Monday, September 13
Location
The Inn at Penn
3600 Sansom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-222-0200
8:45-8:50 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
- Commission Chair
- James Wagner, Ph.D.
- Commission Vice Chair
8:50-9:30 a.m.
Session 1: Oversight of Emerging Technologies: Lessons from Prior Advisory Committee Efforts [Video] [Transcript]
- Ruth R. Faden, Ph.D.
- Director Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
- Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Professor Department of Health Policy & Management Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Professor Department of Medicine Johns Hopkins University
- Alexander M. Capron, LL.B. [Slides]
- University Professor, Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy and Ethics, and Professor of Law Keck School of Medicine
- Co-Director Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics University of Southern California
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Session 2: Synthetic Biology: What New Methods and Products are being Developed? [Video] [Transcript]
- James J. Collins, Ph.D. [Slides]
- University Professor, William F. Warren Distinguished Professor, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Co-Director Center for BioDynamics Boston University
- Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Ron Weiss, Ph.D. [Slides]
- Associate Professor Department of Biological Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:30-10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.-12 p.m.
Session 3: Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Translating Research for the Public Good [Video] [Transcript]
- Arti K. Rai, J.D.
- Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law Duke University School of Law
- Center for Public Genomics Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy Duke University
- Ashley J. Stevens, D.Phil. [Slides]
- Special Assistant to the Vice President of Research Office of Technology Development, and Senior Research Associate Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Boston University
- President Association of University Technology Managers
- David B. Weiner, Ph.D. [Slides]
- Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Chair, Therapy and Vaccines Program, CAMB University of Pennsylvania
12-1:45 p.m.
Lunch
1:45-3 p.m.
Session 4: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives [Video] [Transcript]
- Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D. [Slides]
- Emmanuel and Robert Hart Director Center for Bioethics, and Sidney D. Caplan Professor of Bioethics School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
- Ingrid Mattson, Ph.D.
- Director Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
- Director Islamic Chaplaincy Program, and Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations Hartford Seminary
- President Islamic Society of North America
- Sondra E. Wheeler, Ph.D. [Slides]
- Martha Ashby Carr Professor of Christian Ethics Wesley Theological Seminary
3-3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15-4:15 p.m.
Session 5: Social Responsibility, Risk Assessment, and Ethics [Video] [Transcript]
- Bryan G. Norton, Ph.D. [Slides]
- Distinguished Professor of Philosophy School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology
- Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D. [Slides]
- David and Lyn Silfen University Professor Professor, History and Sociology of Science Professor, Philosophy Professor of Medical Ethics, School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
4:15-4:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
- Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
- James Wagner, Ph.D.
Tuesday, September 14
Location
The Agora
Annenberg Public Policy Center
202 S. 36th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-9400
9-9:10 a.m.
Opening Remarks
- Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
- James Wagner, Ph.D.
9:10-10 a.m.
Session 6: Current Practices and Activities [Video] [Transcript]
- Randy D. Rettberg, M.S. [Slides]
- Director iGEM and MIT Registry of Standard Biological Parts
- Principal Research Engineer Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jason Bobe, M.S.I.S. [Slides]
- Director of Community Personal Genome Project Harvard Medical School
- Co-Founder DIYbio.org
10-10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15-11:30 a.m.
Session 7: Biosecurity and Biosafety [Video] [Transcript]
- David A. Relman, M.D.
- Thomas M. and Joan C. Merigan Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Stanford University School of Medicine
- Chief of Infectious Diseases Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System
- Chair, Working Group on Synthetic Biology National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
- Damon Terrill, J.D., M.A. [Slides]
- Senior Vice President and General Counsel for International Legal and Regulatory Affairs Integrated DNA Technologies
- Representing the International Gene Synthesis Consortium
- Ralf Wagner, Ph.D.
- Chief Executive Officer and Chief Science Officer Geneart AG
- Professor and Chief Molecular Microbiology and Gene Therapy University of Regensburg Institute of Medical Microbiology & Hygiene
- Representing the International Gene Synthesis Consortium
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Session 8: Reflections for the Future [Video] [Transcript]
- Sydney Brenner, M.D., D.Phil.
- Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center The Salk Institute
12-12:15 p.m.
Concluding Remarks
- Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
- James Wagner, Ph.D.
