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The volume of facts and information available continues to increase exponentially. At the same time, there is an acknowledged questioning of authority. Many worry that much science is in the hands of corporate interests, and that some scientists writing for established journals are failing to disclose conflicts of interest. Has the practice of peer review become corrupted - and does it make us too dependent on established networks? How are we to judge expertise? How should we evaluate' media panic' ? Speakers: Colin Blakemore, chief executive of the MRC; Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet; Ian Gibson, MP, chair of the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology; and Lawrence McGinty, ITN Health and Science editor. Chair: Fiona Fox, Director, Science Media Centre.