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BIOAGENDA 2007 SUMMIT: EAST
On the Edge: Can We Heal the Rift Between Science and Politics?
Thanks to all who made the 2007 Summit East a success! We will be posting excerpts and information from the summit in the coming days!
Available Now Online: The Full 2007 Summit On Video. To Download Any or All of The Chapters, Click Here.
On June 21, 2007 the BioAgenda Institute held its third annual summit at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Participants from around the world participated in this one-day retreat for leaders and thinkers from science, business, the media, public policy, advocacy, and the arts, with speakers and members of the audience representing differing points of view in a spirited exchange of ideas.
The theme of the meeting was: “On the Edge: Healing the Rift Between Science and Politics”. Over 30 speakers addressed the ancient interplay between these two realms in panels, talks and presentations on topics ranging from “Science in the Bush Years” and “Reforming the FDA” to talks on increasing lifespan, neglected diseases, and the future of life sciences in the year 2025.
Click here to hear the recent broadcast on NPR Talk’s Biotech Nation of the summit panel: Election 2008: Science, Issues and Candidates” with Steve Burrill, Rustum Roy, Cynthia Schneider, and Nigel Cameron, moderated by Biotech Nation Host Moira Gunn and Biotech Nation Chief Correspondent David Ewing Duncan.
For more information on the summit click here.
Highlights from the 2006 BioAgenda Summit: drug pricing, stem cells, global health, and more...
March 8-12, 2006, Palm Springs, California
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Panel: "How Will Society Pay for New Drugs?"
2006 BioAgenda Innovator: Harvard's David Sinclair presents: "Molecules that extend lifespan: the possibility of radical new medicines"
Panel: "The Politics of Stem Cells"
2006 BioAgenda Challenge: Oxford's Baroness Susan Greenfield presents a proposal for an international "Science Corps" ....... watch this on video
The BioAgenda Great Debate: Ray Kurzweil vs. Baroness Susan Greenfield: "The case for and against enhancing humans" ........ hear the debate as broadcast on NPR's "Tech Nation"
Watch for more material from the Summit in coming weeks.
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