The NAE Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society will convene a workshop on engineering, social justice, and sustainable community development on October 2-3, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The workshop will explore engineering in contexts of poverty, crisis, and controversy.  It will examine 1) engineering and questions of humanitarian welfare and social and environmental justice; 2) the interface of engineering, ethics, and practice; and 3) implications for engineering education. In addition, a panel of early career engineers will share their perspectives, small groups of participants will discuss potential action items, and roundtable members will discuss how engineering might better address complex choices and cultural conflicts.  The full program and registration information for this free, public event are available online at

http://www.nae.edu/nae/engethicscen.nsf/weblinks/CGOZ-7C6L3X?OpenDocument.

The workshop is co-sponsored by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, and partially supported by the National Science Foundation and a grant to the Center from NAE member Harry E. Bovay, Jr.