Artificial Intelligence and Automated Laboratories for Biotechnology: Leveraging Opportunities and Mitigating Risks--A Workshop

Workshop

April 3 - 4, 2024

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About

This public workshop will discuss the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated laboratories (also referred to as cloud labs, automated experimentation, and “self-driving” labs) for biotechnology. The workshop will consider opportunities to leverage AI and laboratory automation capabilities for discovery and development and opportunities to prevent the misuse of biotechnology. The workshop will also explore methods and approaches to identify, track, and forecast the domestic and international development of such technologies. The transdisciplinary workshop will convene experts across sectors and utilize expertise to highlight recent advances and explore implications for the development and use of these technologies. The workshop is being organized by a planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under the auspices of the Standing Committee on Advances and National Security Implications of Transdisciplinary Biotechnology,

Confirmed Speakers and Sessions:

Keynote Speaker: Nobel Laureate Frances H. Arnold, California Institute of Technology

Session 1: Applications of AI and Automated Labs for Biotechnology

Andreas Andreou, Johns Hopkins University
Adrienne Hoarfrost, University of Georgia
Melissa Kemp, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chris Gibson, Recursion
D.J. Kleinbaum, Emerald Cloud Labs

Session 2: Preventing the Misuse of Biotechnology

James Diggans, Twist Bioscience
Charles Fracchia, Bioeconomy Information Sharing and Analysis Center (BIO-ISAC)
Tessa Alexanian, International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS)
Tejal Patwardhan, OpenAI

Session 3: Costs and Benefits of Investing in (or not Investing in) Technologies

Chenny Zhang, Biotechnology Venture Capital
Andy Kilianski, ARPA-H
Sajith Wickramasekara, Benchling
Jolene Lau, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

Sesson 4: Forecasting Developments and Assessing Capability Gaps

Erika Alden DeBenedictis, Francis Crick Institute
Ezra Karger, Forecasting Research Institute
Tamay Besiroglu, EpochAI
Philip E. Tetlock, University of Pennsylvania

Session 5: Drivers of Innovation

Theresa Good, National Science Foundation
James Wang, Creative Ventures
Rob Carlson, Planetary Technologies

Contact

Andrew Bremer

(202) 334-3376
abremer@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Artificial Intelligence and Automated Laboratories for Biotechnology: Leveraging Opportunities and Mitigating Risks. Pre-Workshop Primer for Registered Attendees

March 29, 2024

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

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About

This short virtual session will provide an introductory look-ahead at the workshop to take place the following week, April 3-4. All registered workshop attendees are invited to join this session.

Contact

Andrew Bremer

(202) 334-3376
abremer@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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Planning Committee Kick-Off Meeting for: Artificial Intelligence and Automated Laboratories for Biotechnology: Leveraging Opportunities and Mitigating Risks--A Workshop

January 11, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)

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About

This will serve as a kick-off meeting for the project: Artificial Intelligence and Automated Laboratories for Biotechnology: Leveraging Opportunities and Mitigating Risks--A Workshop.

This meeting will be held virtually.

Contact

Andrew Bremer

(202) 334-3376
abremer@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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