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Speaking

My diary of conference presentations

current | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 1999-2001

i = invited speaker, funded
c = conference presentation
ia = invited attendee, funded
a = attended as delegate

creative ppt

     
Stirling University Stirling c
(Jan, 2002)
"A Deep Blue Grasshopper' Conference in Analytic Philosophy [abstract]		   European Association for Sports management Vitoria a
(Sept, 2001)
European Association for Sports Management annual conference.
     
International Bioethics Committee Paris a
(Sept, 2001)
8th Annual meeting of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO.		   International Association of Sports Information Lausanne c
(April, 2001)
'Simulating sports in Virtual Arenas' for International Association of Sports Information World congress [abstract].
     
Barcelona Barcelona a
(Feb, 2001)
' Sport and Tourism World Conference, IOC, WTO.		   Paris Paris a
(Dec, 2000)
' Sports and Human Rights - Doping' International Assoc. of Sports Law.
     
University of Surrey, Roehampton London a
(Sept, 2000)
'NewSports@ NewTechnologies.com' University of Surrey, Roehampton		   International Association of Bioethics London c
(Sept, 2000)
'Designer genes for sale' for 5th World Congress of Bioethics [abstract].
     
ICSSPE Brisbane i
(Sept, 2000)
"Citius Altius, Fortius" for 2000 ICSSPE Pre-Olympic Congress [abstract]		   International Association for the Philosophy of Sport Melbourne c
(Sept, 2000)
'Selected Champions' for 28th Meeting of IAPS [abstract].
     
London c
(Aug, 2000)
"New Balls Please' for 1st International Congress on Tennis, Science and Technology, International Tennis Federation [abstract]		   Society for Applied Philosophy Manchester c
(May, 2000)
'Patenting Human DNA' for annual conference of the Society for Applied Philosophy [abstract]
     
International Olympic Academy Olympia i
(May, 2000)
"The Olympic Games and the Cyborg Athlete' for International Olympic Academy Postgraduate session [abstract]		   Lancaster Lancaster c
(April, 2000)
'Engineering Athleticism' for conference at St Martin's College [abstract].
     
London London i
(Nov, 1999)
"The Unborn Athlete' for Enhancement Technologies Group.		   IAPS Bedford c
(Sept, 1999)
'Genetic Technologies and Sport' for 27th Annual meeting of IAPS [abstract]
     
Red Cross/Crescent in Geneva Sydney c
(Sept, 1999)
"Human Rights of the Genetically Engineered Athlete' for first international congress of human rights in sport [abstract].		   Society for Applied Philosophy Cheltenham, UK c
(July, 1999)
'Virtually Nothing: Re-evaluating the significance of cyberspace', Leisure Studies Association annual meeting [abstract].
     
Leeds University Leeds c
(April, 1999)
"Climbing Upwards or Climbing Backwards?' First International Conference on Science and Technology of Climbing & Mountaineering, Leeds University [abstract].		   British Olympic Association London a
(Feb, 1999)
Annual meeting of the British Olympic Academy
     
 

resarch interests

art&design // bioethics // china // cyberculture // ethics // law // medicine // olympics // outer space // politics // public engagement with science // science // sport // technology

just published

Miah, A. (2008, Aug 3) A Posthuman Olympics, Washington Post, in press.

Miah, A. (2008, July 31) Inside the mind of a Marathon man, Nature, 454,583-4.

Miah, A. (2008) Paralympics 2.0, Bioethics Forum, The Hastings Center.

Miah, A. (2008) Letter to Utopia: A Reply to Bostrom, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 2(1).

Miah, A. (2008) Engineering Greater Resilience or Radical Transhuman Enhancement, Studies in Ethics, Law and Technology, 2(1).

my next event

Glasgow, Scotland i (30 Sept, 2008)
Our Cultural & Moral Commitment to Discover, Create, and Support New Life Forms, for LESS REMOTE: The Futures of Space Exploration: an Arts & Humanities Symposium, International Astronautical Congress, SEC, Glasgow, Scotland [abstract]

Beijing, China c (Aug, 2008)
Chair and Speaker for panel symposium on Emergent Journalistic Cultures at the Olympics, International Symposium on Olympic Research, Beijing National University and University of Western Ontario [outline].

Olympia, Greece i (July, 2008)
Supervising Professor, International Olympic Academy 16th Postgraduate Seminar [Lecture Outlines].

in press

Miah, A. (2008) Justifying Human Enhancement: The Accumulation of Biocultural Capital. In: Wint, S. Ethical Futures. The Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (RSA), London.

Miah, A. (2008) Playing Games with Artificial Intelligence. Hale, B. (Ed) Philosophy Looks at Chess . Open Court Press.

Miah, A. (2008). Posthumanism: A Critical History. In Gordijn, B. & Chadwick, R. 'Medical Enhancements and Posthumanity. Springer.

Miah, A. (2008) 'Blessed are the Forgetful': The Ethics of Memory Modification in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In Shapshay, S. (Ed) Bioethics Through Film, Johns Hopkins University Press.
 

just published

Zwart, N. H. (2007). "Genomics and self-knowledge: implications for societal research and debate." New Genetics and Society 26(2): 181-202.

Mitchell, C. B., E. D. Pellegrino, et al. (2007). Biotechnology and the Human Good. Washington, DC., Georgetown University Press.

Peters, H. P., J. T. Lang, et al. (2007). "Culture and Technological Innovation: Impact of Institutional Trust and Appreciation of Nature on Attitudes towards Food Biotechnology in the USA and Germany." International Journal of Public Opinion Research 19(2): 191-220.

House of Commons Select Committee, Science And Technology (2007) Report on Human Enhancement Technologies in Sport.

Koolstra CM, Bos MJW, Vermeulen IE. Through which medium should science information professionals communicate with the public: television or the internet? Journal of Science Communication 2006;5(3):1-8.

   

interviews

May, 2008
The technological enhancement of man, Danish Broadcasting Corporation

April, 2008
Evening Standard
Beijing 2008 Olympics and Protest

March, 2008
The Sports Factor, ABC Radio, Blogging at the Beijing Olympics

Feb, 2008
ESPN Magazine

flashback

 
recent places
         
Beijing, China c (5 Aug, 2008)
Chair and Speaker for panel symposium on Emergent Journalistic Cultures at the Olympics [outline] 		  Olympia, Greece i (20 July, 2008)
Supervising Professor, International Olympic Acadmy 16th Postgraduate Seminar [Lecture Outlines]. 		  Leeds, UK c (16 July, 2008)
Ambush Media: Journalistic Freedom & Media Politics at the Beijing Olympics, Olympic Politics and Protest, Leeds Metropolitan University [abstract].
         
London, UK ia (4 July, 2008)
Research Cluster on Innovative Media for a Digital Economy: Health Industries Workshop, British Medical Association House.		   Liverpool, UK i (July, 2008)
Keynote, Body & Economy, London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, FACT. 		  Chicago , USA ia (Jun, 2008)
 2016 Olympic Bid conference, the contribution of the arts.
         
San Francisco , USA i (Jun, 2008)
Bioethics and Doping colloquium, St Mary's College. 		  London, UK c (Jun, 2008)
with Ana Adi, Framing Beijing's Olympic Bid: Human Rights Advocacy Groups and Online Mainstream International Media, Changes and Challenges: China’s Media, University of Westminster, London, [abstract] 		  Oxford, UK i (May, 2008)
Guest Seminar, St James Martin Institute for the 21st Century, Programme on Biomedical Ethics and Future of Humanity Institute
 
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