27 January 2014

bioSYNergy kickoff

Time: 13-17
Venue: Faculty of Science, Festauditoriet 1-01, Bülowsvej 17, 1870 Frederiksberg C
Reception: Konsistoriums meeting hall

Building on the UNIK Synthetic Biology initiative, bioSYNergy focuses on sustainable production of high value compounds in plants while at the same time setting new standards for collaborative science by close integration of societal, ethical and legal aspects of synthetic biology in the scientific development as well as the promising fields of open innovation and the DIYbio community.

bioSYNergy welcomes all to the kickoff of the new synthetic biology program at Center for Synthetic Biology, Faculty of Science, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences.

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Program
13.00 Welcome by Birger Lindberg Møller, head of bioSYNergy and Center for Synthetic Biology
13.10 Welcome by Vice-Director of Research and Innovation Anna Haldrup
13.20 The Anatomy of bioSYNergy; Synthetic Biology for Scientific and Societal Growth by prof. Birger Lindberg Møller
13.40 Synbio in Societal Dialogue: Responsible Research and Innovation by Head of Department of Media, Cognition and Communication Maja Horst and Ass. Prof. Sune Holm
14.00 Synbio Business and Innovation; Open Science and Innovation by Ass. Prof. Timo Minssen and PhD Jacob Wested
14.20 Break
14.40 bioSYNergy at a glance: Short presentations of core projects by selected researchers  On the Edge of Collaborative Science by philosopher and documentarist Allan Alfred Birkegaard Hansted
16 Reception

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Program may be subject to slight changes