An international perspective on advancing technologies and strategies for managing dual-use risks : report of a workshop / Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats; Development, Security, and Cooperation Policy and Global Affairs, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Biotechnology.

Biological warfare--Prevention--Congresses.

Biological warfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Advancing technologies, managing risks

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As part of a study of current and future research in the life sciences that contains applications relevant to development of agents of biological origin 5 to 10 years into the future, an NRC/IOM committee held an international workshop in 2004 to examine advancing technologies from a global point of view. Experts from different fields and from around the world presented their diverse outlooks on these technologies and forces that drive technological progress; local and regional capacities for life sciences research, development, and application (both beneficial and nefarious); national perceptions of the dual-use risk of advancing technologies; and strategic measures that have been taken or could be taken to manage the use of technology for malevolent purposes. This report summarizes the formal and informal discussions held at the workshop.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The International Perspective on the Biotechnology Landscape""; ""3 Drivers of International Biotechnology Development""; ""4 Emerging and Converging Technologies""; ""5 Models for Managing Change""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B Participants List""; ""Appendix C Committee Member and Participant Biographical Sketches""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-18142-9

1-280-74224-0

9786610742240

0-309-55133-1

OCLC:

144618847