Zachary Pirtle has passed along information about a meeting called “Engineering towards a More Just and Sustainable World” to be held as an Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Mini-Conference on March 6-7, 2010 in Cincinnati, Ohio:

Engineers and engineering shape our social, physical, and built environments in profound ways.  As that influence grows, deliberation and debate about underlying choices and directions becomes ever more important.  To aid these critical reflections, the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) is hosting this mini-conference in conjunction with its 2010 annual meeting at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel.  Cosponsored by the Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society of the National Academy of Engineering, the meeting will bring together engineers and scholars in ethics and in science and technology studies to explore the connections between engineering and justice.

The kickoff keynote lecture will be free to all attendees of the APPE Annual Meeting, but registration is required to attend subsequent sessions. Registration costs $70, or $40 for those already registered for the APPE meeting. Registration is available here.  A preliminary agenda for the mini-conference is available here.  For more information, contact Rachelle Hollander at rhollander@nae.edu.