Events 2009
SymbioticA's BioTech Art Workshop. Melbourne, Australia. 16 - 20. November 2009. Running over an intensive five-day period, the workshop empowers participants to not only carry out, but to also critique the manipulation of living systems from an informed practical perspective. Dr. Markus Schmidt will participate at the workshop to learn more about the interface between biotech and art. More...
Symposium European development policies and the millennium goals in Africa. Enschede, 13 November 2009. In line with the millennium goals set by the UN and the involvement of the European Union in various development policies in Africa, The House of Europe, in cooperation with the Center for European Studies (CES) at the university of Twente, and Partnership for Change is organizing a symposium on the 13th of November. Angela Meyer and Gregor Giersch will organise one of the workshops and present and discuss major outcomes from the SustainergyNet e-conference. More...
Synthetic Bio(techno)logy. Frankfurt/M, Germany. 9 - 10 November 2009. Organized by Acatech (Die Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften) and Dechema (Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.), the event will count with several experts (among them the IDC member Dr. Markus Schmidt) that will focus on potential applications of synthetic biology in USA and Europe, with special sessions devoted to related communica-tive, safety and security aspects. More...
International Symposium: Ethic of the Synthetic Biologie. Freiburg, Germany. 1 - 2 October 2009. Organized by the Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, the symposium explored the philosophical and ethical questions about create and change forms of life that began time ago with the genetic engineering, and continue nowadays thanks to Synthetic Biology and the new technical possibilities. As representation of IDC, and member of the COSY and SYNBIOSAFE project, Dr. Markus Schmidt contributed to the event. More...
EuroBIO 2009. Grand Palais, Lille, France. 23-25 September 2009. EuroBIO was a partnering and tech transfer event for the international bioindustry. The program of the event was based on pragmatic workshops and conferences to meet concrete concerns with regard to project development, funding and operation. As speaker in one of this conferences, the IDC board member Dr. Markus Schmidt took part in the event as expert on regulatory issues of bioproducts. More...
TA´09: When TA? Technology Assessment in the Age of Techno Sciences, Vienna, 8 June 2009. The 9th conference on technology assessment was organized by the ITA (Intitute für Technik-folgenabschätzung). It counted with the participation of experts on technology assessment, such as IDC's Markus Schmidt who gave a presentation on early TA in the case of synthetic biology. More...
3rd European Conference on African Studies (ECAS) by AEGIS. Leipzig, Germany, 4 - 7 June 2009. The overall theme of the ECAS 3 was "Respacing Africa". AEGIS was founded in 1991 as a network of European Centres of African Studies. It is a network of university and non-university African Studies centres based in Europe. It aims to create synergies between experts and institutions. As a participant of this event, the IDC co-founder Dr Angela Meyer presented her lecture: "Regional Multinational Peace Operations: The Case Of Fomuc and Micopax in the Central African Republic to the public". More...
Die Synthetische Biologie und ihre Folgen. Berlin, Germany, 27 May 2009. The hearing took place in Berlin and covered the ethical and legal aspects of synthetic biology. Three speakers were invited to give a presentation in front of the ethics council of the German Parliament: Prof. Dr. Ralf Wagner (Universität Regensburg), Dr. Markus Schmidt (IDC member and responsible of the project SYNBIOSAFE (Safety and Ethical Aspects of Synthetic Biology)) and Dr. Joachim Boldt (Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin an der Universität Freiburg geladen). More...
Biofine Europe 2009: Applied Industrial Synthetic Biologie, Freiburg, Germany, 16-17 April 2009. Biofine consists of two top quality conferences covering the areas of synthetic biology and drug discovery. With world-renowned speakers, from all corners of the globe, this 2 day dual-track conference was one of the most important and influential on Synthetic Biology with experts like the IDC Dr. Markus Schmidt and its speach "Synthetic Biosafety: Do I understand what I can create?". More...
Sustainable Development in Cambodia, Rountable. Vienna, Austria. 15 April 2009. The founding agent KEF organised a roundtable at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU, Vienna) to discuss previous activities and preliminary outcomes and findings of Cambiodiversity. The panel was composed of Cambiodiversity representatives Dr. Angela Meyer ("outline, aims, activities, expected outcomes") and RUA-Dean Sophal Chuong, two invited Austrian experts, Prof. Dr. Ralph Gretzmacher (BOKU, Vienna) and Prof. Dr. Rainer Haas (BOKU, Vienna). More...
European Conference on Synthetic Biology (ECSB) II: Design, Programming and Optimisation of Biological Systems. Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spanien. 29 March - 03 April 2009. The conference comprise was to offer talks by internationally known scientists who are leaders in their fields, tutorials to introduce young researchers to Synthetic Biology, contributed talks and posters, in an international and multi-disciplinary scientific and educational event. Dr. Markus Schmidt took part as a representative of the IDC project SYNBIOSAFE. More...
Conference De Lancement. Generation D'organismes Vivants De Synthese Etat Des Lieux, Etat D'esprit. Paris, FranCE. 4 March 2009. First conference of the cycle of public events co-organized by the Cité des Sciences et de l'industrie and the Institute for Research and Innovation of the Centre Pompidou. As coordinator of the European project SYNBIOSAFE, Dr. Markus Schmidt participated on the conference with his speach about "Synthetic Biology: Ethics, Safety and Security". More...
Assessment Meeting of SustainergyNet. Dresden, Germany. 26-28 February 2009. In accordance with the outline of the SustainergyNet project and as agreed on the Kick-off meeting in Vienna in October 2008, the Assessment meeting presented an appropriate opportunity to build on the preliminary discussions at the Kick-off meeting and to set first preparations for the International Conference in Nairobi in September. Representatives from all beneficiaries (GRET, OIIP, TUD, AFREPREN-FWD, CU-IARS and the IDC member Dr. Angela Meyer) were invited to attend the meeting. More...
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Workshop "Synthetic Biology". Berlin, Germany. 27 February 2009. The international workshop organized by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft involved international experts connected with the field of the Synthetic Biology in a 2 days event that counted with the presence of the IDC representant Dr. Markus Schmidt and his paper "Biosafety and Biosecurity Issues". More...
Xxxii nd Meeting of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) . Brussels, Belgium. 17 - 18 February 2009. This second meeting of the EGE brought together Synthetic Biology experts who collaborated together in several working sessions about the ethics and aspects of syntethic Biology. From IDC, Dr. Markus Schmidt participated on this event as member of the project SYNBIOSAFE and coordinator of its activities. More...
Sinful Science. DANA Center of the London Science Museum. London, UK. 19 February 2009. Organized by the DANA Center, the conference looked to put light into different aspects concerning Synthetic Biology thanks to the intervention of thre great experts on the field: Michael Selgelid (National Centre for Biosecurity,The Australian National University), Barbara Sahakian (University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine) and the IDC board member Dr. Markus Schmidt. More...
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