Society-Culture-Technology at the Dawn of the 21st Century
AGH University of Science and Technology
Cracow, Poland
May 21-22, 2009
Abstracts: December 15, 2008

In 2009, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland, will celebrate its 90th Anniversary. As part of the Anniversary celebrations, we are organising the Conference:
Society-Culture-Technology at the Dawn of the 21st Century, 21-22 May 2009

The problems to be discussed at the Conference will be related to today’s vision of the intermingling of structure and culture, in both the regional and the global dimension, including, in particular, the impact of new technologies upon the dynamics of structural and cultural transformations. We suggest the following tentative topics:

- communication in the social and individual life of humans
- culture and economy in knowledge-based societies
- biotechnologies: their social and cultural significance
- natural environment as a space for impact of social technologies
- technocracy and democracy
- sustainable development in postmodern social theories
- impact of new media upon contemporary culture and art
- spirituality and new patterns of behaviour: their relation to contemporary forms of
rationality.

We hope that this Conference will provide you with an opportunity for discussion and presentation of research findings. The Conference participants will have a chance to exchange scholarly experience and initiate cooperation with representatives of various academic centres. The languages of the Conference will be English and Polish.

Please direct all correspondence (including abstracts (200 words) to:
Janusz Mucha, Chair of the Programme Committee (jmucha@post.pl) and/or
Katarzyna Leszczynska, Secretary of the Programme Committee (kaszha@poczta.fm).
We will accept the abstracts until 15 December 2008.
The conference fee is 400 Polish zloty (or 130 Euro).