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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Washington, DC Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Washington, DC Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
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Synthetic Biology for the Next Generation: A Symposium

The National Academy of Sciences Building Auditorium

2101 Constitution Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20418

June 12-13, 2012

AGENDA

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

7:30

Continental Breakfast



8:00

Welcome





Charles Vest, President, The National Academy of Engineering



8:10

Meeting Global Challenges





Moderator:

Pamela Silver, Harvard Medical School



Speakers:

Daniel P. Schrag, Harvard University
Saul Griffith, Engineer and Entrepreneur

9:00

Overview of Research in Key Application Areas





Moderator:

Guo-ping Zhao, Shinghai Institutes for Biological Sciences



Speakers:

lindong Zhao, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Acaderry of Sciences (Agriculture and Environment)

 

 

Gregory Stephanopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (industrial Applications)

 

 

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Designer, Artist, and Writer (Arts/Humanities)

 

 

Christina Smolke, Stanford University [Health and Medicine)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Washington, DC Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
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10:00

Discussion with Participants

 

10:15

Break

 

10:30

Organizational Strategies in Support of Synthetic Biology

 



Moderator:

Rob Carlson, Biodesic

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Washington, DC Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
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Speakers:

Lionel Clarke, Shell
Ian Fotheringham, Ingenza
Jason Kelly, Ginkgo BioWorks
Meagan Lizarazo, iGEM
Ddrlene Solomo i, Agilent Technologies
Guo-ping Zhao, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sc ences

11:30

Discussion with Participants

 

11:45

Lunch

 

1:00

National Strategies for Advancing Synthetic Biology

 



Moderator:

Jonathan Margdis, U.S. Department of State



Speakers:

Gerardo Jimener-Sanchez, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development





John Perkins, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, U.K. Government





Xian-en Zhang, Ministry of Science and Technology of China

2:00

Discussion with Participants



2:15

Perspectives on Synthetic Biology from within the Political System





Moderator:

Aristides Patrincs, Synthetic Genomics



Speakers:

David Uffindell, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, U.K. Government

 

 

Jetta Wong, U.S. House of Representatives

 

 

Guo-ping Zhao, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences

3:15

Discussion with Participants



3:30

Break



3:45

Roundtable Discussion - Rebuilding the Social Contract





Moderator:

Jonathan Moreno, University of Pennsylvania



Speakers:

Jaydee Hanson, International Center for Technology Assessment

Thane Kreiner, Santa Clara University

Renzong Giu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Philosopny

Nikolas Rose, Kings College London

Edward You, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University

4:45

Discussion with Participants



5:00

Adjourn



5:15

Reception in Great Hall

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Washington, DC Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
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Wednesday. June 13,2012

7:30

Continental Breakfast

 

8:00

Welcome

 



Drew Endy. Stafford University

 

8:10

Roundtable Discussion - Exploring Fundamental Guestions in Biology

 



Moderator:

Peter Leadlay, University of Cambridge



Keynote Address:

 



 

Michael Elowitz, California Institute of Technology



Respondents / Discussants:

 



Maitreya Dunham. University of Washington

Paul Freemont, Imperial College London

Jason Micklefield. University of Maichester

Weiwen Zhang, Tianjin University

9:30

Discussion with Participants

 

9:45

Roundtable Discussion - Advancing Fundamental Needs in Engineering

 



Moderator:

Richard 1. Kitney, Imperial College London



Discussants:

 





Peter Carr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Measures and System Performance)





Todd Peterson, Ufe Technologies Corporation (DNA Synthesis, Assembly, and Strain Engireering)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Washington, DC Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
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Cesar Rodriguez, Genome Compiler Corporation (Computer-Aided Design/Data Exchange)





Reshma Shelly, Ginkgo BioWorks (Metrology)





Zhihua Zhou, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (Genetically Encoded Sensors)

10:45

Discussion with Participants



11:00

Break



11:15

Enabling the Next Generation of Leadership and Community





Moderator:

Megan Palmer, Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC) and Stanford University



Discussants:







James Field, Imperial College London

Karmella Haynes, Arizona State University

Michael Jewett, Northwestern University

Chenli Liu, Guangzhou Institute of Advanced Technology

12:00

Discussion with Participants

 

12:15

lunch

 

Roundtable Discussions - Governance. Needs Beyond the Bench

1:30

Session A: Prudent Practice Lessons from Real World Case Studies

 



Moderator:

David Rejeski. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars



Discussants:

 

 



Patrick Boyle, Harvard University
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Washington, DC Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
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Nikki Kapp, Imperial College London

Christopher Schoene, Imperial College London

Gautam Mukunda, Harvard University

Zhong-jun Gin, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences

2:30

Discussion with Participants

 

2:45

Session B: Ownership, Sharing, and Innovation

 



Moderator:

Drew Endy, Stanford University



Opening Remarks:

 

 



Linda Kahl, Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynSERC) and Slanford University



Discussants:

 



Arti Rai, Duke University

Daniel Kevles. Yale University

Nita Farahany, Vanderbilt University Law School

Mark Lemley, Stanford University

3:45

Discussion with Participants

 

4:00

Break

 

4:15

Roundtable Discussion - Critical Issues for Success

 



Moderator:

Richard Johnson, Global Helix LLC



Discussants:

 



François Képès, Le Centre national de la recherche icientifigue

Carlos Olguin, Autodesk
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Washington, DC Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
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Schi Rastegar, National Science Foundation

Marc SalU, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Robert Wells, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Vculi Xiao, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences

5:15

Discussion with Participants

 

5:30

Adjourn



This symposium was organized by the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Life Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Washington, DC Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
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Synthetic biology -- unlike any research discipline that precedes it -- has the potential to bypass the less predictable process of evolution to usher in a new and dynamic way of working with living systems. Ultimately, synthetic biologists hope to design and build engineered biological systems with capabilities that do not exist in natural systems -- capabilities that may ultimately be used for applications in manufacturing, food production, and global health. Importantly, synthetic biology represents an area of science and engineering that raises technical, ethical, regulatory, security, biosafety, intellectual property, and other issues that will be resolved differently in different parts of the world. As a better understanding of the global synthetic biology landscape could lead to tremendous benefits, six academies -- the United Kingdom's Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering, the United States' National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, and the Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering -- organized a series of international symposia on the scientific, technical, and policy issues associated with synthetic biology. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century summarizes the symposia proceedings.

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