[P2P-F] Bio-Commons - Keynote by Markus Schmidt (AT) 6.6. 17:30 Helsinki University, Unioninkatu 40, Auditorium 1

Fri Jun 6 15:35:27 CEST 2014

thanks Mark! are you back home in finland ?

On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Mark Petz <ravenwyn at gmail.com> wrote:

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Erich Berger <erich.berger at bioartsociety.fi>
> 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 <scope at bioartsociety.fi>
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> 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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>

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