Thursday, September 22, 2005
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ottawa

Emerging nano- and bio-technologies pose complex and novel challenges for policymakers, both domestically and in the international arena. This one-day conference will examine a range of current and emerging technologies, including GM food, stem cells, gene banking, pharmocogenomics, and nanotechnology, in the context of public policy development. What has been learned from earlier stage technologies such as GM food? How can these lessons be applied to policymaking for newer technologies now in the pre-commercialization phase?

Collaborating in organizing this event, the Canadian Biotechnology Secretariat and the Genome Prairie GE3LS team have compiled an international panel of speakers to explore the policy aspects of current research on emerging technologies including public perceptions of the various applications, the role the media play in popularizing and analyzing these applications, and an international comparison of experiences in and implications for different countries, both developing and developed.

View the report:

• First impressions: understanding public views on emerging technologies

Info:

• conference@biotech.gc.ca

Conference Program and Presentations: