The Use of Implants in Ethical Surveillance Infrastructures: Towards a Transdisciplinary Ontology

An Intensive Workshop. September 3-5, 2008, ZiF, University of Bielefeld.


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Schedule

Date / Time Activity / Speaker Details / Rationale
Sep. 2, 2008
14:00-15:00 Introduction for the Press
Sep. 3, 2008 Open with definition of ethical surveillance, review agenda, enable introductions, provide conceptual orientation for study of and policies for implants.
09:30-09:45 Welcome Address: Ipke Wachsmuth, Managing Director ZIF
09:45-10:15 Welcome Address: Organizers
10:30-11:00 Opening Address - Ethical Surveillance? D. J. Phillips David Phillips hosted the original NSF grant which funded the proposal working group and coined the term 'ethical surveillance infrastructures'.
11:00-12:30 Perspectives on Implants (Chair: DJP)
11:00-11:30 Ethical perspectives in Implants: M. Nagenborg Organizers will map the theoretical terrain and unpack the notion of ethical surveillance infrastructures. These are the frameworks which will be used to inform dialogue in the moderated discussion at the end of the session, and the following afternoon breakout session.
11:30-12:00 Implants as Part of Enabling Environments: D. M. Wood, K. Ball
12:00-12:30 RFID Implants and Social Inequalities in the U.S.: T. Monahan
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Breakout Groups In this session, 3 breakout groups of 5 - 6 people will discuss recent key documents about implantation. The documents will present popular, industry, or government views on implants (to supplement academic perspectives). Discussion groups will respond directly to the three primary research questions of the workshop.
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:15 Report back to floor 15 min. per group
17:15-17:30 Short Break
17:30-19:00 Keynote 1 - Brain-Reading and Brain-Writing Computer Interfaces: From Interaction Models to Ethical Reflection: G. Tamburrini
Sep. 4, 2008 Overall objectives of the day are to consider agency, power, and resistance, to consider the experience of implantation.
09:00-10:00 Keynote 2 - Implants, victims and offenders: M. Nellis
10:00-12:30 Individual and social dimensions of the body
11:00-11:45 Self-ownership of the body: K. Weber This session presents two very different perspectives on the biopolitical positioning/siting of the body in relation to self and systems.
11:45-12:30 New body ontologies: J. Weber
12:30-14:00 Lunch + Travel Reimbursments
14:00-16:00 Benefits of Implants
14:00-15:00 Participatory Surveillance and the Body: A. Albrechtslund This is designed as a contrast to the second session of the day and presents an alternative view of living with implants.
15:00-16:00 Enabling Environments: D. M. Wood
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 Designing an ontology of implants Based on previous sessions, participants will define, through discussion, an ontology of implantation, taking into account ethical surveillance infrastructures, power, resistance and agency.
18:00-Open End BBQ
Sep. 5, 2008 The final day of the workshop is to progress further towards a transdisciplinary ontology of implants.
09:00-10:00 Keynote 3: D. Lyon This session will synthesise progress so far and offer a platform for discussing the remaining issues. The session will focus explicitly on the ethics of surveillance, in which Professor Lyon is a globally significant figure (c.f.: Lyon, 2002, 2003).
10:00-10:15 Short Break
10:15-11:30 Breakout Groups 3 Groups will summarize the ways in which the objectives of the workshop have been addressed.
11:30-11:45 Short Break
11:45-12:30 Report back of the Breakout Groups Groups will offer conclusions about ethical surveillance infrastructures and implants (15 min. each).
12:30-13:00 Summary by the Organizers and Conclusion of the Workshop The conclusion will focus on the "proof of concept" i.e.: the dimensions of the ontology, and outline the expected outputs.
13:00 Snack and end of workshop

Last change: 08/13/2008.