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.