Background paper: Nik Brown, Harro van
Lente and Arie Rip - Expectations
in and about science and technology
Expectations in Science
& Technology
Utrecht, 13th-14th June 2003
Friday 13 June
List
of Participants
13.30 - Opening: Arie Rip
14.00 - What can we learn from case
studies of earlier expectation dynamics?
Kornelia Konrad - The 'electronic
superhighway' in Germany - plus prepared comment by Arie Rip,
followed by general discussion.
15.30 Hype-disappointment cycles as
a general phenomenon? What does this tell us about the social, cultural
and material context of future orientation? Is it possible to formulate
a more constructive approach to expectations?
Nik Brown
- Introduction , prepared comments by Barend van der Meulen.
17.00 Perspectives on Expectations introduced
by Harro van Lente, followed by Expectation dynamics in contextual domains
part I.
Paul Martin, Mirian Voss, Dirk Stemerding
- Expectations in genomics and biotech
Arie Rip, Malcolm Eames - Expectations in Nanotechnology
Discussant: Philippe Laredo - followed by general discussion
21.00 informal discussions
Saturday 14 June
9.00 Expectation dynamics in contextual
domains part II.
Frank Geels -
Transport and energy fuel cells -
Jan-Willem Stoelhorst, Mads Borup, Kornelia Konrad - Electronics
and ICTs
Discussant: Barend van der Meulen - followed by general discussion
10.30 Quality control of expectations
and the politics (and political economy) of expectations. Concrete issues
and background understanding. Role play with a "practitioner"
and a "scholar"?
12.00 Items for further research. To
create a research agenda, and to identify interesting projects.
14.00 What have we learned? Next steps?
15.00 Close