of the conference is to provide an opportunity for an exchange of views on existing ideas and concepts derived from three distinct research perspectives:

• The appreciative theory of technological change;
• The economics of industrial dynamics and macro-economic growth;
• The "systemic" views on learning, institutions and competitiveness.

Papers are invited on the following themes:

• Industrial structure and technological change;
• Firms, market structure and competitiveness;
• Comparative reviews and sectoral studies;
• Innovation dynamics, diffusion of knowledge and growth;
• Institutional changes, learning and economic behaviour.

The deadline for the submission of papers (one-page abstracts) is 25 May 1998.
(Source: CORDIS focus)

For further information, please contact

UNU/INTECH
Dr. Anthony Bartzokas
23 Kapoenstraat
NL-6211 KV Maastricht
Tel.: + 31-43/3506313
Fax: + 31-43/3506399
E-mail: bartzokas@intech.unu.edu
Internet: http://www.intech.unu.edu

World Conference on Science and Technology Parks
Perth, Austria, 18 - 23 October 1998

The 15th world conference on science and technology parks, organized by the International Association of Science and Technology Parks (IASP), will be held in Perth, Australia, from 18 to 23 October 1998.

The theme of the conference is "Business partnerships for global opportunities" and the organizers aim to make the event an excellent opportunity for participants from throughout the world to develop business contacts. Five main themes will be addressed by the conference:

• Commercialization of knowledge;
• Developing strategies for regional innovation;
• Business partnerships/networking/globalization;
• Economics of science parks;
• Science park case studies.

In addition to the conference, there will also be a trade exhibition, at which a range of companies providing services and products of interest to science and technology-focused organizations will exhibit.
(Source: CORDIS focus)

For further information on the conference and the exhibition, please contact

XV IASP World Conference on Science and Technology Parks
P.O. Box 568
Kalamunda
Western Australia 6076
Australia
Tel.: + 61-8-92919306
Fax: + 61-8-92919978
E-mail: petrconf@iinet.net.au
Internet: http://www.techparkwa.org.au/iaspconf98/

International Conference Announcement and Call for papers
Impact Assessment in the Development Process:
Advances in Integrating Environmental Assessment with Economic and Social Appraisal
Manchester, UK, 23 - 24 October 1998

Sustainable development can only be achieved on the basis of a balanced appraisal of the environmental, economic and social impacts of a country's major development projects as well as of its development policies, plans and programmes. The objective of the conference is to review recent advances in the theory and practice of integrating environmental assessment (EIA and SEA) techniques with methods of economic appraisal and social impact assessment, in different types of economic systems.

Papers (3000-5000 words length) are invited in any area covered by the objectives of the conference. The topics to be covered include:

• recent developments in methods of economic, social and environmental appraisal
• procedures and methods for integrating environmental, social and economic impacts (including sustainability assessment) within planning, appraisal and decision-making in the development process
• the application of social impact assessment and economic and environmental appraisal to poverty alleviation
• recent case experience in the practical application of EIA and SEA, cost-benefit analysis and multi-criteria analysis in the development process
• participation and gender issues in integrated impact assessment
• impact assessment and sustainable natural resource management
• current issues in the combined use of environmental, economic and social appraisal techniques and future research needs.

Deadline for Abstracts: 1 May 1998
Deadline for Full Papers: 14 September 1998

Participants

The conference is intended for those with interests, from an economic social or environmental perspective, in integrated appraisal within the development process in different economic systems. These include practitioners engaged in appraisal activities, staff in international and national aid agencies, consultancies and NGOs and academics and researchers with interests in development and environmental issues.

Offers of papers (with abstracts) should be sent to the conference organisers:

Colin Kirkpatrick, Norman Lee and
David Howlett, c/o Debra Whitehead
Impact Assessment Conference Secretary
Institute for Development Policy and Management
University of Manchester
Crawford House
Precinct Centre
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9GH
Tel.: + 44 (0) 161/275-2800
Fax: + 44 (0) 161/273-8829
E-mail: debra.whitehead@man.ac.uk