thanks Mark! are you back home in finland ? On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Mark Petz <[email protected]> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Erich Berger <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 7:20 AM Subject: Bio-Commons - Keynote by Markus Schmidt (AT) 6.6. 17:30 Helsinki University, Unioninkatu 40, Auditorium 1 To: scope <[email protected]>

Dear members and friends,

today Friday 6.6 at 17.30, Helsinki University, Unioninkatu 40, Auditorium 1.

We will kick of our Bio-Commons summit with a Keynote by Markus Schmidt and continue tomorrow on Vartiosaari with a 2 days workshop. Please join us tonight and on the weekend.

More: http://bioartsociety.fi/archives/2518

In the case of Bio-commons, developments in biotechnology rely mainly on patents as means to enable and secure innovations. The new field of synthetic biology, however, entails not only classical intellectual property protection but also attempts to establish open access and open source to key biotech methods and processes. How will the two cultures evolve? Will one approach dominate or will they coexist?

Markus Schmidt will walk us through the theme of the Bio-Commons, presenting various initiatives aiming at creating a more open source environment in the biotech area, the Nagoya Protocol as a means to internationally regulate the use and conservation of genetic resources. He draws parallels from the printer movement to biotechnology, with DIYBio spearheading the movement to go beyond the producer-consumer divide.

Bio Dr. Markus Schmidt is founder and team leader of Biofaction, a research and science communication company in Vienna, Austria. With an educational background in electronic engineering, biology and environmental risk assessment he has carried out environmental risk assessment and safety and public perception studies in a number of science and technology fields such as GMcrops, gene therapy, nanotechnology, converging technologies, and synthetic biology.

In addition to his scientific work, he has organized a Science Film Festival (Bio-fiction) and produced an art exhibition (synth-ethic, both 2011) to explore novel and creative ideas and interpretations on the future of biotechnology. -- Erich Berger Toiminnanjohtaja / Director The Finnish Society of Bioart http://bioartsociety.fi

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