Asia/Bio:Fiction film session

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…