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 HERE
)
SCHEDULE:
NOV 5
BIOBRICKS TECHNICAL STANDARDS SESSION
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Registration, coffee [Ting Foyer, Tang Center]
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Orientation & Guiding Remarks: Drew Endy, Randy Rettberg, Tom Knight, MIT
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Working Meeting
3:00pm - 3:15pm
Break
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Lessons from the Engineering Task Force: David Clark, MIT
3:45pm-4:45pm
Working Meeting
4:45pm - 5:15pm
Next steps, summary, conclusion
5:15pm
Adjourn
NOV 6
BIOBRICKS LEGAL STANDARDS SESSION
8:30am - 9:00am
Registration, coffee [Ting Foyer, Tang Center]
9:00am - 10:00am
Orientation & Guiding Remarks: Drew Endy, MIT
10:00am - 12:00pm
Working Session
12:00pm - 12:15pm
Break
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Next steps, summary, conclusion
1:15pm
Adjourn
1:15pm - 2:00pm
Informal lunch [Ting Foyer, Tang Center]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
BioBricks Foundation Board of Directors Meeting: OPEN
Questions? Email: workshop AT biobricks DOT org
This workshop is sponsored in part by the Somekh Family Foundation.