Boston Regional Roundtable

San Francisco Reception and Lecture

BioAgenda 2004 Summit

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Current: 2005-2006

Events Overview 

In our second year, the BioAgenda Institute is programming a slate of exciting events to inspire and provoke, running the gamut from theatrical offerings in our arts and science program to evening forums on the precarious state of Big Pharma and "California vs. Washington: Two Political Approaches" to a think-tank mini-summit: "GAPCures: How to Get Drugs Globally to the Millions Who Fall in the Gaps". Following on highly successful roundtables in 2004 in Boston and San Diego, and the first-ever international BioAgenda Summit held in December 2004 in Palm Springs, California, our events this year will culminate with the second international BioAgenda Summit, again in Palm Springs, California, on March 8-10, 2006.

BioAgenda events will be added, updated, and announced here and via our periodical email announcements and in an upcoming monthly newsletter.

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BioAgenda "Issues Crusade": The 2005 - 2006 Road Show

"Science In An Age of Ideology: With bio-science on the verge of profoundly impacting life, where is the intelligent debate and who is in charge?"

A brief talk by David Ewing Duncan, Founder and Editorial Director, the BioAgenda Institute

This short talk discusses the profound and unprecedented impact of new discoveries in life sciences on society, and asks you to help BioAgenda and its supporters in science, business, the media, the arts, and advocacy to further the crusade to elevate the dialogue of critical issues and policy.

October 3
Hosts: Bruce Jenett, Nola Masterson, and Alex Barkas, Woodside, CA.

October 14
Host: Barbara Dalton, EuclidSR Partners, New York, NY.

November 3
Host: Frederick Frank, Lehman Brothers, New York, NY.

November 17
Host: Seema Kumar, Johnson & Johnson, Raritan, NJ.

November 18
Host: Stephen Petranek, Discover Magazine, New York, NY.

December 12
Host: Corey Goodman, Renovis, South San Francisco, CA.

Others to come in 2006 at UC Berkeley, Georgetown University, the Royal Institute of Great Britain; and in other venues in San Francisco, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston, and London.

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La Quinta Resort & Club
Palm Springs, California, USA

Let us astound you and make you think. The BioAgenda 2006 Summit is a two-and-a-half day gathering of key scientists, entrepreneurs, thinkers, policy makers, advocacy groups, critics, and media to interact and discuss crucial issues for the coming year in biotech and life sciences.

Click here for more information.

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Issues Forums: Regional Roundtables

Most BioAgenda Roundtables will include a panel discussion on a crucial topic, a brief BioAgenda Challenge issued by a prominent figure interested in biotech and life science, and an arts offering.

January 2006. Roundtable: "Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Beyond Yes or No." Boston, MA. (Underwritten by Foley Lardner.)

May 2006. Roundtable: "Longevity: Can Old Age Be Delayed, What Would Be the Impact, and Should Society Spend Billions to Live Longer"? Also, "The Longevity Diet." New York, NY.

June 2006. Roundtable: "From Penicillin to Cloning: How Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Deal with New Scientific Discoveries That Will Impact Society: Successes and Failures." European location, to be determined.

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BioAgenda Science Film Festival

San Francisco, California
Summer, 2006

 This two-day festival of features, documentaries, shorts, and animations will serve up classics dating back to silents to the latest sci-fi films. Tom Luddy, producer of several Francis Ford Coppola film projects, the co-founder of the Pacific Film Archives, and the co-director of the Telluride Film Festival, has been invited to curate. Details to follow.

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GAPCures Mini-Summits

San Francisco, California
Late Spring, 2006

The newly formed GAPCures Project has asked BioAgenda to oversee a white-paper analysis of people who need drugs in the developing world who fall into the “gap” between international aid relief and market economies. This is a pilot project for the institute’s planned efforts to become a source of objective, independent analysis on issues and policy in life sciences for organizations — nonprofits, government, academia, advocacy, and business. . . Click here for the full story.

India or South Africa
Summer, 2006

Announcement of BioGap Pilot Project. Co-funded by the GAPCures Initiative.

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Archive

2004 Events

Boston Regional Roundtable

April 27, 2004
Topic: The Great Experiment in Biotech: Has the Collaboration between Academia and Commerce Worked?

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San Diego Regional Roundtable

July 19, 2004
Topic: Is redesigning life a good idea? Bioengineering in the age of genetics.

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San Francisco Reception and Lecture

October 27, 2004
Topic: Extending Lifespan: From Worms to Humans: Presentation by Cynthia Kenyon, Professor, UCSF, Longevity Expert

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With a stellar line-up of speakers, including Paul Berg, Brook Byers, Francis Collins, Lee Hood, Greg Stock, James Reston, Cynthia Kenyon, Steve Holtzman, Alex Barkas, James Fallows, George Rathmann — 40 total. For 2 1/2 days, an invited group of leaders from a variety of fields and points of view interacted with speakers and each other on topics ranging from Personalized Medicine and Drug Pricing, to Science and Politics, and The Future of the Human Species.

We heard challenges from Lee Hood and William Haseltine, and talks on amazing innovations from three leading scientists. We heard “interludes” from Steward Brand, founder of the “The Well” and of the “Long Now Foundation”, and others.

On the Arts and Science Night, we viewed the world premiere of a photography exhibit of great scientists by renowned photographer Mariana Cook; watched a series of science-themed plays starring L.A. Law’s Jill Eickenberry and Michael Tucker; and heard a panel on the arts and science that included actors, an art historian, and NIH genomic’s head Francis Collins.

Much more on the BioAgenda 2004 Summit . . .