Responsible Technologies for a Material World

The EMMS are pleased to announce their final technical event for 2022. The virtual lecture, on 30 November, will be delivered by Professor Raffaella Ocone, Chair in Chemical Engineering at Herriot-Watt University, and will consider 'Responsible Technologies for a Material World'

All objects and substances are made from some combination of the elements in the periodic table. Plastics and metals are the building blocks of many everyday objects. Manufacturing increasingly relies on emerging technologies and digitalisation demanding for ethical considerations and responsible innovation. Ethical assessment of specific products, uses, regulations and social impacts that are already in existence might be simplified by the fact that it can rely on a wide range of available data leading to ethical synthesis and reasoning; on the contrary, the ethics of emerging technologies can only make use of speculative data about future products and processes, their envisaged use and their impact.

The talk will explore ethical considerations and dilemmas that manufacturing poses. Synthesis and technical solutions that developers and users must adopt to ensure a responsible employment of emerging technologies are discussed. Responsible manufacturing is presented through a holistic eye considering its societal and environmental consequences.

All are welcome and please register using the link at the top right of this page.