The students of The Academic Conference: a class in the University Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University, are delighted to invite submissions to its conference “Technology and the Public: Bridging the Gap of Knowledge.”
Background description of theme and suggestions
Technology in the digital age has become an evermore integral part of societal function. As innovation
accelerates in its applications and power, an inevitable gap between public knowledge and technology emerges.
With new research comes new responsibilities, and we need to address how these advances have impacted
society. The topic of our conference: ‘Technology and the Public: Bridging the Gap of Knowledge’, aims to explore the gap of knowledge between technology and the public from several angles, including but not limited to:
- Discussing the newest advances in STEM, or other research, and their impact on the public and the environment
- Misinformation and disinformation about tech
- How public interests drive tech innovation
- Discussing different strategies to accurately inform the public of new technologies
- How tech can be used to spread mis/disinformation
- Discussing educational inequity caused by the distribution of new technologies and allocation of resources domestic and abroad
- Discussing how information available on new research and technology affects consumer behavior
- Addressing misuse/abuse of technology
- Novel applications of existing technologies
We invite submissions from any academic discipline, including but not limited to:
- Engineering
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Economics
- Media Studies
- Mathematics
- Public Health & Medicine
- Biology
- Computer Science
- Philosophy and Ethics
Types of Submissions:
We welcome submissions of one of two types of papers/presentation styles;
- Short Conference Paper
a. Approximately 1500 words
b. Abstract maximum of 300 words
c. Structured as 10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A - Poster Presentation
a. Submit an abstract of maximum 300 words, as well as a visual sketch or short description of
your poster layout. - ● With either type of submission, you are also required to submit a short description (maximum of 3
sentences) of your presentation’s relevance to the conference theme.
● Submissions will be reviewed and notifications of acceptance will be sent out by the end of October.
● For the purposes of anonymous review please omit personal information from documents uploaded to the application.
Dates & Deadline:
- Material Submission Deadline: October 16, 2022 11:59 pm est.
- Acceptance Notifications: by October 30, 2022 via email
- Conference Date: November 27, 2022 (First Sunday after Thanksgiving)
Submission link: https://forms.gle/og8bxtpxBtYaf5hi8