The Forum on Synthetic Biology: Challenges and Opportunities for Australia

The Forum will explore topics such as regulatory considerations, skills and research support, intellectual property and community engagement. In addition, discussions will also focus on links between a ‘bioeconomy’ and synthetic biology.

Synthetic Biology: Realising opportunities and overcoming challenges

Increasingly, synthetic biology appears poised to transform a number of existing products and process and to create new renewable alternatives. It may radically impact many fields, from energy to health, and may even provide solutions to a number of climate and environmental problems.

Related Documents

• Synthetic Biology

Effective Modelling of Urban Systems to Address the Challenges of Climate Change and Sustainability

This Global Science Forum report and its annexed survey analysis identify the existing tools and strategies for urban modelling and their current limitations, and propose a series of policy recommendations aimed at improving the effectiveness and use of urban models.

Facilitating International Co-operation in Non-Commercial Clinical Trials

This policy report identifies the hurdles encountered by the clinical research community in setting up international clinical trials and proposes a series of policy recommendations aimed at overcoming main challenges.

Digital Divide: From Computer Access to Online Activities – A Micro Data Analysis (OECD Digital Economy Paper 189)

This study addresses issues of digital divide among households and individuals by using micro-data analysis of ICT usage patterns. The analysis includes data from 18 European countries, Korea and Canada. Inequalities in computer and Internet use are analysed in a two-step approach.

Compilation of Bilateral Trade Database by Industry and End-use Category (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper 2011/6)

The OECD STAN Bilateral Trade Database by Industry and End-use Category allows insights into patterns of trade in intermediate goods between countries to track global production networks and supply chains and helps address other related policy issues such as trade in value added and tasks.

Travaux de l'OCDE sur les statistiques de brevets

Les indicateurs fondés sur les brevets permettent d'évaluer certains aspects de la performance en innovation et des progrès technologiques de pays, régions ainsi que dans certains domaines technologiques. Les dernières statistiques (juillet 2011) sont présentées dans OECD.Stat.

Travaux de l'OCDE sur les statistiques de brevets

Les indicateurs fondés sur les brevets permettent d'évaluer certains aspects de la performance en innovation et des progrès technologiques de pays, régions ainsi que dans certains domaines technologiques. Les dernières statistiques (juillet 2011) sont présentées dans OECD.Stat.

Related Documents

• Compendium of OECD Work on Intellectual Property (IP)
• Bases de données de brevets de l'OCDE
• Manuel de l'OCDE sur les statistiques des brevets

Imports, Innovation and Employment after Crisis - Evidence from a Developing Country (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper 2011/5)

Imports are often perceived as a threat to employment. However, access to imported intermediate inputs can be essential to stimulate innovation and employment. We investigate based on a unique dataset of Ecuadorian manufacturing firms, their final products and intermediate inputs.

Recent Developments in Asian Economic Integration (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper 2011/3)

This paper analyses the contribution to and engagement in global supply chains of Asian emerging economies by measuring several globalisation indicators based on the harmonised input-output and bilateral trade databases developed by the OECD.