Issues Raised, Lessons Learned, and Paths Forward for
Dual-Use Research in the Life Sciences:
The H5N1 Research Controversy—A Workshop
20 F Street, NW Conference Center
Washington, DC 20001
May 1, 2012
8:00 | Continental Breakfast | |
8:30 | Welcome: |
Harvey Fineberg, Institute of Medicine |
8:35 | Introduction: |
Workshop Planning Committee Co-Chairs |
David Relman, Stanford University and VA Palo Alto Health Care System David Korn, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School |
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8:40 | Session 1: The Ongoing Revolution in the Life Sciences and Associated Technologies | |
Moderator: |
David Baltimore, California Institute of Technology |
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Speaker: |
Roger Brent, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
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Commentators: | ||
Lawrence D. Kerr, National Counterproliferation Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
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Joe Palca, National Public Radio |
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9:30 | Discussion with Participants | |
10:00 | Break | |
10:15 | Session 2: Two Case Studies from Conceptualization to Dissemination of Findings with Consideration of Plausible Points of Intervention and Decision-Making | |
Moderator: |
Alice Huang, California Institute of Technology |
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Speakers: |
1918 Spanish Flu Reconstruction: |
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H5N1 Avian Influenza: |
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11:15 | Discussion with Participants | |
12:00 | Lunch | |
1:15 | Session 3: Roundtable Discussion on the Nature of the Social Contract |
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Moderator: |
Harold T. Shapiro, Princeton University |
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Speakers: |
Ruth L. Berkelman, Emory University Robert Cook-Deegan, Duke University Gregory E. Kaebnick, The Hastings Center Daniel J. Kevles, Yale University Carl Zimmer, Frequent Contributor, The New York Times |
2:15 | Discussion with Participants |
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3:00 | Break |
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3:15 | Session 4: Roundtable Discussion on Governance, Oversight, and the Path Forward |
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Moderator: |
Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University |
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Speakers: |
Ann Arvin, Stanford University Anthony S. Fauci, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health David Franz, United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (retired) David Heymann, U.K. Health Protection Agency Piers Millet, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs’ Implementation Support Unit |
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4:15 | Discussion with Participants |
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5:00 | Wrap-Up: |
Workshop Planning Committee Co-Chairs David Relman, Stanford University and VA Palo Alto Health Care System David Korn, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School |
5:15 | Adjourn |