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 > > > -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/
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