Science and Technology in Society Conference - March 28-29, 2009

Hosted by the ST Global Consortium in Washington, DC

Graduate Student Presentations: Session II
Saturday, March 28, 2009 | 3:45 - 6:00 PM

Panel A: Environment

Revelle | Moderator: Todd LaPorte, Ph.D., George Mason University
Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Environmental Observations and Narrative Analysis in Alaska
- Nazune Menka, Arizona State University
The “Lurking Inconsistency”? A Survey of Professional Roles and Affiliations in Conservation Biology
- Zoe Nyssa, University of Chicago
Protecting Communities from Cumulative Impacts: The California Environmental Quality Act
- Miriam Zuk, University of California, Berkeley
Leykimi’s way: Environmental Activism and Cognitive Praxis in Cofru, Greece
- Nicholas Sakellariou, University of California, Berkeley
Policies for Achieving Energy Justice in Society: A Case Study on Solar Energy Technologies in Low-Income Housing
- Anne Smart, Cara Lampton, Veerendra Veerabhapdrappa, Candis Robinson, Fei Guo, and Lado Kurdgelashvili, University of Delaware
Problematizing the U.S. Energy-Transportation Infrastructure: Are Biofuels the ‘Inevitable’ Next Step?
- Marcia Davitt, Virginia Tech

Panel B: Innovation

Abelson | Moderator: Nicholas S. Vonortas, Ph.D., George Washington University
Induced Diffusion: A Definition of the Concept, a Review of Past Contributions and a Call for More
- van Diaz-Rainey, European University Institute, Italy
Business Incubators in the Middle East: What are the Current Status, the Similarities, and the Implications for the Future?
- Stephanie Pals, George Washington University
Peer-to-Patent in the International Arena
- Christopher Wong, Center for Patent Innovations, New York Law School
Entrepreneurship and innovation systems approach: Towards an integrated framework
- Birthe Soppe, University of Regensburg, Germany
The Ecological System of Innovation: A New Architectural Framework for a Functional Evidence-Based Platform for Science and Innovation Policy
- Robert Yawson, University of Minnesota Multiple Forms of University-Industry Collaborative Linkages
- Irene Ramos-Vielba, Manuel Fernandez-Esquinas, Institute for Advanced Social Studies, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Spain

Panel C: Information & Communication Technology

Haskins | Moderator: David Ribes, Ph.D. Georgetown University
ICTs for Synergy: A Case Study of Scientific Knowledge and Local Farmers’ Innovative Activities in Ghana
- Benjamin Addom, Syracuse University
Understanding Standardizations Competition from Actor-Network Perspective: The Case of 3G Standards in China's Telecom Sector
- Shu Gao, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Public Health in Developing Nations: EpiSurveyor in Kenya
- Matthew Karlesky, George Washington University
The Virtualization of Backpacker Culture: Virtual Mooring, Sustained Interactions, and Enhanced Nobilities
- Cody Paris, Arizona State University
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Disaster Management and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
- Antonio Carlos Carvalho, Virginia Tech
Developing a Geospatial Commons
- Puneet Kishor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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