Synthetic biology for a sustainable future
Our rich 2023 conference agenda featured a fantastic line up of speakers who debated how synbio could tackle the challenges of climate change, the opportunities that AI is creating for accelerating progress in medicine, and how investors view the sector.
Two days of inspiring talks, passionate debate, insightful questions and illuminating ideas from leading speakers and audience members ensured that everyone left SynbiTECH 2023 better informed and able to take the synbio revolution forward.
With ample networking opportunities each day, this London-based synthetic biology meeting was the perfect opportunity to connect with collaborators and industry enablers.
Networking/Refreshments | 08:15 – 09:00 | Registration and Coffee |
Networking/Refreshments | 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome: Andrew Griffith MP - Minister of State (Minister for Science, Research and Innovation) Professors Richard Kitney and Paul Freemont - Co-Directors, SynbiCITE |
Keynote | 09:15 – 09:50 | Keynote: The Challenge of Climate Change Professor Sir Brian Hoskins - Grantham Institute
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Panel discussions | 09:50 – 10:35 | Panel Discussion: BioSecurity
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Networking/Refreshments | 10:35 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
Keynote | 11:00 – 12:30 | Company Reviews:
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Networking/Refreshments | 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
Presentations | 13:30 – 14:00 | Sponsor Talk: Beckman Coulter Of automation and DNA: The Edinburgh Genome Foundry Rennos Fragkoudis - Facility Manager from the Edinburgh Genome Foundry |
Presentations | 14:00 – 14:15 | Synthetic Biology through a policy lens: an international perspective from the OECD Douglas Robinson - Policy Advisor at the OECD |
Presentations | 14:15 – 14:45 | Plenary: Sustainable bioeconomy and societal transformation Professor Regina Birner, Chair of Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development at the University of Hohenheim, Germany |
Panel discussions | 14:45 – 15:30 | Panel Discussion: Women in SynBio
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Networking/Refreshments | 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea Break |
Panel discussions | 16:00 – 16:30 | Panel Discussion: AI and Machine Learning
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Presentations | 16:30 – 17:45 | Company Presentations: (10 mins)
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Panel discussions | 17:45 – 18:15 | Synbio Unplugged: In conversation with Chi Onwurah – Shadow Minister (Science, Research & Innovation) Moderator: Fiona Mischel |
Networking/Refreshments | 18:15 – 20:00 | Drinks and Networking |
Networking/Refreshments | 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration and Coffee |
Keynote | 08:30 – 09:10 | Keynote: Accelerating the US Bioeconomy Dr Mary Maxon – Executive Director of Biofutures, Schmidt Futures |
Keynote | 09:10 – 09:30 | Plenary: Reimagining Gene Synthesis Dr Mike Daniels, Vice President of product, Evonetix |
Keynote | 09:30 – 10:00 | Plenary: Transforming chemicals and synthetic fuels manufacture Professor Nigel Scrutton – Professor and Director of the EPSRC Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub and the BBSRC Synthetic Biology Research Centre 'SYNBIOCHEM' |
Keynote | 10:00 – 10:30 | Plenary: Re-imagining manufacturing: Building a circular gas fermentation industry Dr Michael Köpke, Chief Innovation Officer at LanzaTech |
Presentations | 10:30 – 10:40 | Sponsor Talk: National Physical Laboratory (NPL) A whole-system metrology infrastructure to drive innovation, scale up and standardisation in Engineering Biology Jeffrey Anthony - Head of Engineering Biology Partnerships, NPL |
Presentations | 10:40 – 10:45 | Student Talk: SynbioUK - how are we building community Shirin Bamezai, SynBioUK |
Networking/Refreshments | 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee Break |
Presentations | 11:15 – 12:45 | Company Reviews: (15 mins)
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Networking/Refreshments | 12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch |
Panel discussions | 13:45 – 14:45 | Panel Discussion: High Impact Investment Opportunities in Synthetic Biology
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Presentations | 14:45 – 15:30 | Plenary session: EBRC (10mins) a. Overview: Dr India Hook-Barnard - Executive Director of the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC) b. Standards Project: Professor Paul Freemont - Head of Structural and Synthetic Biology Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London c. International Strategy Forum: Professor Richard Kitney - Professor of BioMedical Systems Engineering at Imperial College London |
Networking/Refreshments | 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea Break |
Panel discussions | 16:00 – 16:45 | Synbio Unplugged: In conversation with Professor Dame Angela McLean – Government Chief Scientific Advisor Moderator: Paul Freemont |
Networking/Refreshments | 16:45 – 17:00 | Close |
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