Asia/Biofiction film session
From 2011.igem.org
iGEM 2011 Regional Jamboree – Asia
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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:
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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