Dear Friends,

At the ASA's annual meeting at Colorado Christian University next July
25 to 26, the Christian Engineers and Scientists in Technology
affiliation plans to hold a session focusing on work in technology and
how it relates to Christian faith. We want YOU to consider presenting a
paper at this conference.

ASA members received the conference call for papers by early November
(see attached file). This email is to emphasize the call for papers for
the "Technology Develpoments and Applications from a Christian
Perspective" session. A written paper is not required, but a written
abstract of 250 words is required by January 31, 2003.

Here are some possible subjects for discussion. This is NOT an
exhaustive list. Surely something YOU are doing would be of interest to
us!

     Networking of Christians in the workplace and at professional
meetings

     Evangelism in the workplace

     Ethical issues of scientists and engineers engaged in technology
development

     Philosophical issues: e.g does the Bible support or oppose modern
technologies?

     Real-life experiences of whistleblowers engaged in technology
development

     Conflicts in religion and science encountered in technology
development

     Christian approaches to conflicts between environmentalism and
technology

     Use of technology solutions for environmental problems

     Differences in challenges to Christians engaged in technology but
working in industry vs. universities vs. government  organizations

     Ethical problems in developing regulations on technology -- e.g the
Precautionary Principle vs. safety standards.

     Impact of specific technologies on Christian world views: e.g.,
energy sources, transportation systems, information technology,
population control, medical technology, space technology, food
technology, drug technology, oceanic engineering, etc.

     OtherTechnologies and issues that could be noted: Global warming,
endangered species, EM energy, population control, acid rain, nuclear
energy, genetic engineering, space exploration, transportation
technology, etc.

Please submit your abstracts to ASA per the enclosed general Call for
Papers for the ASA meeting. Please note on your abstract that you
believe your paper belongs in the CEST session.

For further information about ASA and CEST see the ASA website, asa3.org
or contact Bill Yoder, CEST President, at lwyoder@ieee.org or John
Osepchuk, Special Advisor to CEST, at JMOsepchuk@cs.com. If you have
questions about this call for papers, please contact Bill or John.

Bill Yoder, President, CEST