[Nettime-nl] 3D Printing: Destiny, doom or dream? - Leiden University - 14/15 Nov 2013

[Bibi van den Berg <b.van.den.berg@law.leidenuniv.nl>]

CALL FOR PAPERS  <<3D printing: destiny, doom or dream?>>

A two-day international, multi-disciplinary conference organized by  
eLaw, the Centre for Law in the Information Society.

Where? Leiden University, Leiden Law School, The Netherlands
When? 14/15 November 2013

The emerging technology of three-dimensional (3D) printing has been  
heralded by many as the beginning of a third industrial revolution. By  
providing solutions to pressing problems ranging from organ shortages  
to reducing our environmental footprint through less waste, less  
transport costs, to more innovation, creativity and personalization,  
some argue that 3D printing is a heavenly destiny indeed. At the same  
time, however, there are also critical voices to be heard. 3D printing  
raises serious social, ethical, regulatory, legal and economic  
questions. Charting what these issues are, proposing ways of  
addressing them, and evaluating the potential and the reality of 3D  
printing is what <<3D printing: destiny, doom or dream?>> is all about.

Focus of the conference
This international conference is organised by eLaw, the Centre for Law  
in the Information Society, which is part of Leiden University’s Law  
School in the Netherlands. The aim of the conference is to provide an  
interdisciplinary forum for experts in law, political science and  
policy studies, economics, business science, philosophy and science  
and technology studies to present papers concerning a wide range of  
issues surrounding 3D printing technology.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The socio-economic impact of 3D printing
- Regulation and policy change in light of the development of 3D  
printing
- Intellectual property, patents and p2p file-sharing
- Other areas of law (e.g. tax law, product liability)
- Innovation and creativity
- Specific applications and products, and the special issues/solutions  
they may generate (e.g. guns, food, organs, prosthetics, etc.)
- 3D printing technology (e.g. development and history of , new  
frontiers, new areas of application etc.)
- Valuing (the future of) 3D printing (hype, hope or horror?)

For a detailed description of these topics, see the conference  
website: www.elawconferences.org

Paper submissions
Papers discussing one of the topics above can be submitted using the  
conference submission system at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=elawconference2013 
.
The procedure is as follows:
- Authors must first submit an abstract of max 500 words in a Word or  
pdf file.
- Abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific committee and if  
accepted, authors will be invited to submit a full paper of 15-20  
pages (including all additional materials, i.e. tables, graphs,  
figures, references etc.).
- Full papers will be reviewed by the scientific committee, after  
which authors will be asked to implement comments and feedback.
- A selection of the final versions of the full papers will be  
published in the conference book, which will be handed out at the  
conference.
- Authors of full papers will be given a time-slot in the conference  
programme to present their work.

Please observe the time-path for submitting a paper below –  
submissions after the deadline(s) will not be accepted!

A best paper award will be handed out during the conference.

Important dates
- 28 February 2013		Call for papers is sent out
- 31 March 2013			Submission deadline for abstracts
- 30 April 2013			Authors will be informed on abstract acceptance or  
rejection
- 15 July 2013			Submission deadline for first version of full papers
- 15 September 2013		Authors receive comments & feedback on first  
version of full papers
- 15 October 2013		Submission deadline for of final version of full  
papers
- 14/15 November 2013	Two-day conference at Leiden University’s Law  
School

Conference organisers
Prof.dr. Simone van der Hof
Dr. Bibi van den Berg
Carl Mair, LLM
Annemiek Varkevisser
Tess Priester

More information? See the conference website: www.elawconferences.org


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