The European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment's summer school on the societal dimensions of synthetic biology closes with a public debate on concepts, values and politics underlying the design and engineering of novel life-forms in synthetic biology.

Panelists include:
Arnold Sauter, Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag
Steffi Ober, Project Leader of the "Zivilgesellschaftliche Plattform Forschungswende"
Rafael Pardo Avellaneda, Spanish National Council for Scientific Research, BBVA Foundation
Ellen-Marie Forsberg, Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway
Sheref S. Mansy, Centre for Integrative Biology, University of Trento, Italy
Röbbe Wünschiers, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany

Chairs:
Kristin Hagen and Margret Engelhard, European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment GmbH
Georg Toepfer, Center for Literary and Cultural Research Berlin

(in English and German)

More information