Conference urges putting technology into service of security and dignity

Maribor, 10 March - US economist Jeffrey Sachs opened a week-long conference exploring the social ramifications of technological development in Maribor on Friday by stressing the imperative of using technology as a force for good. Sachs called for a geopolitics of peace, issuing a strong rebuke of the US's and Europe's attitude to Russia.

Maribor, Alma Mater Europaea - ECM. Odprtje mednarodne znanstvene konference Za človeka gre: Družbeni in tehnološki napredek za varnost in dostojanstvo. Foto: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor, Alma Mater Europaea - ECM.
Odprtje mednarodne znanstvene konference Za človeka gre: Družbeni in tehnološki napredek za varnost in dostojanstvo.
Foto: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses the opening of an international scientific conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor
President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses the opening of an international scientific conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity.
Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses the opening of an international scientific conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor
President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses the opening of an international scientific conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity.
Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses the opening of an international scientific conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor
President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses the opening of an international scientific conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity.
Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses the opening of an international scientific conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor
President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses the opening of an international scientific conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity.
Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses the opening of an international scientific conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor
President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses the opening of an international scientific conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity.
Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses opening of International Scientific Conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity. Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

Maribor
President Nataša Pirc Musar addresses opening of International Scientific Conference entitled It's About People: Social and Technological Development in Service of Security and Dignity.
Photo: Katja Kodba/STA

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