SyntheticBiology2.0
May 20-22, 2006
University of California, Berkeley
The Second International Conference on Synthetic Biology (SB2.0) took place on May 20-22, 2006, at the University of California, Berkeley. The conference brought together a diverse group of participants from a variety of disciplines, including some of the world’s leaders in biological engineering, biochemistry, quantitative biology, biophysics, molecular and cellular biology, bioethics, policy and governance, and the biotech industry. A collaborative effort of Berkeley Lab, MIT, UC Berkeley, and UCSF, the conference sought to promote and guide the further, constructive development of the field.
SB2.0 began with two days of plenary talks and discussions focused on five research areas: energy, chemistry, health, materials, and foundational technologies. The third day of the conference focused on four key societal issues associated with synthetic biology: safety and security, public understanding & perception, ownership, and community organization. The webcast of all three days of the conference will soon be available here.
Community Declaration from SB2.0
The SB2.0 community is developing a written statement describing some principles for advancing this new field in a safe and effective way, based on the third day of discussions and input from conferees. A .pdf draft of the declaration is available here and at the DSpace archive: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32982.
You can participate in the ongoing discussion of community self-governance issues and view the draft declaration online at:
http://openwetware.org/wiki/Synthetic_Biology/SB2Declaration
Please provide any
comments by June 7, 2006. A final declaration will be produced given all feedback and edits. Please note that the online version of the draft is dynamic and may
differ from the .pdf original draft.
You can "opt out" or abstain from this declaration by sending a request
to do so via endy(at)mit.edu.
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