What can AI do in Biology? A Briefing for the Health Community

Name: What can AI do in Biology? A Briefing for the Health Community
Start: 2026-05-19T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-19T10:30:00+02:00
Location: Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva

This briefing will examine how artificial intelligence is transforming biology and the life sciences.

Topics include:

Drug discovery
Disease surveillance and pandemic preparedness
Biological molecule design
Genomic-data interpretation
Laboratory automation
How advanced AI capabilities may lower barriers for malicious biological harm and outpace existing health-security frameworks

The event will bring evidence on AI-enabled biological risks to the global health community and facilitate dialogue on preparedness and international coordination.

The agenda includes:

Eleanor Marshall of SecureBio on the AI-biology risk landscape
Justin Taylor of Anthropic on how advanced AI companies see biological risk
Moritz Hanke of Johns Hopkins on the governance perspective