** Program is subject to change - Last Updated 9/4/2020
All Times are Eastern Time.
| Tuesday, Sept, 8th | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Keynote Speaker: Engineering Biology for a Sustainable Future Jay Keasling, University of California Berkeley |
| 10:30 AM - 10:35 AM | Hallway Chats and Stretch Break |
| 10:35 AM - 12:00 PM | SESSION 1: Market Pull Session Chair: Kirsten Benjamin, Amyris |
| 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM | Invited Speaker: Discovery, Optimization and Development of Natural Products in Agriculture Robert Cicchillo, Corteva |
| 10:50 AM - 11:05 AM | Invited Speaker: Unlocking the Power of Biology Zach Serber, Zymergen |
| 11:05 AM - 11:20 AM | Invited Speaker: Aviation's Market Pull for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Steve Csonka, CAAFI |
| 11:20 AM - 11:35 PM | Invited Speaker: Joining the Fight Against a Pandemic – Using the Tools of Synthetic Biology to Accelerate Diagnostics, Vaccines, and Therapeutics Ena Cratsenburg, Ginkgo Bioworks |
| 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM | Live Q&A Panel |
| 12:00 PM - 12:05 PM | Hallway Chats and Stretch Break |
| 12:05 PM - 1:40 PM | SESSION 2: Advancements in Technology Session Chair: Brian Davison, Oak Ridge National Lab |
| 12:05 PM - 12:20 PM | Invited Speaker: Scaling-down to Scale-up Will Patrick, Culture Biosciences |
| 12:20 PM - 12:35 PM | Invited Speaker: Industrial Biotech without (much) Fermentation: Designer Enzyme Based Processes for Health and Wellness Ingredients Alexandre Zanghellini, Arzeda |
| 12:35 PM - 12:50 PM | Invited Speaker: Blueprints for Science Loren Perelman, Riffyn |
| 12:50 PM - 1:05 PM | Invited Speaker: Reimagining the Future of High-Throughput, Screening with Berkeley Lights Platforms Troy Lionberger, Berkeley Lights |
| 1:05 PM - 1:15 PM | Crage Enables Rapid Activation of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Undomesticated Bacteria Yasuo Yoshikuni, DOE Joint Genome Institute |
| 1:20 PM - 1:40 PM | Live Q&A Panel |
| 1:40 PM - 2:10 PM | Networking Session |
| Wednesday, Sept. 9th | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Keynote Speaker: Global Trends and Commercialization Challenges in Industrial Biotechnology Luis Cascão-Pereira, DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences |
| 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM | Hallway Chats and Stretch Break |
| 10:40 AM - 12:00 PM | SESSION 3: Investment and Partnership Session Chair: Todd Pray, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab |
| 10:40 AM - 10:45 AM | Invited Speaker: Geoffrey Duyk, Circularis |
| 10:45 AM - 10:50 AM | Invited Speaker: Nichole Fitzgerald, Department of Energy |
| 10:50 AM - 10:55 AM | Invited Speaker: Lauren Junker, BASF |
| 10:55 AM - 11:00 AM | Invited Speaker: Jun Axup, IndieBio |
| 11:00 AM - 11:05 AM | Invited Speaker: Jenny Rooke, Genoa Ventures |
| 11:05 AM - 12:00 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 12:00 PM - 12:05 PM | Hallway Chats and Stretch Break |
| 12:05 PM - 1:40 PM | SESSION 4: Process Integration and Optimization Session Chair: Bo Chen, Genomatica |
| 12:05 PM - 12:20 PM | Invited Speaker: Challenges, Progress, and Opportunities for Achieving a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Separations Technologies for Bioprocessing Lauren Valentino, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 12:20 PM - 12:35 PM | Invited Speaker: Amyris’ Need for Speed: Bringing Industrial Biotech to Market Faster Binita Bhattacharjee, Amyris |
| 12:35 PM - 12:50 PM | Invited Speaker: An Exercise of Optimization for a Game Changing Technology Julie Zarraga, LanzaTech |
| 12:50 PM - 1:05 PM | Invited Speaker: A Tale of Two Technologies Richard Kenny, Hawkwood Biotech |
| 1:05 PM - 1:15 PM | Transforming the Process Industries Through Modular Chemical Process Intensification William Grieco, RAPID Manufacturing Institute |
| 1:20 PM - 1:40 PM | Live Q&A Panel |
| 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM | Networking Session and RAPID Discussion |
| Thursday, Sept. 10th | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM | Networking Break |
| 10: 25 AM - 11:50 AM | SESSION 5: Diversification in Products Session Chair: Jason Ryder, University of California, Berkeley |
| 10:25 AM - 10:40 AM | Invited Speaker: Nitrogen-Fixing Microbial Products: A Turning Point for Crop Nitrogen Management Kiera Havens, Pivot Bio |
| 10:40 AM - 10:55 AM | Invited Speaker: Commercializing the First Cell-based Seafood Bert Frohlich, BlueNalu |
| 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM | Invited Speaker: Malonyl-CoA and Malonates: Modern Bioproduct Diversity from Nature and Chemistry Nick Ohler, Lygos |
| 11:10 AM - 11:25 AM | Invited Speaker: There Will be Blood: Heme As a Flavor Ingredient for Plant-Based Meat Rachel Fraser, Impossible Foods |
| 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM | Live Q&A Panel |
| 11:50 AM - 11:55 AM | Hallway Chats and Stretch Break |
| 11:55 AM - 1:30 PM | SESSION 6: Scale up to Deploy Session Chair: Henk Noorman, DSM |
| 11:55 AM - 12:10 PM | Invited Speaker: The Ancient Art of Bioprocess Scale-Up: Genomatica’s Approach to Demystifying Deployment Michael Japs, Genomatica |
| 12:10 PM - 12:25 PM | Invited Speaker: Veramaris: Production of Omega-3 Oils for the Aquaculture Industry on a Global Scale. Insights into What It Takes to Deliver and Sustain a Process in the Marketplace Adam Burja, DSM |
| 12:25 PM - 12:40 PM | Invited Speaker: Innovation Meets Sustainability: Cutting-Edge Technology Allows to Create Value from Waste Martin Vollmer, Clariant |
| 12:40 PM - 12:55 PM | Invited Speaker: Cargill-DSM Joint Venture Avansya Commercializing Eversweet™ Stevia Sweetener Henk Noorman, Avansya |
| 12:55 PM - 1:05 PM | Sulzer Chemtech Downstream Recovery Technologies for Biobased Products and Scale up of PLA from Lab to Commercial Ramnik Singh, Sulzer Chemtech |
| 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM | Live Q&A Panel |
| 1:30 PM - 1:40 PM | Closing Remarks |