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The process was dominated by technocratic and top down thinking which has resulted in documents with an emphasis on a corporate vision of privatisation , large-scale investments and biotechnologies as being key answers - whereas the real problem is one of mismanagement and inequity . In Britain , the Labor Party government has been thrown into crisis , with even many of the Party 's long-term supporters attacking Prime Minister Tony Blair for supporting the biotechnology industry . Biotechnologies become a convenient , tangible focus for political contests over the nuclear family , legal and professional authority , and relations between the sexes . In attendance will be prominent scientists from around the world on the frontiers in nano and biotechnology research and product development ; managers of companies involved in nano and biotechnology research , product development , and product sales ; representatives from investment companies and government agencies ; universities and regional enterprise agencies encouraging the growth of nano and biotechnology industry segments ; and legal and financial advisers collaborating with scientists on emerging issues . " Biotechnologies promise magnificent contributions to human well-being . To be sure , there are questions about the safety of new biotechnologies and about equality of access to their use . T. Kunkel et al ., " Inducible isopentenyl transferase as a high efficiency marker for plant transformation , " Nature Biotechnology , 17:916 -9 , September 1999 . In several sectors , women-led companies excelled by raising more than 10 percent of the total dollars invested in agricultural biotechnology , human resource software , imaging technologies and email / messaging software . Several panels of experts were assembled on energy , biotechnology , and information technology , social and institutional aspects , as well as scenario development and the modelling of the future . Such employment may involve working with the newer biotechnologies and using microorganisms for the commercial production of drugs , enzymes , antibiotics , vaccines and agricultural products .