Our Lands, Our Waters, Our Peoples

Asia-Pacific Science, Technology and Society Network Conference 2009: 23-25 November 2009, Griffith University (Southbank campus), Brisbane, Australia

This inaugural annual meeting of the new Asia‐Pacific Science, Technology and Society Network (APSTSN) focussed on STS research and practice in the region. A special feature was the focus on environmental and on indigenous themes, as well as the body (e.g, red life sciences, forensic DNA technologies), and community (e.g, inclusive governance, public engagement, citizenship).

 Conference Report

Keynote Presentations (only):

 Clinical labour: tissue donors and research subjects in the bioeconomy (Catherine Waldby, University of Sydney, Australia)

 Science, technology and sustainable society? (Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe, Griffith University, Australia)

STS in Japan and East Asia: governance of science and technology and public engagement (Associate Professor Yuko Fujigaki, Tokyo University, Japan) - links to pubished form of keynote address

 Technology risks and citizen participation: Taiwan's struggle towards environmental democracy (Wenling Tu, Shih-Hsin University, Taiwan)