PLACEB -O (Partners Linked Across Collaborations in Ethics & the Biosciences – Orbital) is pleased to announce the ‘In Conversation’ seminar series, on the theme of Ethics, Knowledge and Institutions, to be held during Lent Term 2009. Invited speakers will address the following themes: (i) institutions, social innovation and ethics; (ii) states, power and collaborative knowledge relations; and (iii) public anthropology and the role of intellectuals within and beyond the university.