“The challenge of biotechnology as we move into the 21st century is how to harness its enormous power in a way that encourages human flourishing.  Shaping our aspirations for the future, and formulating reasonable limits on biotechnological inquiry, will take a conversation among our greatest minds in science, policy, philosophy, ethics, religion, and the arts and humanities.  Our hope is that BEINGS will be a milestone in that conversation; if we are successful - and it is a big gamble - we will have a document that can help shape the direction of global biotechnological advance for years to come.”
- Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D., Summit Founder