Principles of Public Interest Technology: Global Perspectives - Toby Shulruff The latest in a long line of World's Fairs, Expo 2020 is currently underway in Dubai. As part of this technology-forward global celebration, the Expo's Programme for People and Planet promises that “Together, we will unlock the potential for individuals and communities to shape the future as we engage in conversations that matter and deliver real-life solutions to real-life challenges." In this session of the PIT Colloquium, we will consider how visions from Expo 2020 reveal a range of global aspirations for sociotechnical futures in dialogue with PIT principles. Socio-Technical Integration Research (STIR): The Approach and its Application - Erik Fisher Fisher will provide an overview of the design, implementation, and effects of the STIR approach. The short talk will draw from STIR effects as documented by numerous associated laboratory engagement studies. STIR explores how interdisciplinary collaboration between scientific experts and “embedded humanists” can support responsible innovation within research and innovation settings across university, industrial, governmental, and non-governmental sectors. It makes use of a decision protocol and the conceptual framework of Midstream Modulation to help understand how technical decision-making may be productively broadened to take into account public values and concerns. STIR has been used to assess the possibility and utility of incorporating societal and ethical reflection into scientific and engineering activities in areas of nanotechnology, synthetic biology, biotechnology, neurotechnology, energy technology, financial technology, and others. As Fisher will illustrate, STIR can have synergistic effects that enhance curiosity, care, and creativity in research and innovation activities. The STIR approach has been taken up in over 75 laboratories and research performing organizations across North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Eastern Asia.