Responsible Technology: are we ready for it?
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Responsible Technology: are we ready for it?
Wed, 25/11/2020 - 14:30 to 15:30
Location:
Speaker:
Prof Raffaella Ocone
Synopsis:
Technology is at the heart of the world where we live providing, among other things, energy solutions, assuring food and drinking water, generating electricity, goods and services. Emerging technologies rise fast carrying the potential to deliver economic and social benefits to a world that is challenged to sustain 10 billion people. Technological and scientific achievements pose challenges and opportunities. The exponential growth of computers, communication and artificial intelligence, for example, is changing the way we work and think, impacting on human activities and ways of living. This talk will explore how global responsibility is embedded in technological solutions and how the ethical dimension affects the way scientists and engineers work and operate.
Biography:
Raffaella Ocone obtained her first degree in Chemical Engineering from the Università di Napoli, Italy and her MA and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University, USA. She holds the Chair of Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University (HWU) since 1999. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), and the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2007 she was appointed Cavaliere (Knight) of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity by the President of the Italian Republic. In The Queen’s 2019 New Year Honours she was appointed Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for services to engineering. Raffaella was named as one of the top 100 Most Influential Women in the Engineering Sector in 2019 in the list produced by board appointments firm Inclusive Boards in partnership with the Financial Times.