Ethics in Technology

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Ethics in Technology is the second installation of Ethics for UBC, a five-part speaker series that will explore the current landscape of ethics scholarship and education across the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses of our university.

In attending this interactive 75-min panel discussion, you will have the opportunity to learn about the current ethics-related endeavours taking place at UBC, pressing ethical issues that exist across a wide range of disciplines, and the ways in which you can become more involved.

This panel discussion will focus on ethics across a variety of disciplines that involve technology, from engineering and architecture to neuroscience and nursing.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Welcome by: Gail Murphy, PhD; Professor, Computer Science; Vice President – Research and Innovation, University of British Columbia

Moderated by: Ari Rotenberg, BA; MSc Candidate, Experimental Medicine; Neuroethics Canada, University of British Columbia 

Panelists: 

Shahria Alam, PhD; Professor, School of Engineering; Director, Green Construction Research Training Centre, University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus

Fionn Byrne, MLA; Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia

Julie Robillard, PhD; Assistant Professor of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine; Faculty, Neuroethics Canada, University of British Columbia

Patricia Rodney, PhD; Associate Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia