The committee held its third public meeting on Monday, June 27, 2016 at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.
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Agenda
Sessions include 10 minute presentations from each panelist followed by panel discussion
Monday, June 27
8:30 am Welcome and Introductions
NEW SECTOR IDENTIFICATION
8:30 – 9:50 am
- Ron Shigeta, Indie Bio (view slides)
- David Berry, Flagship Ventures
- Craig Taylor, Alloy Ventures
- Karl Handelsman, Codon Capital
9:50 am BREAK
HORIZON SCANNING
10:10 – 11:30 am
Moderator: Mary Maxon
- Adam Arkin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (view slides)
- Ron Davis, Stanford University (view slides)
- Andrew Hessel, Autodesk
- Peter Licari, Terravia (view slides)
- Patrick Westfall, Zymergen (view slides)
11:30 am LUNCH
SMALL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES
12:30 – 1:50 pm
Moderator: David Rejeski
- Antony Evans, Taxa (view slides)
- Kevin Jarrell, Modular Genetics (view slides)
- Alicia Jackson, Drawbridge Health (view slides)
- Isha Datar, New Harvest (view slides)
- Bruce Dannenberg, Phytonix (view slides)
1:50 pm BREAK
POTENTIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED TOOLS
2:05 – 3:25 pm
Intentionally Released Biotechnologies
Moderator: Richard Murray
- Fern Wickson*, GenOk Centre for Biosafety
- Michael Hansen*, Consumers Union
- Steven Strauss, Oregon State University
- Wayne Landis, Western Washington University (view slides)
- Anne Kapuscinski*, Dartmouth University (view slides)
3:25 pm BREAK
3:40 – 5:00 pm
Biotechnologies Intended for Contained Use
Moderator: Jennifer Kuzma
- Vincent Sewalt, Dupont (view slides)
- Craig Criddle, Stanford University (view slides)
- Rachel Smolker*, Biofuelwatch/Global Justice Ecology Project (view slides)
- David Babson, DOE BETO, formerly with Union of Concerned Scientists (view slides)
5:00 pm BREAK
5:15 pm Public Comment Period
5:30 pm Adjourn Open Session
*presentation given remotely
