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6th
EMBO/EMBL joint conference on Science and Society
“Science and Security”
28-29 October 2005
EMBL Operon, Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| Friday, 28 October |
| 8:00 |
Bus transfer from the town center (pick up point: corner between
Bismarkplatz and Bergheimerstrasse - outside Chinese take-away “Grosse
Wok”) |
| 8:15-8:45 |
Registration |
| 8:45-9:00 |
Welcome addresses:
Iain Mattaj,
Director General, EMBL
Andrew Moore, Chair, Conference
Organizing Committee and Science and Society Programme Manager,
EMBO |
| 9:00 |
Session
I: Preventing the misuse of biological knowledge |
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Introduction: Malcolm Dando
(session chair), Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University,
UK |
9:00-9:40
9:40-10:20 |
Talks:
Test tube synthesis of a human pathogenic virus (poliovirus):
societal implications
Eckard Wimmer, Stony Brook University School of Medicine,
New York, USA
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: dancing the thin line between
biological defensive and offensive research
Jan van Aken, Sunshine Project Germany, and University
of Hamburg, Germany |
10:20-10:50 |
Coffee break |
| 10:50-12:30 |
Panel discussion:
Jonathan
B. Tucker, Centre for Non-proliferation Studies, Monterey
Institute of International Studies, Washington, USA
Richard
Guthrie, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute,
Sweden
Filippa Corneliussen, Centre for the
Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine,
Biotechnology and Society (BIOS), London School of Economics, UK
Jeanne Guillemin, MIT Security Studies Program,
and Professor of Sociology at Boston College, USA |
12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Session
II: Security and the freedom of research |
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Introduction: Dragan Primorac
(session chair), Minister of Science, Education and Sports,
Republic of Croatia |
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14:00-14:40
14:40-15:20
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Talks:
Governance of research – The international
dimension
Terence Taylor, International Institute for Strategic
Studies, USA
Empowerment and constriction in scientific communication
Philip Campbell, Editor in Chief, Nature, UK |
15:20-15:50 |
Coffee
break |
| 15:50-17:30 |
Panel discussion:
Andrew Marshall, Editor, Nature Biotechnology,
USA
Ross Anderson, Foundation for Information Policy
Research and University of Cambridge, UK
Simone H. C. Scholze, UNESCO Social and Human
Sciences Sector, Division of Ethics of Science and Technology,
France |
| 17:30-18:15 |
Award ceremony: EMBO Award for
Communication in the Life Sciences |
| 18:15-19:00 |
Aperitif |
19:00-21:00 |
Conference
Dinner |
| Saturday, 29 October |
| 8:30 |
Bus transfer from the town center (pick up point:
corner between Bismarkplatz and Bergheimerstrasse - outside Chinese
take-away “Grosse Wok”) |
| 9:00 |
Session
III: Science and technology of identification |
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Introduction: Calum Bunney
(session chair),
International Biometric & Authentication Consulting (IBAC),
France |
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09:00-09:40
09:40-10:20
10:20-11:00
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Talks:
Watching you - Humanity hurtles toward total surveillance
David Shenk, Journalist and Book writer, USA
Forensic human individualization from biometric data
Didier Meuwly, Netherlands Forensic Institute,
The Netherlands
Recognising persons by their iris patterns: 200 billion
iris comparisons
John Daugman, Computer Laboratory, University
of Cambridge, UK |
11:00- 11:30 |
Coffee
break |
Panel discussion:
Henning Daum, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer
Graphics, Darmstadt, Germany
Birgitte Kofod Olsen,
Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
Christophe
Champod, Ecole des Sciences Criminelles, Institut de Police
Scientifique, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 11:30-12:30 |
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12:30-14:00 |
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Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Session
IV: Information technology in the knowledge society |
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Introduction: Regine
Kollek (session chair), Research Center for Biotechnology,
Society and the Environment, University of Hamburg, Germany |
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14:00-14:40
14:40-15:20 |
Talks:
Biometrics and secure travel documents
Christoph Busch, Fraunhofer-IGD, Dept. for Security Technology,
Darmstadt, Germany
The UK National DNA Database: balancing crime detection,
human rights and privacy
Helen Wallace, Genewatch, UK
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15:20-15:50 |
Coffee break |
| 15:50-16:50 |
Panel discussion:
Karsten Weber, Department of Philosophy, European
University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
Meryem Marzouki, Meryem Marzouki, LIP6/PolyTIC-CNRS
and IRIS-Imaginons un Réseau Internet Solidaire, France |
| 16:50-17:00 |
Closing remarks: Frank Gannon, Executive
Director, EMBO |
| 17:10 |
Conference ends |
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