Appendix B
Agendas of Information-Gathering Sessions
Information-gathering sessions include in-person, public meetings and webinars held by the committee from April to August 2016. They are listed in chronological order. The locations of in-person meetings are provided. Presentations that were made via the Internet at the in-person, public meetings are noted.
APRIL 18, 2016—FIRST PUBLIC MEETING
The first in-person, public meeting of the Committee on Future Biotechnology Products and Opportunities to Enhance Capabilities of the Biotechnology Regulatory System was held at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC.
Open Session Agenda
Monday, April 18, 2016
1:00 PM–5:00 PM
1:00 pm | Welcome and Introduction to the Committee |
Richard Murray, Chair | |
Douglas Friedman, Study Director | |
1:10 pm | White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
Robbie Barbero, Assistant Director for Biological Innovation | |
1:30 pm | U.S. Department of Agriculture–Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
John Turner, Director, Biotechnology Risk Analysis Program | |
Lisa Ferguson, National Director, Policy Permitting and Regulations Services, National Import Export Services |
2:00 pm | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Rebecca Edelstein, Team Leader for New Chemicals Program, Chemical Control Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics | |
Chris Wozniak, Biotechnology Special Assistant, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide Programs | |
2:30 pm | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Ritu Nalubola, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Commissioner | |
3:00 pm | Break |
3:20 pm | Committee Discussion with Sponsors |
4:30 pm | Public Comment Period |
5:00 pm | Adjourn Open Session |
JUNE 1–2, 2016—SECOND PUBLIC MEETING
The second in-person, public meeting of the Committee on Future Biotechnology Products and Opportunities to Enhance Capabilities of the Biotechnology Regulatory System was held at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC.
Open Session Agenda
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
9:00 AM–5:30 PM
9:00 am | Trends in Biotechnology Funding and Tools |
Juan Enriquez, Excel Venture Management | |
Discussion About Trends in Biotechnology Investment and Development (Panel discussion; Moderator: Rick Johnson) | |
Lionel Clarke, U.K. Synthetic Biology Leadership Council | |
Juan Enriquez, Excel Venture Management | |
Theresa Good, National Science Foundation | |
Pablo Rabinowicz and Todd Anderson, U.S. Department of Energy | |
10:45 am | Break |
11:00 am | Enabling Tools |
Discussion About Trends in Tools Enabling Biotechnology Products of the Future | |
(Panel discussion; Moderator: Farren Isaacs) | |
Nathan Hillson, Joint BioEnergy Institute | |
Kevin Munnelly, Gen9 |
Brynne Stanton, Ginkgo Bioworks | |
Bill Peck, Twist Bioscience (remote) | |
Rachel Haurwitz, Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (remote) | |
12:45 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm | Risk Framing Considerations |
(Discussion; Moderator: Richard Murray) | |
Ortwin Renn, Stuttgart University, Germany (remote) | |
2:15 pm | Break |
2:45 pm | Open-Release Biotechnology |
Discussion of Future Emerging Open-Release Products | |
(Panel discussion; Moderator: Mary Maxon) | |
Thomas Reed, Intrexon | |
Stephen Herrera, Evolva | |
John Cumbers, Synbiobeta (remote) | |
Christopher DaCunha, Universal Biomining | |
Dan Jenkins, Monsanto | |
5:00 pm | Public Comment Period |
5:30 pm | Adjourn Open Session |
Open Session Agenda
Thursday, June 2, 2016
9:00 AM–4:30 PM
9:00 am | Discussion of “Different” Risks of Open-Release Products |
(Panel discussion; Moderator: Steven Bradbury) | |
Norman Ellstrand, University of California, Riverside | |
Keith Hayes, CSIRO, Australia | |
Gregory Jaffe, Center for Science in the Public Interest | |
Terry Medley, DuPont | |
Doug Gurian-Sherman, Center for Food Safety | |
David Hanselman, Synthetic Genomics, Inc. | |
11:30 am | Lunch |
12:30 pm | Tools and Opportunities to Enhance Risk Analysis |
(Panel discussion; Moderator: Jeff Wolt) | |
Nathan Hillson, Joint BioEnergy Institute | |
Shengdar Tsai, Harvard University | |
David Hanselman, International Gene Synthesis Consortium |
2:00 pm | Break |
2:30 pm | Implications of Accessible Biotechnology |
(Panel discussion; Moderator: Richard Amasino) | |
Todd Kuiken, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | |
Ellen Jorgensen, GenSpace | |
Tom Burkett, Baltimore Under Ground Science Space | |
Randy Rettberg, iGEM | |
4:00 pm | Public Comment Period |
4:30 pm | Adjourn Open Session |
JUNE 27, 2016—THIRD PUBLIC MEETING
The third in-person, public meeting of the Committee on Future Biotechnology Products and Opportunities to Enhance Capabilities of the Biotechnology Regulatory System was held in San Francisco, CA.
Open Session Agenda
Monday, June 27, 2016
8:30 AM–5:30 PM
8:30 am | Welcome and Introductions |
Richard Murray, Committee Chair | |
8:40 am | New Sector Identification |
(Panel discussion; Moderator: Rick Johnson) | |
David Berry, Flagship Ventures | |
Craig Taylor, Alloy Ventures | |
Karl Handelsman, Codon Capital | |
Ron Shigeta, IndieBio | |
9:50 am | Break |
10:10 am | Horizon Scanning |
(Panel discussion; Moderator: Mary Maxon) | |
Adam Arkin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | |
Ron Davis, Stanford University | |
Andrew Hessel, Autodesk | |
Peter Licari, Terravia | |
Patrick Westfall, Zymergen | |
11:30 am | Lunch |
12:30 pm | Small Business Perspectives |
(Panel discussion; Moderator: David Rejeski) | |
Antony Evans, TAXA Biotechnologies | |
Kevin Jarrell, Modular Genetics | |
Isha Datar, New Harvest | |
Bruce Dannenberg, Phytonix | |
Alicia Jackson, Drawbridge Health | |
1:50 pm | Break |
2:05 pm | Potential Risks Associated with Biotechnology in the Environment and Related Tools: Intentionally Released Biotechnologies |
(Panel discussion; Moderator: Richard Murray) | |
Fern Wickson, GenOk Centre for Biosafety (remote) | |
Michael Hansen, Consumers Union (remote) | |
Steven Strauss, Oregon State University | |
Wayne Landis, Western Washington University | |
Anne Kapuscinski, Dartmouth College (remote) | |
3:25 pm | Break |
3:40 pm | Biotechnologies Intended for Contained Use |
(Panel discussion; Moderator: Jennifer Kuzma) | |
Vincent Sewalt, DuPont | |
Craig Criddle, Stanford University | |
Rachel Smolker, Biofuelwatch/Global Justice Ecology Project (remote) | |
David Babson, U.S. Department of Energy, Bioenergy Technologies Office (formerly with Union of Concerned Scientists) | |
5:00 pm | Public Comment Period |
5:30 pm | Adjourn Open Session |
WEBINARS | |
July 21, 2016 | Webinar: Safeguarding the Bioeconomy |
Gigi Kwik Gronvall, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Center for Health Security | |
Diane DiEuliis, National Defense University | |
Edward You, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate |
July 22, 2016 | Webinar: Re-Envisioning Risk Assessment |
Kristen C. Nelson, University of Minnesota | |
Steve Mashuda, Earthjustice | |
Tichafa Munyikwa, Syngenta | |
Zahra Meghani, University of Rhode Island | |
July 25, 2016 | Webinar: Defense and Intelligence Agency Funding |
Justin Gallivan, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | |
John Julias, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity | |
July 28, 2016 | Webinar: Gene Drives |
Kevin Esvelt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
Elizabeth Heitman, Vanderbilt University, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society and Co-Chair of National Academies Report Gene Drives on the Horizon | |
July 29, 2016 | Webinar: Screening Tools |
John Yates, The Scripps Research Institute | |
John Ryals, Metabolon | |
Dan Schlenk, University of California, Riverside | |
August 1, 2016 | Webinar: Assessing the Environmental Impact of Synthetic Biology |
Chris Warner, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center | |
Jed Eberly, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center | |
August 2, 2016 | Webinar: An Overview of the TSCA Updates |
Lynn Bergeson, Bergeson & Campbell PC | |
August 2, 2016 | Webinar: Synthetic Nature and the Future of Conservation |
Kent Redford, Archipelago Consulting |