LCSSP Workshop | Biotech Beyond Conventional Containment: A Workshop on Policy & Governance

The regulation of biotechnology in the United States has long been characterized by ambiguities, uncertainties, inefficiencies, and gaps. One reason for the status quo: for decades, ideas about governance have tended to rely on maintaining separation between genetically engineered organisms and the "natural" world. Today, while some biotech applications are still created for use in contained settings, many of the field's most promising innovations are not. In a world where biotech applications are increasingly developed for deliberate dissemination into the environment, revised thinking about what constitutes responsible development and use of such technology is overdue. LCSSP's upcoming conference, "Biotech Beyond Conventional Containment: A Workshop on Policy & Governance," will convene multidisciplinary perspectives across the academic, industry, government, and non-profit sectors to fill this important gap, with the ultimate goal of synthesizing shared insights as practical recommendations for policymakers.

Conference organizing committee: Richard Murray (Caltech), Sara Kassir (Caltech), Tom Adamo Schmidt (Caltech), Zack Abbott (ZBiotics), Emma Frow (Arizona State University), Andrea Hodgson (Schmidt Sciences), Cholpisit (Ice) Kiattisewee (MIT), and Yonatan Chemla (MIT)

Attendance by invitation only.