IGEM:Melbourne/2008/SyntheticSociety/FirstMeetingAgenda

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First Meeting Agenda

Link to First Meeting Minutes

Meeting Location: Bio21 Level 1 Conference Room

Meeting Time: after the iGEM team meeting

Meeting Logistics: snacks and water

Current Meeting Length :

Pre-meeting Tasks

• gauge interest, RSVP with attendance... to see if too many for the conference room
• organise projector

Intro to Synthetic Society

• this is effectively what we make it ...
• (10min)why have a synthetic society???
• (10min)what should its purpose be ...
• (10min)possible futures - recruitment tool for iGEM team applicants
• (10min)how big should it get?
• (5min)have a stand at O-Week/ membership drive ...
• (5min)actual student society
• (5min)should we affilliate with other student societies
• OR just private discussion forum for people interested in synthetic biology
• (5min)weekly/monthly meetings ???

Brainstorming/Research

• this years team presentation
• synbio paper
• free discussion
  • ghost in the shell
  • ethical implications of synbio?
  • opensource - how can we make money from synbio or should we?

Next Meeting

• set next meeting time