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.
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on Metagenomics: Challenges and Functional Applications
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, and Families Board on Children, Youth, Steve Olson
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Subcommittee on Dog and Cat Nutrition
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, and Statistical Sciences Committee on AIDS Research and the Behavioral, Social, Lincoln E. Moses, Heather G. Miller, Charles F. Turner
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program, Ecology Panel
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Committee on Alternative Chemical Demilitarization Technologies
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Panel on Effects of Past Global Change on Life
National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Policy and Global Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security, Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats
Indonesian Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security, Joint Committee on Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Indonesia
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security
Russian Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States
Russian Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Committee on the Scientific Aspects of an International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in Russia, A. Chelsea Sharber, Glenn E. Schweitzer
National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security, Committee on Science and Technology Capabilities at the Department of State
National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Yousef Sobouti, Glenn Schweitzer
Russian Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States, A. Chelsea Sharber, Glenn E. Schweitzer
National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Committee on Prevention of Proliferation of Biological Weapons