Peals 19th International symposium programme
The implications and impacts of a responsibility agenda for synthetic biology
The Event Space, ground floor, Urban Sciences Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Day 1: Thursday September 20th
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch and registration
13:00 – 13:15 Welcome and introduction (Natalio Krasnogor and Simon Woods)
13:15 – 14:45 Session 1. Responsible Research and Innovation: its place in and for science and society. (Chair: Natalio Krasnogor)
13:20 – 13:50 John Goddard: Responsible Research and Innovation and the Civic University
13:50 – 14:20 Anil Wipat: Responsible research from the practitioner perspective
14:20 – 14:45 Discussion
14:45 – 15:00 Break for refreshments
15:00 – 15:15 Symposium photograph
15:15 – 17:15 Session 2: Sites of reflection: practice and profits of a responsible research environment. (Chair: Darian Meacham)
15:20 – 15:50 Richard Owen: Institutionalising Responsible Innovation
15:50 – 16:20 Michael Reinsborough: Engaged social science methods for laboratory practice complemented with historical perspective and inclusive stakeholder engagement
16:20 – 16:50 Susan Molyneux-Hodgson: Experiments in mutuality
16:50 – 17:15 Discussion
Dinner 19:00 for 19:30
El Coto. 21 Leazes Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4PF
Day 2: Friday September 21st
09:00 – 09:25 Coffee on arrival
09:25 – 11:00 Session 3: The crystal ball: anticipation and meaningful actions. (Chair: Matthias Wienroth)
09:30 – 10:00 Rob Meckin: A Sensory Approach to Situating the Anticipation of Biosynthetic Menthol in Everyday Life
10:00 – 10:40 Sally Randles and Eniko Demeny: An Instituted Process Approach to De-facto RRI in synbio
10:40 – 11:00 Discussion
11:00 – 11:15 Break for refreshments
11:15 – 12:40 Session 4. Governance and policy perspectives: the impact of regulation and responsibility on each other. (Chair: Derek Bell)
11:20 – 11:50 Sarah Hartley: Co-development as responsible research governance
11:50 – 12:10 Peter Border: Parliamentary Office of Science and TechnologyDiscussion
12:10 – 12:30 Discussion
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 14:30 Session 5: Industry perspectives on RRI. (Chair: Janet Bainbridge)
13:20 – 13:45 Mohammed Ahmadi and Natalio Krasnogor: Don’t Guess, Don’t Predict, Know! How InfoBiotica Ltd is helping biotechnologists minimise process errors.
13:45 – 14:10 Davide de Lucrezia: Promise and pitfalls of making biology easier to engineer: RRI, DIY and biohacking.
14:10 – 14:30 Discussion
14:35 – 15:20 Discussant: Observations, reflections and ‘next steps’. (Chair: Simon Woods)
14:40 – 15:00 Lionel Clarke
15:00 – 15:20 Discussion
15:20 – 15:30 Closing remarks Simon Woods and Natalio Krasnogor