Description: A collaborative biosecurity summit. Coming February 22, 2020 to San Francisco.
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Biotechnology is moving fast. Many futures are possible. It's time to work together. We believe biotechnology will reshape our world in the decades to come, and that we must guide the coming changes with intention and forethought. At Catalyst, we aimed to:
We hope the Catalyst community will continue to work together to engineer a future enhanced by biology and not endangered by it.
At Catalyst, we created an environment for around 100 participants to explore creative solutions to emerging biological risks. The summit featured a combination of conversations, workshops, talks, and structured problem-solving. It was free to attend for those accepted by application, and we provided travel support for a number of participants who required it, so that finances wouldn’t be an obstacle to attending.