Toward Inclusion: Genome Editing and Social Justice

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The Global Observatory is hosting a convening to complement the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing. The Summit will take place from March 6-8, 2023 at the Francis Crick Institute in London. On the evening of Tuesday, March 7, the Observatory will host Toward Inclusion: Genome Editing and Social Justice at the nearby Wellcome Collection. This event will bring together experts in intergovernmental organization, science and medicine, and ethics—including several Summit organizers—to discuss the constitution of the global and of social justice in the governance of human genome editing. This convening aims to expand the discussion beyond the limits of the Third International Summit itself. 

Panel 1: What’s Global in Global Governance? 6:30-7:30 pm GMT

Dafna Feinholz-Klip, UNESCO
Laurence Lwoff, Council of Europe
Katherine Littler, WHO

Chair: Peter Mills, Nuffield Council

Panel 2: The Scales of Social Justice, 7:45-8:45 pm GMT

Kaushik Sunder Rajan, University of Chicago
Julie Makani, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Adrian Ely, University of Sussex
Françoise Baylis, Dalhousie University


Chair: Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University