Topics of Interest include but are not limited to the following areas!

Ethics Fundamentals

Track Chairs: Elya Joffe, eb.joffe@ieee.org and Pieter Botman, p.botman@ieee.org

1. Ethics and Conflicts of Interest

2. Ethics and Whistleblowing

3. Ethics and the Idea of the Public (Does the Public end at the boundary of one’s nation?)

4. Ethics and Ethical Responsibility

5. Ethics and Professions in Science (e.g. Can science be a profession?)

6. Ethics and Biomedical Engineering (e.g., Can engineers have patients?)

Ethics in Science, Technology and Engineering Disciplines

Track Chairs: Don Gotterbarn, don@gotterbarn.com and Steven Pearce, stevenp@sfu.ca

7. Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Science, Technology and Engineering

8. Ethics and Emerging Technologies (biotechnology, nanotechnology, cognitive science, and robotics)

9. Ethics and Risk Management & Risk Communication

10. Ethics and Information & Communication Technology

11. Ethics and Computing and Software Engineering

12. Ethics and Energy Systems

13. Ethics and Biometrics

Ethics, Morality, Law and Culture

Track Chairs: David Silver, david.silver@sauder.ubc.ca and John Jenness, John_Jenness@bcit.ca

14. Ethics and Law & Regulation

15. Ethics and Technology Policy

16. Ethics and a World of Diverse Cultures

17. Ethics and the Culture of Science and Engineering

18. Ethics and Professional Societies (including Codes of Ethics)

19. Ethics and Compliance in Corporations

20. Ethics and Intellectual Property

Ethics, Society and Environment

Track Chairs: Bob Gill, Bob_Gill@bcit.ca and Winnie Lai-Fong, Winnie.Lai-Fong@telus.com

21. Ethics and Social Issues (gender & ethnic diversity, peace studies, social justice, humanitarian engineering)

22. Ethics and Public Safety, Health and Welfare

23. Ethics and its Practice: ethics of a community versus individual ethics

24. Ethics and Environmental Concerns

25. Ethics and Sustainable Development

Ethics and Education

Track Chairs: David G Michelson, davem@ece.ubc.ca and Craig Scratchley, wcs@sfu.ca

26. Ethics and Accreditation/Certification

27. Ethics and Young Researchers

28. Ethics and Education for Engineers and Scientists