How
do we bring the public and industry together to do research for the
public good? Government reports and scholarly publications
trumpet the value of fostering public participation in scientific
research, and a number of funding agencies are now encouraging
initiatives such as community-based participatory research (CBPR). Could
the participation of citizen groups in industry-funded
research increase the relevance, reliability, and acceptability of this
work? The Collaboration Conundrum Conference brings together industry
representatives and experts on important policy issues such as
genetically modified organisms (GMOs), pollution and
toxic chemicals, biomedical research, agricultural practices, and
animal welfare to answer these questions.
For information on the conference program, travel, and accommodation, please visit reilly.nd.edu/c3.
Registration is available by clicking here (or
from the conference page). There is no fee for registration, but we request that you register by the deadline - Monday, October 26th - so that we can confirm numbers for catering purposes.
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Anjan Chakravartty
Director, John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values
Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
Editor in Chief, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
