On the first day of the meeting, we distributed a draft consensus document developed through discussions and debates of the steering committee. This document was meant merely as a place to start the conversation and was in no way intended to be viewed as settled. We hoped, over the course of the three days, to come to some consensus in the form of statements and/or recommendations that could be reported out, with all the weight of this highly prestigious, highly interdisciplinary group. If, however, consensus was not possible, that too would have been important and could have been reported. A report detailing the proceedings and recommendations of this group has been published by the steering committee as a policy forum in the August 18, 2006 issue of Science, along with a related editorial by Dr. Ruth Faden. Additional publications, related in some way to this meeting are available on this website. We also hope to convene a number of smaller writing groups, consisting of Hinxton Group members, who will continue to work beyond the three day meeting to develop scholarly papers on more focused topics that arise out of the discussions. Finally, we will pursue the goals set forth in the consensus statement and additional forward-looking strategies to foster the scientific and ethical integrity of research in a global context recommended by the group.