Minds, Brains, and the Law

TILTing Perspectives on the Stand

TILTing Perspectives is a series of bi-annual international conferences, organized by the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. TILT is a multidisciplinary institute conducting research into the legal and social implications of various emerging (fields of) technologies, ranging from information and communication technologies, to bio- and nanotechnologies, to neurotechnologies and robotics.

TILT is happy to announce the next conference of this series, entitled

TILTing Perspectives 2011: 
Technologies on the stand: Legal and ethical questions in neuroscience and robotics

This conference focuses on the legal and ethical questions raised by the application of neuroscience and robotics in a number of contexts. Think, for instance, of the following examples:

• the use of  neurotechnologies in the legal arena, in therapy, and for human enhancement;
• the advent of robot technologies in home and hospital environments, but also in war.

For more details on the theme and subject area of this conference, please see the call for papers

In this two-day conference we aim to bring together national and international experts from the fields of law, robotics and neuroscience, and to facilitate discussion between lawyers, legal scholars, psychologists, social scientists, philosophers, neuroscientists and policy makers. 

Key details:

• Conference dates: 11 and 12 April 2011
  
• Conference location: Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands
  
• Registration: opens on 1 October 2010; closes on 5 April 2011
  
• Submission of abstracts: opens on 1 September 2010; closes on 15 October 2010
  
• Submission of full papers: opens on 1 October 2010; closes on 15 December 2010
  
• Reviewer feedback on full papers: sent to authors on 31 January 2011(at the latest) 
  
• Final revised papers due: 1 March 2011

Call for Papers AJOB Neuroscience

Paul Wolpe asked me to pass along the following CFP from AJOB Neuroscience:

Now, I seek submissions from you, your colleagues, and your graduate students.  

First, we are encouraging general submissions to the journal.  Please consider submitting articles yourself or with collaborators, and please forward the attached call to your colleagues and graduate students.  

Second, we are planning a special issue on the controversies around free will and agency in neuroscience.  Please consider contributing to that special issue, and forwarding that special call to colleagues and graduate students.  Letters of intent are due in July and the papers in August.