The Nordic Committee on Bioethics will organize a conference about ethical issues in synthetic biology in Tromso, Norway, August 28, 2014.
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Synthetic Biology; Bioethics and Biosafety
Thursday August 28th 2014 | The Arctic University of Norway | AUD. 6, Faculty of Health Sciences
09.30 – 10.00 Registration and coffee
10.00 – 10.10 Welcome by Chair Anne Ingeborg Myhr, Nordic Committee on Bioethics
Synthetic biology; creating opportunities and enabling innovations
Moderator; Arnar Paalson
10.10 – 11.10 Synthetic Biology: What should we be vibrating about? Drew Endy, Stanford University, USA
11.10 – 11.30 Harnessing Nature’s genetic toolbox for sustainable production of chemicals. Morten Nørholm, The Technical University of Denmark
11.30 – 11.50 Bacterial cell factors for environmental friendly production. Trygve Brautaset, Sintef, Norway
11.50 – 12.10 Thermophiles and Recombination – in Nature – in Metabolic Engineering. Gudmundur O. Hreggvidsson, University of Iceland and Matís ltd. – Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D
12.10 – 13.00 Lunch
The ethics of synthetic biology
Moderator; Hallvard Kvale
13.00 – 13.30 The ethos of emerging technologies. Bjørn Myskja, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
13.30 – 14.00 Mad Scientists and Cute Mutants: The Fictional Perspective. Ulfhildur Dagsdottir, Icelandic Literatury Studies
14.00 – 14.30 Authencity of animals and other organisms. Helena Siipii, University of Turku, Finland
14.30 – 14.45 Coffee and tea
Emerging issues within biosafety
Moderator; Anne I. Myhr
14.45 – 15.30 Biosafety issues in synthetic biology. Markus Schmidt, Biofaction KG, Austria
15.30 – 16.00 Synthetic biology – A new pathway to biological weapons? Peter Clevestig, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI
16.00 – 16.30 Student presentations