In Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of
The International Council for Science (ICSU)

Student Pugwash USA and the Board of International Scientific Organizations Present

Can Good Science Go Bad?

How Scientists Confront the Dual Use Implications of their Work

Friday October 27, 2006

9:00 am- 4:00 pm
The National Academies

2100 C St. NW

Washington, DC

What are the challenges scientists encounter in dealing with potential dual-use implications of their work?

Join the group of experts below for an overview of dual-use issues followed by working group sessions on dual-use dilemmas in the biological sciences.

Speaker Powerpoint Presentations:

• Dr. Harvey Rubin, National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
• Dr. Gigi Kwik Grönvall, Center for Biosecurity, Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• Dr. Christina Smolke, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Caltech
• Dr. Michael Stebbins, Biosecurity Project Director, Federation of American Scientists
• Laurie Geller, The International Council for Science (ICSU)

Agenda:

Friday, October 27, 2006

8:00am: Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:30am: Welcoming Remarks
Wendy White, Board on International Scientific Organizations
Christine Rovner, Student Pugwash USA
Laurie Geller, The International Council for Science (ICSU)

9:00am: The Dual-Use Dilemma
Moderator: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Science Magazine

Harvey Rubin, Member of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB); Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Forbidden Knowledge: Is Some Knowledge Just Too Dangerous?

Gigi Kwik Gronvall, Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh
Scientists' Responses to Dual-Use Concerns

Christina Smolke, Caltech
Synthetic Biology: A Case Study

10:30am: Moderated Question and Answer Session
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Science Magazine

11:00am: Introduction to Case Study
Michael Stebbins, Federation of American Scientists

11:15am: Break

11:30am Break-out group discussions

12:30pm Lunch

1:30pm Summary of discussions
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

2:15pm Student Session on Dual-Use Tools for Biological Scientists
Michael Stebbins, Federation of American Scientists
Dual-Use Implications for Global Biosecurity