The BioVision Method
BioVision promotes discussions and debate within the Life Sciences at the interface of Sciences, Society and Industry.
The Forum begins by the Nobel Laureates’ day and with sequential Introductory Plenary Sessions defining the most important issues in each area - health, nutrition and environment -, followed by the Parallel Conferences in which Forum participants choose to attend sessions focusing on one of the three themes. The final day of BioVision presents the Interactive Reporting Session during which the conclusions of all three Parallel Conferences are presented.
Citizens’ representatives outline the needs and expectations of progress in terms of health, nutrition and the environment. They express their questions, fears, and sometimes disagreements, about, on the one hand, the ethical conditions for scientific research, and on the other, the production and distribution of medicine, agriculture, agro-nutrition, the preservation of the environment and natural resources. They make proposals.
Scientists outline the progress in knowledge and the perspectives opened up by research in order to always better meet society's expectations. It is also their role to anticipate and alert us to any eventual risks, to assess their impact and to propose solutions. Scientific research itself raises ethical, moral, philosophical or religious questions, which need to be debated in a completely transparent way.
Professionals from health, agro-nutrition, the environment and energy how they transform progress made in fundamental research or technological innovation into new products destined to meet citizens' needs. This must be made with respect for ethical rules, particularly regarding a product's safety and accessibility to all those who need it, as well as respect for sustainable development, notably with regard to natural resources and pollution.
What Society needs and is willing to accept ?
Citizens’ representatives outline the needs and expectations of progress in terms of health, nutrition and the environment. They express their questions, fears, and sometimes disagreements, about, on the one hand, the ethical conditions for scientific research, and on the other, the production and distribution of medicine, agriculture, agro-nutrition, the preservation of the environment and natural resources. They make proposals.
What Scientists can do ?
Scientists outline the progress in knowledge and the perspectives opened up by research in order to always better meet society's expectations. It is also their role to anticipate and alert us to any eventual risks, to assess their impact and to propose solutions. Scientific research itself raises ethical, moral, philosophical or religious questions, which need to be debated in a completely transparent way.
What Industrials can ethically produce ?
Professionals from health, agro-nutrition, the environment and energy how they transform progress made in fundamental research or technological innovation into new products destined to meet citizens' needs. This must be made with respect for ethical rules, particularly regarding a product's safety and accessibility to all those who need it, as well as respect for sustainable development, notably with regard to natural resources and pollution.
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