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2010 iGEM Asia regional meeting

iGEM 2011 Regional Jamboree – Asia


Bio:Fiction Film Session and Panel Discussion


Date: 14 October 2011 (Friday)


Time: 7:00-8:30pm


Venue: Lecture Theatre D (map), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology


Moderator: Dr. Markus Schmidt, Organization for International Dialogue and Conflict Management, Austria.


Guests: To be announced soon


Program rundown:


7:00-7:15

Opening film
The life alchemists

Synopsis:
A theatre group explains the principles of synthetic biology in a comprehensive way.

7:15-7:20

Film 1
E-Chromi

Synopsis:
A short film describing the collaboration between designer/artist King & Ginsberg and the 2009 Cambridge University iGEM team.

7:20-7:30

Film 2
Local Unit

Synopsis:
In 2072 all computers are made of protein. This is the story of how a man buys a black market brain.

7:30-7:33

Film 3
Bruce

Synopsis:
Advances in open source synthetic biology allow a young man to grow his very own action hero.

7:33-7:41

Film 4
5 questions (the departure to an utopian synthetic biology future)

Synopsis:
The story explores the possible future for synthetic biology through an uncanny paradigm shift. This made it possible to create a synthetic world tailored to the holistic mindset of the anthroposophical society.

7:41-7:42

Film 5
Gilles Co-oporation

Synopsis:
To overcome the economic crisis, old Gilles, a farmer from Troyes dans l’Aube, starts a mass production of “Parisians” destined for the Chinese market.

7:42-8:30

Panel discussion
Ethical questions in synthetic biology: Safety and Security, Social and Ethics, Ownership and Sharing…

Presented in association with the Bio:Fiction Science, Art & Film Festival


Registration:

Please return the registration form to igem2011asia@ust.hk