Exploring Ethics Forums with the Fleet Science Center
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In conjunction with the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology, the Fleet Science Center welcomes guests to encounter science from an ethical viewpoint. Held on the first Wednesday of the month, this ongoing series brings the public and scientists together to explore how science and technology can best serve society.
Through forums, projects and resources, the Ethics Center gives stakeholders an opportunity to share perspectives on the ethical implications of new developments in science and technology. Each event includes an opportunity for the audience to share thoughts and questions with guest speakers. The Exploring Ethics forums welcome anyone who is open to learning new ideas and listening to viewpoints that are different from their own.
Schedule:
• Wednesday, March 2 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Centering the Environmental Impact of Computing in CS Teaching and Tesearch with George Porter, PhD.
• Wednesday, April 6 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Telling the Story of Science: Creatively Countering Environmental Despair with Monica Stufft, PhD.
• Wednesday, May 4 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. | Last Gift: Ethical Considerations for HIV Cure Research at the End of Life - A Community Update and Conversations with Karine Dubé, DrPH, Jeff Taylor, and Sara Gianella Weibel, M.D.
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The Exploring Ethics forums take place online, prior registration is required and free. Please register here.
For more information, please visit fleetscience.org/events/exploring-ethics or call the Fleet at (619) 238-1233.
Fleet Science Center
Fleet Science Center features more than 100 interactive science exhibits in eight galleries, as well as major traveling exhibitions. Visitors can create colored shadows, design images with a sand pendulum, examine the vibration of guitar strings and get their hands on a variety of intriguing scientific phenomena. The Fleet Science Center is also home to the world’s first IMAX Dome Theater, presenting the biggest films on the planet. Its unique configuration wraps the audience in images and provides the illusion of being suspended in space. In 2008, the Fleet completed phase one of a two-phase project, refurbishing the theater’s interior, upgrading the sound system and replacing the original screen with a new seamless screen. In February 2012, phase two was completed, adding a state-of-the-art digital projection system to the theater. The Eugene Heikoff and Marilyn Jacobs Heikoff Dome Theater now shows both IMAX films and digital shows on the NanoSeamTM screen, offering audiences an immersive viewing experience available nowhere else in Southern California. Heikoff Dome Theater show topics take audiences from outer space to under water and every place in between, and are generally suitable for all ages. San Diego’s only Giant Dome Theater also plays host to planetarium shows, including the monthly Sky Tonight show, which is led by an astronomer and followed by outdoor telescope viewing, courtesy of the San Diego Astronomy Association. The Fleet Science Center is open daily at 10 a.m. and is open in the evenings during summer and on weekends. We're open on holidays, too--check our site or call 619-238-1233 for holiday hours. Since our opening in 1973, the Fleet has been the best-attended museum in the city and a Top 10 attraction in San Diego. We are located in beautiful Balboa Park, home to many of the city’s museums, as well as attractive gardens, intriguing architecture and picturesque fountains.