[INES Announce] For INES: fPET 2026 Call for Abstracts - June 9-11, 2026 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering and Technology. University of Maryland, College Park

[Zachary Pirtle]

Dear INES:
The next fPET philosophy of engineering meeting will be June 9-11 at
University of Maryland, College Park USA, and I'd like to share the below
1/25 abstract deadline with INES.

We're lucky to have Matt Wisnioski as a keynote alongside the philosopher
of engineering Sabine Ammon and the engineer Zoe Szajnfarber.

Sincerely,
Zach
Zachary G. Pirtle, Ph.D.
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Call for Abstracts for fPET 2026

2026 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology, June 9 to 11, 2026
University of Maryland, College Park, USA
https://philosophyengineering.com/fpet2026

Building on the prior save the date note, we are delighted to invite you to
the 2026 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology (fPET 2026) at
the University of Maryland, College Park. The fPET conference will take
place from Tuesday June 9th to Thursday June 11th 2026.

*The mission of fPET is to encourage reflection on engineering, engineers,
and technology; and to build bridges between existing organizations of
philosophers, engineers and scholars in related fields. *A biennial
conference having its first meeting in 2007, fPET has been a leading site
for work on the philosophy of engineering. Information about the fPET
steering committee and past fPET events can be found here
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*Call for abstracts details!*

500 word (max) abstract deadline is January 25th, 2026, with acceptances in
mid-February. Tracks include:

·              Track 1: Philosophy of engineering and technology,

·              Track 2: Ethics relating to engineering and technology,

·              Track 3: Interdisciplinary reflections on engineering
practice;

·              Track 4: Reflections on Hardware and ‘Materiality’ in
Engineering

A small number of special sessions are also being solicited to explore
collaboration approaches and insights across engineers, philosophers and
other related disciplines.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the program committee, listed
below, with leadership from the conference and program co-chairs. Abstracts
accepted for presentation will be published on the fPET website.

Poster submissions are also welcome; we will ensure dedicated conference
attention to posters and view it as an excellent opportunity to share work.
There will not be panel proposals.

Submissions to fPET will be made at this website:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/fPET2026
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You must create an account there to submit an abstract.

Please see the rest of the site for more information, including how to
'Join the Conversation!, which has a listserv. Questions can be sent to
fPET2026 at gmail.com.

To download the Call for Abstracts as a PDF, click here
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For
more on fPET’s history since 2007, go to the fPET community page
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updates.

*About fPET 2026:*

*fPET 2026 conference co-chairs*: Zachary G. Pirtle and Guru Madhavan.

*Program Co-chairs; *Rider Foley (Univ. Virginia); Daria Jadreškic
(University of Innsbruck); Nicole F. Mogul (UMCP); Tonatuih Rodriguez-Nikl
(Cal State LA); Bono Shih (Penn State)

*fPET 2026 Program Committee: *Kirk Besmer (Gonzaga); Rockwell F. Clancy
(Virginia Tech); Claudia Eckert (Open Univ.); Rémi Gandoin (C2Wind); Dennis
Gedge (Consulting Engineer); Glen Miller (Texas A&M); Michael Poznic
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology); Andrés Santa María (Univ. Técnica
Federico Santa María); Édison Renato Pereira da Silva (Univ. Federal do Rio
de Janeiro); Viola Schiaffonati (Politecnico di Milano); Ashley Shew
(Virginia Tech); Martin Stacey (De Monfort Univ.); Florence Tan (retired
NASA); Pieter Vermaas (TU Delft)

*Overall fPET Steering Committee: *Co-chair: Viola Schiaffonati
(Politecnico di Milano); Co-chair: Zachary G. Pirtle; Sabine Ammon (TU
Berlin); Neelke Doorn (TU Delft); Richard Evans (Cornell University);
Albrecht Fritzsche (IEDC - Bled School of Management); David E. Goldberg
(ThreeJoy Associates, Inc.); Rafaela Hillerbrand (Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology); Guru Madhavan (NAE); Natasha McCarthy (Royal Society); Diane
Michelfelder (Macalester College); Carl Mitcham (Colorado School of Mines);
Byron Newberry (Baylor University); Joe Pitt (Virginia Tech); Michael
Poznic (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology); Ibo van de Poel (TU Delft);
Andrés Santa-María (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María); Ashley Shew
(Virginia Tech)

fPET 2026 is hosted by David Tomblin, Director of the Science, Technology
and Society Programs in the A. James Clark School of Engineering,
University of Maryland, College Park. The STS work at University of
Maryland makes it an exciting venue to host fPET, as they’ve already been
active in bringing engineers and social scientists together. More info here
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