Date/Time
Friday
13 May 2016
9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location
Social Science Matrix

Event Type
Workshop

To continue the momentum around growing a vibrant STS+Design community on campus and beyond, The Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society is hosting a day-long workshop on May 13, 2016 at U.C. Berkeley’s Social Science Matrix, with support from the Townsend Center for the Humanities.

This day-long workshop, hosting a cross-disciplinary group of
participants coming from all levels in the academy and universities
across the country, will map some of the exciting research happening and the larger theoretical trends at the intersection of STS and design, and will work on building a community and an agenda for further engagements.

RSVP at https://sites.google.com/site/stsdesignberkeley to let us know you’re coming and provide food allergies, restrictions, and
preferences. This workshop is free and open to the public.

Agenda:
9:30am    Check In and Light Breakfast (provided)
10:00am  Welcoming Remarks
10:30am  Session 1: Scoping STS+Design as an Emerging Field
12:30pm  Boxed Lunches (provided) in the Matrix Space
1:30pm    Session 2: Establishing a Future Agenda for STS+Design
3:30pm    Wrap-up and Next Steps
4:00pm    Off-Campus Happy Hour and Dinner in downtown Berkeley (location TBD)

Host and Contact:
Morgan G. Ames
Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Science, Technology, Medicine and Society, UC Berkeley
STSdesign(at)morganya.org