Update on the Third
Annual Ethics and Technology Conference 1998
This conference is brought to you this year through a cooperative effort by
The Second Annual Ethics and Technology Conference is part of the continuing Ethics Outreach Program developed by the Loyola Center for Ethics to share the work of the Loyola ethics faculty with the larger community and to provide leadership in the public discussion of ethical issues important to contemporary society.
Next Year's
Conference Loyola University Chicago's Water Tower Campus is located at 820 N. Michigan Ave., along Chicago's Magnificent Mile and west of Chicago's famous landmark, Water Tower. The conference will be held in our new facility at 25 E. Pearson. The 25 E. Pearson Building has six floors of library facilities, four floors of class rooms, three floors dedicated to School of Law library, three floors of faculty and administrative offices for the School of Business and IHIR/CORD, computer labs, an auditorium, the Information Technologies department offices, and a penthouse-level reception room.
Our first plenary speaker on Friday is Dr. Richard Epstein, Department of Computer Science, from West Chester State University of Pennsylvania. He will speak to us on Everything you Always Wanted to Know About the Future but were Afraid to Ask. Dr. Epstein will present a collection of short stories that explore the social, ethical and spiritual implications of technology by creating a possible future in which technology plays a major role. You will learn about the rallying cry of the year 2028, namely: "Don’t let your genetic information fall into the wrong hands!" A dire warning if there ever was one!
On Saturday morning Dr. Carl Mitcham, Associate Professor and Director of the Science, Technology and Society Program at Penn State University, will address the conference on Why we Should Learn to Say no to Technology. In his talk Dr. Mitcham will point out that in this new technoscientific world with high tech connections, there seems to be a lack of deep community social fabric, and that therefore saying NO will be mostly an individual and personal act. Another paper by Dr. Mitcham, Notes for a Hypertext on the Emergence and Transcendence of Computer Ethics, is available.
The committee is proud to announce that a cooperative effort has been established to bring you the conference this year and in succeeding years. This cooperative effort was created by combining talents and resources from Loyola University Chicago, Santa Clara University and Boston College. The Center for Ethics and the School of Business from Loyola have joined with the Markkula Center for Ethics from Santa Clara University to share resources and ideas to bring you this conference. Dr. Richard Spinello from Boston College has agreed to join forces and bring his university’s resources into play in order to bring to you a similar conference in the future. Santa Clara will host the next conference in this series in 1998, Boston College will host the conference in 1999. Thereafter the conference will rotate among the three hosts. Dr. David Ozar from the Center for Ethics at Loyola, and Dr. Ronald J. Kizior from the Management Science Department of the School of Business at Loyola, along with Fr. Tom Shanks, the Executive Director of the Markkula Center, have been busy planning the conference this year. The committee would also like to thank Mrs. Carol McClory from Santa Clara who has been a key component in helping to keep the lines of communication open between these three spatially distant universities.
Initial funding for this project has been made available by the following resources:
| Conference Chair | Dr.
Ronald J. Kizior Management Science Department Loyola University Chicago 820 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611-2103 +1-312-915-7394 |
rkizior@luc.edu |
| Program Chair | Dr.
Mary Malliaris Management Science Department |
mmallia@luc.edu |
| Registration Chair | Dr.
Barbara Leonard Accounting Department |
bleonar@luc.edu |
| Publicity | Dr. Todd Hoover School of Education |
thoover@luc.edu |
| Dr. Konstantin Läufer Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences |
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Several major publishers have been contacted and we are expecting a robust display. The exhibit area will be open during the entire conference. A raffle will be conducted during the closing ceremonies and the exhibitors have agreed to provide several books each for the raffle.
For those who will be driving in to attend the conference, there are several parking facilities within one to two blocks of the conference site.
Make sure to validate your parking ticket at the University to ensure the reduced prices. Tickets can be validated in the bookstore of Lewis towers, or at the first floor security desk in the 25 E. Pearson Bldg.
Arrangements have been made with the HOLIDAY INN CHICAGO CITY CENTRE hotel for a group rate of $119 for a single or double on the evenings of June 5, 6 and 7 of June. The pervious listed rate does not include Chicago Hotel Tax. The hotel is located at 300 E. Ohio St. Please contact directly the hotel to make your reservations. Your reservations should be made no later than May 21, 1997. When making your reservations please mention that you are with the Loyola University Chicago group. The telephone number is 312-787-6100.
Those arriving at O'Hare or Midway can use the Airport Express Shuttle service to go directly to the Holiday Inn City Centre hotel at 300 E. Ohio St.. The Airport Express counters are located at doors 1-E, 2-D and 3-D respectively in terminals 1,2 and 3 at O'Hare. Departures are as frequent as every 5-10 minutes. Round-trip fare from O'Hare is $25.50 per person. Round trip fare from Midway is $19.00. To ensure a return-trip seat, you can call locally 454-7800 to reserve a seat.
United Airlines has been contacted and has agreed to be the “Official Airline” of the conference. When making your reservations please use the group ID number 510HK and mention that you are with the Loyola University Chicago. To make reservations call the United Meetings desk at 1-800-521-4041 at any time between 7:00 am to 12:00 midnight [EDT]. This special rate can be used on United, United Express, and Shuttle by United service.
Registration fees are as follows:
The registration fee includes Friday evening dinner, Saturday morning continental breakfast, Saturday lunch, and coffee breaks.
Request for refunds will be honored if received in writing or e-mail, on or before Friday May 16, 1997.
To register, please print the registration form and mail your registration to:
Dr. Barbara Leonard
Accounting Department
Loyola University Chicago
820 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611-2103
Final papers are due April 25, 1997.
Final papers are accepted in the following formats:
| HTML | HTML Level 2.0, Mozilla or 3.2 (Wilbur) preferred. Please use the HTML validation service to guarantee that your HTML document is syntactically correct. |
| PostScript | MS-Windows users: You must use a generic PostScript driver such as Apple LaserWriter Plus, select Optimize for Portability - ASDC, and do not send a Ctrl-D before or after the job. |
| Adobe PDF |
Please submit your papers electronically to Dr. Konstantin Läufer (send email). You may send either the actual paper in your message or, preferably, just the URL of the paper for downloading. Dr. Läufer is in charge of posting all accepted papers to our WWW site, as well as other pertinent information. If you are having any type of problems, please contact him directly.
Before coming to the conference, attendees may want to review papers to be presented at the conference or print out copies of papers to bring to the conference. All relevant conference information will be available through the conference URL:
http://www.math.luc.edu/ethics97/
The conference program, including final papers, is available as well. There will be no hard copy proceedings of the conference.
For those attendees who may have left early from the conference, the original dates annouced at this year’s conference for next year’s conference have been changed. The new dates for the Third Annual Ethics and Technology Conference at Santa Clara University are May 29 and 30, 1998.