Team:TU-Delft/Human-Practice/Rathenau

The first of September we will host the “Meeting of young minds” kick-off, the Preparation of Minds for the [http://www.rathenau.nl/en/agenda/meetings/meeting-of-young-minds.html Jamboree event Friday, Sept. 30]. This day is organized in collaboration with initiator the Rathenau Instituut. This institute stimulates the research and debate on science and technology. All day long the political youth parties and all Dutch iGEM teams will listen to talks about the future of synthetic biology and bio ethics. There will also be a short discussion on different views towards these still developing standards. The speakers will be most Dutch iGEM teams (Amsterdam, Wageningen, Delft), TU Delft professor Luuk van der Wielen ([http://www.be-basic.org/ BE Basic]), Politician Chantal Gillard, Wageningen University Professor Henk van der Belt and COGEM’s bio-safety specialist Huib de Vriend.

The 30th of September the Rathenau Instituut will organise the [http://www.rathenau.nl/en/agenda/meetings/meeting-of-young-minds.html “Meeting of young Minds”] day in collaboration with the European iGEM Committee 2011. As a warm-up for the jamboree iGEM participants can debate with young Dutch politicians on the future of synthetic biology based on [http://www.rathenau.nl/en/agenda/meetings/meeting-of-young-minds.html?tx_tferathenau_meeting_controller%5BsubPage%5D=820&cHash=a26dd1b016e4ea51a8b87719626fd791 techno-moral vignettes] developed by the Rathenau Instituut in cooperation with [http://www.fdcw.unimaas.nl/staff/default.asp?id=404 Tsjalling Swierstra] and [http://www.utwente.nl/gw/wijsb/organization/boenink/ Marianne Boenink]. The Rathenau Instituut supports the political youth organizations with opportunities and information to prepare for the debate.

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The Programm

Delft University of Technology Department of Biotechnology, Julianalaan 67, Delft Room A 13.00 – 14.00 Free lunch 14:00 – 14:20 Introduction by Han de Winde, Director Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology 14:20 – 15-45 Presentations Dutch iGEM teams</br>

               Making sticky bacteria (iGEM Delft)
               Creating cold resistance BioBricks – CryoBricks (iGEM Amsterdam)
               Building a Synchronized Oscillatory System (iGEM Wageningen)

15:45 – 16-15 Coffee break 16:15 – 17:30 Lab tour 17:30 – 18:30 Dinner

Science Centre Delft Mijnbouwstraat 120, Delft Room: Faculty room 18:30 – 19:00 Chantal Gill'ard, former Member of Parliament

               Synthetic biology from a political perspective

19:00 – 19:30 Luuk van der Wielen, Professor TU Delft

               Synthetic biology and its societal applications

19:30 – 20:00 Huib de Vriend, LIS Consult

               Synthetic  biology from the perspective of biosafety, biosecurity and global justice 

20:00 – 20:30 Henk van den Belt, Applied Philosophy, Wageningen University and Research Centre

               Philosophical and cultural understandings of synthetic biology

20:30 – 21:00 Coffee Break 21:00 – 22:00 Interactive session on two SynBio Futures vignettes with Chantal Gill'ard, Douwe Molenaar

               European iGEM Committee and Frans Brom (Rathenau Instituut)

22:00 – 24:00 Drinks