[STEM-Announce] Invitation: Choices and Challenges Forum: Self-driving cars in the Ne... @ Thu Apr 4 5pm - Fri Apr 5, 2019 1am (UTC) (stem-announce at lists.rbtc.tech)

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You have been invited to the following event.

Title: Choices and Challenges Forum: Self-driving cars in the New River  
Valley
The Choices and Challenges Project presents the forum "Self-driving cars in  
the New River Valley" on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at The Inn at Virginia  
Tech and Skelton Conference Center.

Schedule:
• 1:00-3:30 pm: Background Sessionsj
• 1:00-5:00 pm: Poster Session
• 2:00-2:15 pm: Coffee Break
• 2:00-2:15 pm: Meet Poster Presenters
• 3:30-3:45 pm: Coffee Break
• 3:30-3:45 pm: Meet Poster Presenters
• 3:45-5:00 pm: Background Sessions
• 6:00-8:00 pm: Main Panel
• 8:15-9:00 pm: Follow-Up Session

This event seeks to explore the choices we still face and the challenges  
raised by the potential presence of self-driving cars on our roads and in  
our lives. While most thinking about and planning for self-driving cars has  
focused on urban environments, the New River Valley’s mixture of small town  
and rural communities offers a unique opportunity for exploring a range of  
questions.

• Will these vehicles interfere with our privacy?
• Are they safe, for passengers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and others?
• Will they undermine existing public transportation options, or expand  
public transportation into new communities?
• Will they increase or decrease transportation accessibility for poor  
communities, the elderly, and the disabled?
• Will they shift patterns of vehicle ownership? Will they improve traffic  
or create new problems?
• Will they require new regulations, and if so, by whom and of what sort?
• Are they ultimately good or bad for our environment, our communities, and  
our personal lives?

Our Choices and Challenges forum will bring together  
internationally-recognized experts and the public to discuss these and  
other important questions.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Choices and Challenges is an ongoing public engagement series exploring  
ethical and social issues created by advances in science and technology.

Free parking is available in the guest parking lots at the Inn at Virginia  
Tech.

For more information, visit: https://candc.sts.vt.edu/.

Cost: See Description
When: Thu Apr 4 5pm – Fri Apr 5, 2019 1am Coordinated Universal Time
Where: The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
901 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Calendar: stem-announce at lists.rbtc.tech
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