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Lotte Asveld is an assistant professor at Delft University of Technology studying the societal aspects of biotechnology. Her main research interests concern responsible innovation in the field of biotechnology and synthetic biology: how can the societal debate on biotechnology and synthetic biology be integrated in innovation trajectories? Lotte has worked as a researcher in the department of Philosophy at DUT, where she also received her PhD. Her PhD concerned societal decisionmaking on technological risks. Lotte also worked as a researcher at the Rathenau Insitute, focusing on the bioeconomy, and as a freelance researcher in China.

Rietje van Dam-Mieras is Professor emeritus at Leiden University. She graduated in chemistry and  obtained her PhD in Biochemistry at Utrecht University. She subsequently worked at Maastricht University, the Open University of the Netherlands and Leiden University. She had a UNESCO Chair at the Open University and was visiting professor at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies. She is a founding member of RCE Rhine-Meuse and has been actively involved in the RCE-initiative of United Nations University (UNU) in the context of the UN Decade Education for Sustainable development (UN DESD 2005-2014). Her main fields of interest are Sustainable Development, BioBased Economy and innovation of education using modern technology. She has been and still is a member of several national and international advisory and supervisory committees.

Prof Dr. Tsjalling Swierstra (1960) studied philosophy and political science in Amsterdam and Groningen. He researches philosophical, ethical and political, questions concerning technology in general, and concerning medical biotechnology in particular. Swierstra is chair of the Department of Philosophy at Maastricht University, and Director of the Graduate School of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. He is also director of the recently established Centre for the