WEBINAR ONDIGITIALSEQUENCEINFORMATION(DSI):IMPLICATIONSON ACCESS ANDBENEFITSHARING

CONTACTS ulok S. K.

Program me Co-ord inator+91 80751 154 87

DAY 14:30pm -6pm Dr. Prabha S NairAccess and Benefit Sharing and Digitised Gene Sequences:International Perspectives.

DAY 24:30pm -6pm Dr. Lesly AugustineConcept of Digital Sequencing Information

DAY 34:30pm -6pm Dr. Narendran ThiruthyDSI-Options for India

SCHEDULE

DAY 44:30pm-6pm Mr. Edward HammondIssues in DSI Regulation: Pathogen Sequence Information,Country of Origin in Databases and issues to consider in aMultilateral Benefit Sharing System

DPIIT Chair on IPR, CUSATand

Inter University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies, CUSAT

ORGANISES

4-7 October 2021

ABOUT THE WEBINARThe four-day webinar aims to sensitise the legalfraternity about the challenges posed by DigitalSequence Information on Biodiversity law. DigitalSequence Information (DSI), though there is nouniversally accepted definition, refers to the digitalinformation on the sequence order of subunits ofmolecules extracted from organisms. It includesdigital biological data such as genetic information,bio information, natural information, sequenceinformation, genetic sequence data, nucleotidesequence data or genetic resources in silico.

The rapid growth in digital genetic resources andadvances in synthetic biology and gene editingtoday has resulted in a situation where theutilization and exploitation of genetic and otherinformation are possible without physicallyaccessing the biological material. It creates multiplechallenges when the data is exploited on acommercial scale. As the information is obtainedfrom a biological material, its utilization andexploitation are governed by the Biodiversity laws.Questions on the model to be followed in accessingof the data, the fair and equitable sharing of thebenefits arising from its commercial exploitation aresome of the concerns which the internationalcommunity is facing today. In the webinar, variouschallenges which the DSI poses to the Biodiversityframework both at the international and nationallevel will be discussed and deliberated upon atlength.

SPEAKERSDr. Prabha S NairAssociate Professor of Law, SaveethaUniversity, Chennai & Member of the NationalLevel Expert Committee on Digital SequenceInformation, National Biodiversity Authority

Dr. Lesly AugustineAssistant Professor,

Sacred Hearts College, Thevara

Mr. Edward HammondAdvisor,

Third World Network, Malaysia

Dr. Narendran ThiruthyTechnical Officer,National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai.

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