Speaker: Dr. Johann Fiedler
Format: Interactive online workshop
Contents:
If quantum technologies allow us to know more than ever before, what responsibilites emerge together with these new epistemic capacities? Every technology changes what humans can do. Engineering ethics asks what follows from these newly created capabilities.
The importance of measurement and knowledge in quantum research
Responsibility arising from new epistemic possibilities
Introduction to dual-use perspectives
Speaker’s bio:
Dr. Johann Fiedler is a technology ethicist and technology consultant. He earned his doctorate at RWTH Aachen University in the field of technology and environmental ethics, focusing on climate modification strategies and the boundaries between theology, natural science, and engineering. Dr. Fiedler taught as a lecturer in engineering ethics, business ethics, and project management in development cooperation at RWTH University and at the Global Water and Climate Adaptation Center (ABCD) in collaboration with the AIT Bangkok, the IIT Madras, and TU Dresden, as well as through the BRIDGE network with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.