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Introduction : the challenges of oversight for emerging technologies / Kenneth W. Abbott -- The dynamics of emerging technology systems / Braden Allenby -- Emerging technology governance / Gregory N. Mandel -- An integrated framework for governing emerging technologies such as nanotechnology and synthetic biology / LeRoy Padddock and Molly Masterton -- The role of adaptation in the governance of emerging technologies / Marc A. Saner -- Integrating technology assessment into government technology policy / Timothy F. Malloy -- Governing the governance of emerging technologies / Gary E. Marchant and Wendell Wallach -- The hare and the tortoise : an Australian Perspective on regulating new technologies and their products and processes / Diana M. Bowman -- Properly paced? : examining the past and present governance of GMOs in the United States / Jennifer Kuzma -- Innovative governance schemes for molecular diagnostics / Rachel A. Lindor and Gary E. Marchant -- Network security agreements : communications technology governance by other means / Joshua W. Abbott -- Robust offshore risk regulation : an assessment of US, UK and Norwegian approaches / Preben H. Linde̜, Michael Baram and John Paterson -- Conclusion : emerging governance for emergent technologies / Gary E. Marchant.