[Themaintainers] Call for Submissions: fPET 2024 - Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology, September 17-19, 2024 in Karlsruhe, Germany

[Zachary Pirtle]

Dear Maintainers colleagues,

Please see the below call for submissions. I am co-chairing the 2024 Forum
on Philosophy, Engineering and Technology (fPET), on Sept 17-19 in
Karlsruhe, Germany. I had the 2018 fPET do a dedicated call for Maintenance
abstract- while we're not doing that this year, I'd still love maintenance
engineering-related topics.

As an engineer, I'm very hopeful that reflective engineers will desire to
partake in this or future fPET events, alongside philosophers and
other scholars. That's part of the mission of fPET. To stay in touch, join
the listserve for Philosophy and Engineering:
https://philosophyengineering.com/join-the-conversation; and consider
following curated tweets  <https://twitter.com/Phil_Engineer>on philosophy
and engineering

-Zach
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Call for Submissions for

*fPET 2024*



*2024 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology (17-19 September
2024)*

*with a satellite workshop on Normative Energy Ethics (20 September 2024)*



Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

www.fpet2024.org



We are delighted to invite you to the 2024 Forum on Philosophy,
Engineering, and Technology (fPET 2024) at *Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT) *in *Karlsruhe, Germany.*

The fPET conference will take place from Tuesday 17th until Thursday
19th September
2024.

An optional satellite workshop on Normative Energy Ethics follows on Friday
20th September 2024.



The conference will bring together researchers from the fields of
engineering, philosophy, and neighboring disciplines such as technology
assessment to address the theme of *Understanding, Assessing, and Designing
Responsible Futures*. fPET 2024 will provide an opportunity to meet
like-minded researchers, and to present and discuss issues on the
intersection of engineering and philosophy.

The mission of fPET <https://philosophyengineering.com/the-fpet-community>
is to encourage reflection on engineering, engineers, and technology; and
to build bridges between existing organizations of philosophers, engineers
and scholars in related fields.


Topics

We invite *abstracts for paper presentations, posters, panels, and
experimental sessions* on the following (broad) topics:

·       Philosophy of engineering and technology

·       Ethics, social philosophy, and political philosophy in engineering
and technology

·       Practitioners' reflections on engineering and technology

·       Epistemology of engineering and technology

·       Engineering and technology education

·       Interdisciplinary studies of engineering and technology, especially
(but not limited to) technology assessment (TA), responsible innovation
(RI), value-sensitive design (VSD), and science and technology studies (STS)



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


Keynote speakers

The following keynote speakers have confirmed their presence:

·       Mieke Boon (University of Twente, NL)

·       Erik Fisher (Arizona State University)

·       Astrid Linder (Swedish National Road and Transport Research
Institute)
Timeline

15 March, 2024: deadline for abstract submission (papers, posters, panels,
experimental sessions)

1 June: notification of acceptance

15 July: registration deadline

17-19 September: fPET conference

20 September: satellite workshop


Satellite workshop on Normative Energy Ethics on Friday 20 September

The day after the conference, there will be a satellite workshop on
Normative Energy Ethics. During this one-day event, three invited experts
will present ethical analyses of current energy policies in different
geographical contexts. These three presentations will be followed by Q&A
discussions and create opportunities for exploring further international
research collaborations. This event will take place at the same venue as
the fPET conference and all participants are welcome to join this workshop.


Location

The conference will be held in Karlsruhe as an in-person event. Throughout
the conference hybrid-participation will be possible in one
parallel-session and the plenary sessions. The other parallel-sessions will
be in-person. A limited number of online talks is possible.



The conference venue is the *ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe* (
https://zkm.de/en) and the* Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design *(
https://hfg-karlsruhe.de/en/). Both are located in a listed industrial
building, a former munitions factory. The building houses under one roof:
exhibition spaces, the Hertz Lab, and libraries, thus combining research
and production, exhibitions and events, archive and collection. The ZKM
operates at the interface of art and science, and addresses new knowledge
in the area of new technologies.


Submission Guidelines

Please submit your abstract for paper presentations or posters, panels, or
experimental sessions until 15 March 2024 via our website: www.fpet2024.org



We invite submissions for ...

·       *Individual paper presentations* *or** posters *that address the
conference theme, the topics listed above, or related topics. Abstracts
(including references) should not exceed 500 words. Abstracts will be
anonymized and reviewed by the conference program committee

·       *Panel sessions.* Panel proposals should include a description of
the panel (400 words maximum) and all individual papers of the panel (each
400 words maximum). Panels will be reviewed in their entirety by the
conference organizers.

·       *Experimental sessions*, e.g., workshops, roundtable discussions,
art exhibitions, etc. The format of these sessions can be chosen by the
organizers. Session proposals should include a clear description of the
session's aim and approach and should be of maximum 500 words length.
Experimental session proposals will be reviewed by the conference
organizers.



We especially encourage sessions that bring together philosophers and
engineers, as well as practitioners, in inter- and transdisciplinary
discussions that are relevant for the conference themes or reflect on
inter- and transdisciplinary practices.



*Contact*

Please direct any queries related to the conference to
fpet2024 at itas.kit.edu. <fpet2024 at itas.kit.edu>
Registration

Registration will be open in spring 2024. Diversity and inclusion are
important for us. We encourage participants from low-income countries as
well as all who lack the means to attend the conference to contact us for
grants.


Conference organizers

·       Co-Chairs: Rafaela Hillerbrand (KIT) & Zachary Pirtle (George
Washington University)

·       Program Co-Chair: Christine Milchram, Michael Poznic, Michael W.
Schmidt, and Giovanni Frigo (for the workshop on normative energy ethics)
(all KIT)

·       Further members of the local organizing committee: Nico Brähler,
Meike Hebich (KIT)

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Sincerely,

Zach


Zachary Pirtle, Ph.D.
fPET2024 co-chair, with Prof. Rafaela Hillerbrand
Google scholar profile
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ZndB62EAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate>
Twitter: @zpirtle <https://twitter.com/zpirtle>
*Engaging in fPET in my personal capacity, not as part of my NASA role*

See my recent podcast for the US National Academies:
https://issues.org/science-policy-irl-zach-pirtle-nasa-space-ethics/
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