The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is proudly hosting BioVisionAlexandria
2004, an international conference, organized in partnership
with The World Life Sciences Forum BioVision,
that will blend new and old ideas, inventions, knowledge, and
also examine the implications as well as the potential applications
of biotechnology.
BioVisionAlexandria 2004 Conference registration fees are fully funded by the
Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
The first BioVisionAlexandria
conference was in 2002, entitled the Egyptian
Biotechnology Conference, to be held every even year. It
therefore alternates with its sister conference, BioVision.
As we unlock the secrets of life, and learn to
manipulate the very building blocks of heredity, who is
to be the judge of when what is feasible technically is no longer
acceptable ethically? It is natural that we should address
ethics,
patents and the poor in this important gathering. Discussions
on ethics and biotechnology will examine questions of moral
responsibility, limitations and boundaries that should be
set on research and practical applications, as well as exclusivity
versus the sharing of knowledge.
