"Promoting Responsible Stewardship in the Biosciences", Frascati, Italy

In September 2004, 55 participants selected from government, academia, industry, public research organisations, scientific societies, and the science publishing field gathered in Frascati, Italy for three days to discuss the promotion of responsible stewardship in the biosciences and means of avoiding the potential abuse of research and resources.

The chairman's summary of the conference is avalable here.

Following the meeting, the International Futures Programme has launched a website, www.biosecuritycodes.org, dedicated to providing an active resource of global information on oversight mechanisms - particularly codes-of-conduct for the biosciences research community – to help advance these efforts and promote responsible oversight of the biosciences.

Please contact david.sawaya@oecd.org for more information.