THE BIOBRICKS FOUNDATION TECHNICAL & LEGAL STANDARDS WORKSHOP
On November 5 and 6 on the campus of MIT, the BioBricks Foundation will host creators, users, and enablers of BioBrick standard biological parts in a workshop aimed at:
- developing technical standards for the operation, characterization, and use of BioBrick™ parts and
- developing legal strategies that enable the BioBrick™ parts collection to grow and remain freely available
DATE:
November 5-6, 2007
LOCATION:
MIT
Tang Center/Wong Auditorium
70 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
(For a map of the Tang Center, click <html><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=wong+auditorium" target="_blank">HERE</a>
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SCHEDULE:
| NOV 5
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BIOBRICKS TECHNICAL STANDARDS SESSION
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| 12:30pm - 1:00pm
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Registration, coffee [Ting Foyer, Tang Center]
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| 1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Orientation & Guiding Remarks: Drew Endy, Randy Rettberg, Tom Knight, MIT
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| 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Working Meeting
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| 3:00pm - 3:15pm
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Break
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| 3:15pm - 3:45pm
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Lessons from the Engineering Task Force: David Clark, MIT
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| 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Working Meeting
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| 4:45pm - 5:15pm
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Next steps, summary, conclusion
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| 5:15pm
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Adjourn
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| NOV 6
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BIOBRICKS LEGAL STANDARDS SESSION
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| 8:30am - 9:00am
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Registration, coffee [Ting Foyer, Tang Center]
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| 9:00am - 10:00am
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Orientation & Guiding Remarks: Drew Endy, MIT
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| 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Working Session
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| 12:00pm - 12:15pm
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Break
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| 12:15pm - 1:15pm
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Next steps, summary, conclusion
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| 1:15pm
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Adjourn
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| 1:15pm - 2:00pm
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Informal lunch [Ting Foyer, Tang Center]
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| 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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BioBricks Foundation Board of Directors Meeting: OPEN
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Questions? Email: workshop AT biobricks DOT org
This workshop is sponsored in part by the Somekh Family Foundation.
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