Hey guys! Hope you're all really excited for the upcoming conference cause we definitely are. Anyways, here are the questions that will be discussed during the conference workshop. You are all encouraged to research and have a little knowledge about these questions as they are related to the theme and will be discussed during the conference. Researching these questions and topics will also make it easier for you to pose questions to the speakers. Hope you have a nice day. Thanks!
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
1. The future is now. Activists now have access to unlikely tools: satellite technology to deter mass atrocities in South Sudan, civil society leaders in Iran and Southeast Asia distributing encrypted media of demonstrations and geo-targeted apps that aid famine relief in East Africa and combat global human trafficking. Technology has transformed the way governments, corporations and movements around the world. How we continue to innovate and anticipate challenges will steer the future of human rights.
We are aware that innovation takes place to revolutionise our world. Is it possible to balance out humanity and innovation simultaneously?
2. Innovation has definitely brought a whole new era from medicine to technology and even life as a whole. Should humanity be considered in the strive for technology?
ANIMAL
TESTING/ANIMAL PRODUCTS
1. Animal research plays a crucial role in scientists’
understanding of diseases and the developmental of effective medical treatment.
As of right now, millions or even billions of rats, mice, rabbits, cats and
other animals are locked inside cold, barren cages in laboratories across the
world. All they can do is sit in their cold cages and wait in fear for the next terrifying and painful procedure that will be performed to them.
Do you think it is morally acceptable for
scientists to use live animals in research for medicine? If not, what is the
alternative for testing medicine to ensure that they are safe to be used on humans?
2. Every day, we are faced with choices about the purchases we make—and those purchases can have a profound
impact on wildlife. While many wildlife products are sold legally around the
world, there is also tremendous demand for illegal products made from
endangered species. This demand feeds wildlife crime and devastates populations
of many species.
What
are the pros and cons of banning animal products? Is it
possible
for us to stop the usage of animal products?
Invention of weapons/Nano Technology/Cosmetics
1. Who can think at this present
time without the sickening of the heart of the appalling slaughter, the
suffering, the manifold misery brought by war to Spain and to China? Who can think without horror of what another widespread war would mean, waged as it
would be with all the new weapons of mass destruction?
Should we address humanity in the strive for invention of
weapons?
2. Scientists currently debate the future
implications of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology may be able to create many new
materials and devices with a vast range of applications, such as in medicine,
electronics, biomaterials energy production, and consumer products. On the
other hand, nanotechnology raises many of the same issues as any new
technology, including concerns about the toxicity and environmental impact of nanomaterials, and
their potential effects on global economics, as well as speculation about
various doomsday scenarios.
Discuss the impact of nanotechnology towards
the health of environment.
3. Most of us probably do not
give much thought to our morning rituals, to the extent that we are half awake doing them. But the array of personal care products we use each day—from toothpaste and shampoo to lipstick—can affect us more adversely than we realise. Are we aware that the chemicals used as the key ingredients of these personal care products could affect us adversely?
Do you think it is possible for us to replace the risky
ingredients with something that is safer? Do you think organic cosmetic
products will make any difference?
