Anticipatory Workshop on Nano-Biosensors in the Agrifood Sector

生物传感器是纳米技术潜在的变革性应用之一。其中一个很有前景的应用领域是农业食品部门，生物传感器可以用于跟踪和监测潜在的疾病动物。这一提议是为了召开研讨会，召集多个关键利益攸关方调查在该领域部署生物传感器所涉及的伦理和社会问题。研讨会被设想为一个联网过程，将在研讨会活动之前、期间和之后产生和纳入新的互动和想法。在这样做的过程中，该项目为围绕社会和伦理问题的讨论而建立的前瞻性实践社区创造了一些可能的条件。这样的社区目前还不存在，以回应纳米生物传感器在农业食品中的应用。广泛的影响：一个关键的结果将是供应链网络图的开始，其中将整合纳米生物传感器。这些信息将用于发展更大的利益攸关方研讨会，包括多达20-30名参与者，并可产生关于社会和道德问题的数据。这些信息还将进一步改善非专家公民的预期治理活动，如科学咖啡馆和共识会议，不仅是关于农业食品，而且更广泛地是关于纳米技术。例如，这些活动的组织者可以利用关于社会和伦理问题的一些想法作为公民和专家之间讨论的基础，并作为让与会者准备讨论纳米技术的背景材料。

Biosensors are one of the potentially transformative applications of nanotechnology. One of the promising application areas is in the agrifood sector, where biosensors could be used for the tracking and monitoring of potentially diseased animals. This proposal is for a workshop to convene multiple critical stakeholders to investigate the ethical and social issues involved in the deployment of biosensors in this domain.The workshop is conceived as a networking process that will generate and incorporate new interactions and ideas before, during, and after the workshop event. In so doing, the project creates some of the possible conditions for an anticipatory community of practice that is built around discussions of social and ethical issues. Such a community does not presently exist in responnse to the agrifood applications of nano-biosensors.Broader Impacts: A key outcome will be the beginning of a network map of the supply-chain within which nano-biosensors will be integrated. The information will be used for the development of larger stakeholder workshops that include up to 20-30 participants, and that can generate data on the social and ethical issues. The information will also improve further anticipatory governance activities for non-expert citizens like science cafes and consensus conferences, not just on agrifood, but nanotechnology more generally. For example, some of the ideas on social and ethical issues could be used by rganizers of these activities as the basis for discussion between citizens and experts, and as background material for preparing participants to discuss nanotechnology.