International Summit
Global Observatory for Genome Editing
May 21-23, 2025 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences
136 Irving Street Cambridge, MA
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The Global Observatory’s 2025 Summit foregrounds questions about biotechnologies that are altering the meaning of being human. Genome editing, especially of the human germline, raises fundamental questions of the dignity and integrity of human life. Governance concerns once focused on the escape of potentially risky lab-created organisms. Today the more urgent concerns relate to transgressing moral boundaries and violating human integrity. How should we respond?
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The three-day Summit expands the range of human experience and perspectives that should have a voice in future deliberations. It brings together a rich mix of speakers, panels and events reflecting diverse disciplines, cultures and social standpoints. It aspires to craft new foundations for deliberating on biotechnology as a force for human progress.
This Summit is made possible through the financial support of the John Templeton Foundation and the McQuillan Institute for Science, Technology and the Human Future.