BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Genetic Engineering and Society Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Genetic Engineering and Society Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Genetic Engineering and Society Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T130000 DTSTAMP:20260504T142906 CREATED:20210114T161309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210405T134102Z UID:10000223-1617710400-1617714000@ges.research.ncsu.edu SUMMARY:Christopher Cummings - Gene-Edited Food: Trust and Media | GES Colloquium (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES MediaSite | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nGene-edited Food: Trust and Media\nSpeaker: Christopher L. Cummings\, PhD\, Senior Research Fellow at GES Center\, NC State and Iowa State University\nGES Profile \nHow we communicate about gene edited food influences trust\, acceptance\, and regulation. \nAbstract\nRecent gene-editing technologies are heralded by proponents as a revolution for developing gene-edited foods (GEFs) while critics demand increased governance and scrutiny of potential societal impacts. Like other food and agriculture technologies\, realizing GEF’s potential will depend on whether the public accepts it. Proponents want to ensure that GEF avoid the intense public controversy that GMOs faced\, which they argue resulted in ‘burdensome’ regulations\, trade restrictions\, limited international production and trade of GMOs\, and diminished opportunity to realize the benefits of GMOs. This history also uncovered that efforts aimed at educating the public about the science of food technologies does not necessarily diminish skepticism or mistrust. \nInstead\, trust in GEF will be informed by factors that extend beyond technical risks and benefits where many proponents now acknowledge the importance of trust and the limitations of the information deficit model. Thus\, proponents see an opportunity to shift priorities away from the obstinate risk and safety debates of the GMO era\, and instead focus efforts to garner social license through alternative means to establish public trust and acceptance. However\, consumer and environmental advocacy groups argue that GEF poses significant public acceptance challenges due to its association with GMOs\, scientific complexity\, and social\, environmental\, and ethical concerns. US government agencies including the USDA\, FDA\, and others are also reviewing and revising policy relevant to safety and labeling of GEF products. As this area continues to grow in attention\, and more products arrive to market\, proponents and critics will contend with one another to shape the future of the technology. Thus\, early messaging about GEF represents a transformative symbolic and politicized locus where message attributes serve ideological mechanisms created by stakeholders in competition. The prioritized communication from proponents and critics may well be the mechanism that drives how GEF will come to be understood by the larger citizenry and will influence how it will be evaluated and governed. \nThis presentation reviews recent data across two studies (still in review) in this domain. The first study reports findings from qualitative interviews and provides a typology of discordant priorities from proponents and critics related to trust and acceptance of GEFs. The second study is a content analysis that identifies and compares how media messages portray potential risks and benefits and regulation of GEFs across the US and EU. Together\, these studies highlight contemporary shifts in proponent approaches to cultivating public trust\, and acceptance of products in the commercial marketplace. \nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Christopher Cummings’ work focuses on advancing public engagement with science\, developing risk communication theory\, and improving public health decision making across the life span. An experienced social scientist and communication campaign scholar\, Dr. Cummings uses a variety of quantitative\, qualitative\, and mixed methods\, and his work has been featured in more than 40 applied science and health venues\, including the Journal of Risk Research; Regulation and Governance; Nanotoxicology; PLOS One; Science\, Technology\, & Human Values; and Climate Research\, among others. Outside of academia\, Dr. Cummings also consults with multiple government agencies across the Asia-Pacific on health risk communication issues\, including dengue fever surveillance and response (Sri Lanka and Singapore)\, obesity and nutrition access (New Zealand)\, vaccine communication (Singapore\, Australia\, and United States)\, and public engagement with nanotechnology\, synthetic biology\, and geoengineering (Australia\, United States\, and Singapore). He also consults privately with various Fortune 500 companies on leadership training\, strategic planning\, and risk communication initiatives. URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2021-04-06/ LOCATION:NC\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Christopher-Cummings_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="GES Center":MAILTO:gesocietycenter@ncsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T130000 DTSTAMP:20260504T142906 CREATED:20210114T161309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210406T152602Z UID:10000222-1618315200-1618318800@ges.research.ncsu.edu SUMMARY:Science in the Cabinet: Implications for the Future of Biotech Research and Innovation | GES Colloquium (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES MediaSite | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nScience in the Cabinet: Implications for the Future of Biotech Research and Innovation\nHear a panel discussion from 3 experts on the future of biotechnology policy under the Biden administration. Organized by AgBioFEWS Cohorts. \n SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR THE PANEL HERE \nPanelists\n(See bios below) \n\nRobert Cook-Deegan\, PhD\, Professor School for the Future of Innovation in Society\, Arizona State University\nJennifer Kuzma\, PhD\, Goodnight-NC GSK Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center\nDave Levitan\, MA\, Science Journalist and author of Not A Scientist: How politicians mistake\, misrepresent\, and utterly mangle science\n\nAbstract\nFor the first time ever\, a genetic engineer\, Eric Lander\, is in a seat on the president’s cabinet—with social scientist Alondra Nelson as his deputy. The “evolutionary ringmaster” and Nobel prizewinner Frances Arnold chairs the council of science advisors—with NASA planetary explorer Maria Zuber as her co-chair. The Biden administration has proposed giving the NSF an additional $50 billion (over an annual budget of $8.5 billion)\, while it joins a bipartisan group of legislators in pressing scientific agencies for more emphasis on technology and jobs. What does it all mean for the future of research\, biotech regulation\, and their place in society? How will these people acting as individuals shape science policy? Ask our expert panel! \nWe have an amazing lineup of three speakers including: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n Dr. Robert Cook-Deegan is a professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society\, and with the Consortium for Science\, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University. He founded and directed Duke’s Center for Genome Ethics\, Law & Policy (2002-2012)\, and Duke-in-Washington through June 2016. Prior to Duke\, he was with the National Academies of Science\, Engineering and Medicine (1991-2002); National Center for Human Genome Research (1989-1990); and congressional Office of Technology Assessment (1982-1988). His research interests include science policy\, health policy\, biomedical research\, cancer\, and intellectual property. He is the author of  The Gene Wars: Science\, Politics\, and the Human Genome and more than 300 other publications. (website) \n \n Dr. Jennifer Kuzma is the Goodnight-NCGSK Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Social Sciences and co-founder and co-director of the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center\, at NC State University where she’s been since 2013. Prior to this\, she was associate professor of science and technology policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs\, University of Minnesota (2003-2013) where she served as chair of the Science\, Technology\, and Environmental Policy Area and co-lead several interdisciplinary programs such as a graduate minor in Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes and the Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment. From 1998 to 2003\, she was study director for several U.S. National Academy of Sciences\, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) reports related to biotechnology and bioterrorism; and in 1997-1998 was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Risk Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Agriculture where she participated in several farm-to-fork risk analyses for foodborne pathogens. She has over 125 scholarly publications on emerging technologies\, social science\, and governance and has been studying this area for over 25 years. (full bio) \n \n Dave Levitan is a journalist\, focusing on a variety of scientific topics\, and especially their intersection with policy and politics. He has written for a wide variety of outlets\, and is the author of a book Not A Scientist: How politicians mistake\, misrepresent\, and utterly mangle science (2017\, WW Norton). Dave writes an occasional newsletter called Gravity Is Gone where he covers climate change\, vaccines and other public health issues\, energy and the environment\, government (de)regulation\, science-adjacent culture\, and anything else that comes up. (website) URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2021-04-13/ LOCATION:NC\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Science-policy-panel-4-13-21-colloquium_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="GES Center":MAILTO:gesocietycenter@ncsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210420T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210420T130000 DTSTAMP:20260504T142906 CREATED:20210114T161309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T171137Z UID:10000224-1618920000-1618923600@ges.research.ncsu.edu SUMMARY:Tenku Ruff: Ethics and GES: Exploring the 'Right Use of Power | GES Colloquium (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES MediaSite | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nEthics and GES: Exploring the ‘Right Use of Power\nSpeaker: Tenku Ruff\, Osho (Buddhist priest) at Beacon Zen Temple\nbeaconzen.org \nWhat steps can we take so our work is carried out in the best interest of all? This talk reviews a framework for scientists and lay people alike. \nAbstract\nHow do we know our work is carried in the best interest of all involved? Even with our best intentions\, both personally and socially\, we can cause harm. How can we build a framework for action with an eye toward intention\, care\, and repair? This presentation brings to the Genetic Engineering and Society Center an ethical framework rooted in the Right Use of Power. Power is the capacity to have an influence\, effect a change\, or transform situations. Ethical decision-making can come in two forms\, ordinary and complex. Both kinds are essential to deepening trust and maintaining relationships. Both involve an integration of personal integrity with professional responsibility. Most ethical decisions\, however\, are made moment-to-moment\, based on our personal integrity\, making it difficult to meet professional responsibility standards. This presentation reviews common misunderstandings of power as limited to unwanted oppression\, control\, and violence. Power can also enable responsibility\, guidance\, support\, empowerment of others\, and care. Power can reflect core values of compassion\, wisdom\, clarity\, and connection. Power can be used skillfully\, consciously\, responsibly\, and with care\, or carelessly\, selfishly\, and destructively. The difference lies in using power appropriately\, a skill that must be learned. Our clarity around the use of power is often complicated by shame and blame\, two characteristics that are often at work in institutional settings. \nRelated: \n\nBeacon Zen channel on YouTube\nLion’s Roar – posts by Tenku Ruff\n\nSpeaker Bio\nTenku Ruff is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and past President of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association who trained for five years in Zen monasteries in Japan\, along with additional training in North America. Tenku holds a Master of Divinity degree from Maitripa College\, a Tibetan Buddhist graduate school in Portland\, Oregon. She is also a board certified chaplain (BCC) with the Association of Professional Chaplains and works as a hospice chaplain and a palliative care chaplain. Tenku brings to discussions of ethics in Genetic Engineering and Society sustained interests in interfaith dialogue and equity and inclusion. These interests that led her to undergo Right Use of Power training with Cedar Barstow. URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2021-04-20/ LOCATION:NC\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Tenku-Ruff_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="GES Center":MAILTO:gesocietycenter@ncsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T130000 DTSTAMP:20260504T142906 CREATED:20210114T161309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210420T150348Z UID:10000225-1619524800-1619528400@ges.research.ncsu.edu SUMMARY:AgBioFEWS Cohort 1 Group Project | GES Colloquium (Zoom) DESCRIPTION:GES Colloquium Home | Zoom Registration | GES MediaSite | Video Archives | Podcast | @GESCenterNCSU | Newsletter \nA reliable public dataset for high-quality analysis of agricultural diversity\, productivity\, and biotechnology in the US\nSpeakers: AgBioFEWS Cohort 1\nWebsite | Twitter: #AgBioFEWS \nAbstract\nWe are collecting and indexing publicly available information to create a reliable dataset that enables an open science approach to studies of crop diversity and productivity. Our dataset covers the period from 1992 to the present when agricultural biotechnology inventions have been increasingly made available in the US\, and is explicitly oriented towards being able to integrate the effect of these technologies with other types of data. The collection effort includes computationally and\, where necessary\, manually correcting for shifts in data collection categories and units in the USDA Census of Agriculture\, as well as digitizing a portion of the data which is currently available only in the form of scanned typewritten documents. By creating this quality-controlled extended dataset\, we enable detailed studies at the level of individual crops and counties\, and correct for systemic errors that otherwise limit the utility of the public USDA data. Our modifications are particularly helpful for enabling studies of change over time. We have also manually reviewed every transgenic event within both the USDA APHIS Petition for Determination of Nonregulated Status and the USDA “Am I Regulated?” process and created a coded index of every individual gene\, trait\, and genetic modification method used in each of the 302 biotechnology deregulatory events to date. Similar to portions of the USDA Census\, this information has historically been available only by reading through many hundreds of pages of documents. Our proximate interest in creating these datasets has been to enable creation of a model to isolate the effects of introduction of individual GM traits on crop diversity at the local\, regional\, and national level over the past 30 years. More generally\, by making quality data regarding biotechnology in agriculture readily available to the scientific community we hope to enable a wide range of rigorous work in this area. \n  URL:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/event/colloquium-2021-04-27/ LOCATION:NC\, United States CATEGORIES:Colloquium,GES Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ges.research.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Cohort-1-4-27-21_1920x1080.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="GES Center":MAILTO:gesocietycenter@ncsu.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR