Theme Workshops
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The Theme Workshops will provide an opportunity for conference participants to discuss products from three or more years of hard work, produced by the nine Theme groups that have been active in TOE. They have been working towards a review essay, bibliography, and research agenda, in varying configurations. Each workshop will have its own organizational format. Please look at the Theme materials in advance.
Workshops

Friday, March 19

10.15-11.45 1. Engineering Europe: Big Technological Projects and Military Systems
Chairs: Hans Weinberger, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
John Krige, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Helmut Trischler, Munich Center for the History of Technology, Germany

2. Colonialism, Decolonization and Development
Chairs: Gabrielle Hecht, University of Michigan, USA
Harro Maat, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

3. Communication
Chair: Stefan Kaufmann, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
14.30-16.00 4. European Mobility
Chair: Gijs Mom, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands

5. Narratives on the European City
Chair: Mikael Hċrd, TU Darmstadt, Germany

6. Agriculture and Food
Chair: Carmen Sarasua Garcia,Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
16.15-17.45 7. Technology and the Rise of the Consumer Society
Chair: Ruth Oldenziel, Foundation for the History of Technology, The Netherlands

8. Information Systems and Technology in Organisations and Society
Chair: Matthias Kipping, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

9. Networking Europe
Chair: Arne Kaijser, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Erik van der Vleuten, Technical University Eindhoven, The Netherlands