Practical Perspective: The UK National Consensus Conference on Plant Biotechnology  

Oleh:

Joss, Simon ; Durant, John

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Public Understanding of Science vol. 4 no. 2 (Apr. 1995), page 195-204.
Fulltext: 195PUS42.pdf (562.35KB)

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We consider the consensus conference as a model for the incorporation of lay perspectives within the assessment of new sciences and technologies. A consensus conference is a forum in which a group of laypeople questions experts about a controversial scientific or technological subject, assesses the experts' responses, reaches a comnsus about the subject, and reports its conclusions at a press conference. Following a brief demiption of the development of consensus conferences in Denmark, we review the organization and the outcome of the h t UK National Consensus Conference on Flaot Biotechnology (UKNCC). The UKNCC is currently the subject of a detailed evaluation. At this stage, we are principally concerned to provide practical information about the organization of the conference. However, we also offer a preliminary awsment of the potential simi6cance of this novel approach for the public understanding of science.

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