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Seeking Security: Pathogens, Open Access, and Genome Databases
12:15 pm
Wrap up and plans for the afternoon
Stanley Falkow
12:30 pm
LUNCH-at assigned tables each with its own topic and with a committee member as leader
Topic 1: Security impact of free release
Topic 2: Scientific impact of restricted release
Topic 3: Potential mechanisms for controlling release
2:00 pm
Reporting back from the lunch discussions (15 minutes per topic)
2:45 pm
Can we classify genome data by threat level? Would this be based on characteristics of the organism or characteristics of the data (such as annotation)?
David Relman, Stanford
Discussant: Art Friedlander
3:15 pm
BREAK
3:30 pm
Revisit issues from the morning: What are the pros and cons of unlimited vs. restricted access to data, including threats posed to the scientific community or to national security?
