#13 – CRISPRcon - Risk governance in gene editing and food: Intersections of safety and equity

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CRISPRcon - Risk governance in gene editing and food: Intersections of safety and equity

Session organized by the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center https://crisprcon.org/crisprcon-2020/ Societal concerns regarding gene-edited food and agriculture products are wide-ranging, encompassing issues such as human safety, ecological impact, animal welfare, socioeconomic implications for agricultural communities, distribution of societal impacts and benefits, and control, access, voice, choice, and sovereignty within food systems. The assessment and management of various potential risks is distributed among regulators, researchers and developers, and other societal actors; questions of who defines what risks and concerns are managed, who manages them, and to what standard represent equity and political concerns in the risk governance process. This panel will consider the scope and governance of different categories of risk in various geographies, including how risk is currently addressed and how it might alternatively be addressed through regulatory and other processes.

Panelists

• Sarah Gallo, Director of Market Access for Food & Farm Innovation, Biotechnology Innovation Organization
• Sélim Louafi, Social Scientist at the Centre International de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
• Éliane Ubalijoro, Deputy Executive Director for Programs at Global Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition
• Gregory Jaffe, Director of the Project on Biotechnology for the Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Jennifer Kuzma, Goodnight-NC GSK Foundation Distinguished Professor in School of Public and International Affairs and Co-director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center, NC State University (moderator)

CRISPRcon is a unique forum bringing diverse voices together to discuss the future of CRISPR and related gene-editing technologies across applications in agriculture, health, conservation, and more. CRISPRcon sparks curiosity, builds understanding, and highlights societal histories and other context relevant to decisions on gene editing technologies. CRISPRcon is a program of the Keystone Policy Center.

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