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Introduction to the Karachi Conference - Karachi Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE)

The advances in various fields of science bring incredible promises, on one hand; also carry potential harms and risks, on the other. The efforts on local as well as international levels are continuing to find out the ways to ensure that the sciences are to be used solely for our collective benefits.

The proposed workshop on responsible conduct of science will provide a global forum to prevent the use of the sciences to cause deliberate harm and to discuss and to suggest the roles of scientific community to play in this regards.

Objectives

The objectives of the upcoming Karachi conference are as follows:

  • To conceptualize the responsible conduct of science.
  • To idealize the science to be harmless to humanity.
  • To realize the scientific personnel in a way appropriate for society.
  • To optimize the contribution of scientists to the wider interest of society.
  • To improvise the safe, secure and ethical conduct of science.
Topics covered

Following topics are to be covered during the two day conference:

  • Philosophy of Science.
  • Science and Society.
  • Media and the Science.
  • Biosafety, Biosecurity and Ethics in Science.
  • Intellectual Property Rights in Science.
  • Commercialization of Science.
Conference Statement

The 3rd Conference on the Responsible Conduct of Science was successfully conducted on 14 and 15 November 2011. It built on the outcomes of the preceding two conferences, in Islamabad in June 2010, and in Lahore in February 2011. The 3rd conference showed once again that there is a great deal of enthusiasm, and understanding, of the importance of individual responsibility with regard to research integrity, ethical conduct, safety and preventing the misuse of science to harm humanity. The sentiment of the conference confirmed that the responsible conduct of science is, in essence, a matter of both personal and institutional integrity. Speakers and participants from all scientific disciplines, including engineering, highlighted the need to create an environment where standards of excellence, trustworthiness and ethical considerations can flourish. In a discussion on communicating science via the media the importance of developing more effective management and education in this regard was stressed.

Further activities are planned in 2012 as outlined in the Karachi Statement of 15 November 2011.

For further information please contact

Prof. Dr. Abid Azhar
Director General
The Karachi Institute of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering (KIBGE),
University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, PAKISTAN
Tel: +9221-99261180-2 Ext. 134 Direct: +9221-99261184
Fax: +9221-34823886-7 Email: abid.azhar@kibge.edu.pk

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