<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;max-width:1500px"><div class="elementor-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1394px;display:flex"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-03ab77d elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;display:flex;width:1394px"><div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;width:1394px;padding:10px"><div class="elementor-widget-wrap" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1374px"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8256f47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(122,122,122);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.875rem;margin:0px 0px 0.75em;clear:both;line-height:1.4;padding:0px;font-weight:300;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science (GETS)</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">May 22 & 23, 2019</span></h1></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;max-width:1500px"><div class="elementor-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1394px;display:flex"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e3a30ae elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;display:flex;width:1394px"><div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;width:1394px;padding:10px"><div class="elementor-widget-wrap" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1374px"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ad1a021 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(122,122,122);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.875rem;margin:0px 0px 0.75em;clear:both;line-height:1.4;padding:0px;font-weight:300;text-align:center"><a href="https://forms.law.asu.edu/view.php?id=520098" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(153,51,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Click Here to Submit Abstract – Deadline extended to Feb. 15</span></span></a></h1></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;max-width:1500px"><div class="elementor-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1394px;display:flex"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ab95dfb elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;display:flex;width:1394px"><div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;width:1394px;padding:10px"><div class="elementor-widget-wrap" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1374px"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e6e69c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(122,122,122);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;max-width:1500px"><div class="elementor-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1394px;display:flex"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6e9de54e elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;display:flex;width:1394px"><div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;width:1394px;padding:10px;background-color:rgb(221,221,221)"><div class="elementor-widget-wrap" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1374px"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7ec2d423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(158,158,158);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;clear:both;line-height:1.4;margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:1.625rem;font-weight:300"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(128,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Venue<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law  <br style="box-sizing:border-box">in the Beus Center for Law and Society<br style="box-sizing:border-box">111 E. Taylor St., Phoenix, AZ 85004</span></h2><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;clear:both;line-height:1.4;margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:1.5em 0px 0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:1.625rem;font-weight:300"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(128,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">About the Conference<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></span></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)">This unique and innovative conference, now in its seventh year, addresses the ethical, legal, regulatory, and policy issues that surround the emergence of new technologies and scientific advances. Drawing on the combined expertise of leaders in academia, industry, and government, this conference focuses on finding governance solutions for rapidly changing technologies. The dual challenge of any governance system is to encourage research, investment, and development while guarding against potential risks to health, safety, environment, and society. We confront this challenge by creating a forum for radically cross-disciplinary discussion involving experts in law, engineering, science, business, medicine, ethics, and other fields.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)">In recent years, these discussions have covered the broadest possible range of technologies and scientific study, including nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, the internet of things, human-machine interfaces, neuroscience, synthetic biology, genomics, personalized medicine, telemedicine, human enhancement, gene editing, surveillance, national security, virtual and augmented reality, blockchain, autonomous weapon systems, and so on. The value we have uncovered in combining such a variety of subjects is that governance strategies and lessons learned in one field can often be applied to others in ways that generate new breakthroughs. This conference has thus become a go-to event for forward-looking policy makers, technologists, and business leaders who are at the forefront of a changing world.</span></p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;clear:both;line-height:1.4;margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:1.5em 0px 0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:1.625rem;font-weight:300"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(128,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Call for Abstracts</span></span></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:1rem">The co-sponsors invite submission of abstracts for proposed presentations.  Written papers are not required, although provision will be made for posting and possible post-conference publication of papers for those who are interested. </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Abstracts are invited for any aspect or topic relating to the governance of emerging technologies, including but not limited to any of the technologies listed above. </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px 0px 0px 30px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and must contain</span> <span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(128,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><u style="box-sizing:border-box">your name</u></span> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)">and</span> <span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(128,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><u style="box-sizing:border-box">email address</u></span>.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px 0px 0px 30px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Abstract due date has been extended to </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(128,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">February 15, 2019</span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px 0px 0px 30px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The sponsors will pay for the conference registration (including all conference meals and events) for <span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(128,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><u style="box-sizing:border-box">one</u></span></span> presenter for each accepted abstract. In addition, we will have limited funds available for travel subsidies (application included in submission form).</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;max-width:1500px"><div class="elementor-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1394px;display:flex"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ebf3730 elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;display:flex;width:1394px"><div class="elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;width:1394px;padding:10px"><div class="elementor-widget-wrap" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1374px"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8335561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(122,122,122);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;clear:both;line-height:1.4;margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:1.375rem;font-weight:300;text-align:center"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)">For more information contact Executive Director Josh Abbott at <a href="mailto:Josh.Abbott@asu.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Josh.Abbott@asu.edu</a></span></span></h3><div><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">website:  <a href="http://events.asucollegeoflaw.com/gets/">http://events.asucollegeoflaw.com/gets/</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Jonathan Coopersmith</font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Visiting Professor</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span>School for the Future of Innovation in Society</span></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span>Arizona State University</span></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span>Tempe, Arizona </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span><br></span></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Professor</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Department of History</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Texas A&M University</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">College Station, TX  77843-4236</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">979.739.4708 (cell)</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">979.862.4314 (fax)</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br><span style="font-size:small">Latest article:  </span></font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__theconversation.com_why-2Ddo-2Dpeople-2Dstill-2Duse-2Dfax-2Dmachines-2D109064&d=DwMFaQ&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=xd_h1GnqUOIgUwdyipeynKCpqL76q7QWVzlt1TjNm50&m=6YTciul5cmHMYpIE4DBtLo5GwLGC09jAumpqqx7Z3rU&s=SM8Zc9WYgGjKIZge3dUv7eWJ50JBvt7LQlUv6FLVrL8&e=" style="color:rgb(11,102,152);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px" target="_blank">http://<span>theconversation</span>.com/why-do-people-still-use-fax-machines-109064</a><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><i>FAXED.  The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine</i></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> (Johns Hopkins University Press) is the co-recipient of the 2016 Business History Conference Hagley Prize for best book in business history.  </span></font><br></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>