[PWC-MEDIA] Newsletter VolTA 4: Are we Making Perfect Life?

From: Heleen van Kooij <h.vankooij@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:01:23 +0200
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Interview to António Barreto
Numbers are not 
enough<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/antonio-barreto-on-freedom-of-information/>

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'I could draw a definition of you based on a million different statistical 
indicators, and I still wouldn't be able to draw a reliable portrait'

+ Read 
more<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/antonio-barreto-on-freedom-of-information/>
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Other sections
Visual Thinking<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/visual-thinking/>
Technological 
diversification<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/technological-diversification-a-key-to-economic-stability/>
The CIVISTI project<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/vision-on/>
Talking 
TA<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/talking-ta-pacita-great-transitions-conference/>
Clinical 
Trials<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/clinical-trials-safe-and-more-transparent/>
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Agenda<http://www.pacitaproject.eu/?page_id=281#action=ai1ec_agenda>

Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) 2014

21 to 26/06/2014.......Copenhaguen<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/esof-2014/>

Science for the Environment 2013

3 to 4/10/2013.....Arhus 
(Denmark)<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/eu-seeking-input/>

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Special Report
Are we Making Perfect 
Life?<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/megatrends-in-bioengineering/>

The blurring boundaries between biology and technology

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Biology and technology are merging in many more ways than ever imagined. An 
ambitious technology assessment study, Making Perfect Life, has delved deeply 
into the changes this might entail. How can policy makers ensure these are 
mostly for the good?

+ Read more<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/megatrends-in-bioengineering/>

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The Method
Future Panel
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Getting politicians, scientists and stakeholders together at an early stage to 
discuss a specific topic opens up the debate and hopefully leads to more robust 
policy making. In the PACITA project, a Future Panel is dealing with the 
challenges related to public health genomics.

+ Read more<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/future-panel/>



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Highlight
Wavy wonder
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Zsuzsanna Szentirmai-Joly is the inventor of Laokoon®, a fabric that moves. 
Inspired by fish and reptile scales, beautiful two and three-dimensionsal forms 
can be created for a myriad of applications including fashion, furnishings, 
interiors and art.

+ Read more<http://volta.pacitaproject.eu/wavy-wonder/>





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