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Sunday 22 November, 2009
Time Sunday 22 November, 2009
17:00-19:00 Pre-conference welcome (and registration):
Ship Inn, South Bank riverfront (SEE MAP South Bank)
Drinks and nibbles
Monday 23 November, 2009
Time/Room Monday 23 November, 2009
8:00 Registration desk opens
Coffee/tea in the M1 foyer of the Brisbane Convention Centre (BC)
9:00-9:10
BC M1/2*		 Introduction:
Master of Ceremonies: Associate Professor Richard Hindmarsh, Co-Convenor APSTS Network, Griffith School of Environment, and Centre for Governance and Public Policy
Setting the Scene
9:10-9:15
BC M1/2		 Welcome:
Professor Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, Environment and Indigenous Stream,
Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University
9:15-9:40
BC M1/2		 Welcome to Country and Opening Dance Performance:
The Nunukul Yuggera Aboriginal Dancers
9:45-10:00
BC M1/2		 Opening of Conference:
Dr Karen Cronin, Convenor APSTS Network, Environmental Science and Research, NewZealand
10:00-10:30
BC M1/2		 First Keynote Address:
Professor Ian Lowe, Griffith University
Science, Technology and Sustainable Society?
10:30-10:55
BC M1/2 Foyer		 MORNING TEA  
11:00-11:30
BC M1/2		 Second Keynote Address:
Bevan Tipene-Matua
Reconciling Indigenous Spiritual Traditions with the Spiritless Scientific Ethos:  Does Indigenous Led Genetic Research Provide an Answer?
11:30-12:00
BC M1/2		 Third Keynote Address:
Associate Professor Yuko Fujigaki, University of Tokyo
Public Participation and Science Communication: Japanese Contexts and Case Studies
12:00-12:30
BC M1/2		 Fourth Keynote Address:
Associate Professor Wenling Tu, Shih-Hsin University
Technology Risks and Citizen Participation: Taiwan’s Struggle Towards Environmental Democracy
12:30-13:25
BC M1/2 Foyer		 LUNCH 
Posters (M1/2)
13:30-14:55
BC M1/2		 Panel Discussion: Climate Change,Sustainability Science, and the Role of STS
15:00-15:25
BC M1/2 Foyer		 AFTERNOON TEA Brisbane Convention Centre M1 Foyer
15:30-17:30
Session program+		 Parallel Session 1
17.40-19:00 Queensland Conservatorium Foyer Book launch:
MC Associate Professor David Mercer, University of Wollongong
Drinks and nibbles
19:00- Dinner [local restaurant, own cost]
  • * Brisbane Convention Centre Room M1 and M2
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Tuesday 24 November, 2009
Time/Room Tuesday 24 November, 2009
8:00 Registration desk opens
Coffee/tea in the M2 foyer of the Convention Centre
8:30-10:00
Session program+		 Parallel Session 2
10:00-10:30
BC M2*		 Fifth Keynote Address: Professor Herbert Gottweis, University of Vienna
Explaining Hwang-Gate: South Korean Identity Politics between Bio-Nationalism and Globalisation
10:30-10:55
BC M2 Foyer		 MORNING TEA Convention Centre M1 Foyer
11:00-12.25
BC M2
Session program		 Panel Discussion: Indigenous-Led Genomic Research: Risks, Challenges and Opportunities
Parallel Session 3
12:30-13:25
BC M2 Foyer		 LUNCH
13:30-14:55
BC M2
Session program		 Panel Discussion: ‘Responsibility ’ in Mediating Debates on Emerging Technologies
Parallel Session 4
15:00-15:25
BC M2 Foyer		 AFTERNOON TEA
15:30-17:30
Session program		 Parallel Session 5
19:00-Late Conference Dinner: Ship Inn, South Bank
Speaker: Professor Peter Glasner, Cardiff University
  • * Brisbane Convention Centre Room M2
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Wednesday 25 November, 2009
Time/Room Wednesday 25 November, 2009
8:00
Queensland Conservatorium foyer		 Registration desk opens in the Queensland Conservatorium (QC)
9.00-9:30
Ian Hanger Recital Hall		 Sixth Keynote Address:  Associate Professor Catherine Waldby, Sydney University
Clinical Labour: Tissue Donors and Research Subjects in the Bioeconomy
9:30-10:25
Ian Hanger Recital Hall		 Panel Discussion: The Biopolitics of Regenerative Medicine
10:30-10:55
QC foyer		 MORNING TEA
11:00-12:30
Ian Hanger Recital Hall		 Panel Discussion: Technoscience Engagement and Citizenship: Regional Perspectives
12:30-13:30
Queensland Conservatorium foyer		 LUNCH
13:30-15:00
Session program		 Parallel Session 6
15:00-15:25
Queensland Conservatorium foyer		 AFTERNOON TEA
15:30-16:30
Session program		  Parallel session 7
16:35-17:30
Ian Hanger Recital Hall		 Overview and next steps: Dr Karen  Cronin and Associate Professor Richard Hindmarsh
South Asia STS networking: Professor V.V. Krishna, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ., NewDelhi
Upcoming events:
2010: 4S in Tokyo: Associate Professor Yuko Fujigaki and Dr Karen Cronin
2011: APSTS Network Conference: Dr. Ma Huiduan, Northeastern University, China
Cultural farewells from the Asia-Pacific lands, waters and peoples

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