Event Programme
Registration and Coffee
Welcome
Introduced by Professors Richard Kitney and Paul Freemont, Co-Directors of SynbiCITE
Patrick Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
As Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, Patrick Vallance is responsible for overseeing government policies, funding, and strategic initiatives related to science, research, technology, and innovation to drive scientific progress and economic growth.
Keynote
Christina Smolke, CEO of Antheia & Professor at Stanford University
Dr. Smolke, a pioneer in the fields of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, founded Antheia in 2015 to push the boundaries of synthetic biology. Antheia is building more effective solutions to sustainably and responsibly produce medicines and drive more equitable health outcomes around the world by enabling fermentation-based manufacturing of some of the most complex small molecule on a large scale.
Panel Discussion: Scale Up
- Jen Vanderhoven, Chief Operating Officer at the BBIA
- Richard Lock, COO and Managing Director at Holiferm
- Mark Corbett, Director of the Biorenewables Development Centre, University of York
- Reuben Carr, Head of Chemical Biology at Ingenza
Coffee Break
Company Reviews
- Ben Reeve, Co-Founder & CTO at Modern Synthesis
- James Field, CEO at LabGenius
- Orr Yakoni, CEO at Colorifix
- Cai Linton, CEO at Multus
Plenary
Lunch
Mission Hubs
- Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro, UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hub on Microbial Food
- Susan Rosser, Professor of Synthetic Biology and Director of the UK Centre for Mammalian (Topic: Synthetic Biology Engineered Genetic Control Systems for Advanced Therapeutics)
- John Heap, Principal Investigator of the GlycoCell UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hub (Topic: Transforming glycan biomanufacture for health)
- Frederic Coulon, Director of the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre
- Martin Warren, Chief Scientific Officer of the Quadram Institute Bioscience, Lead of The Engineering Biology Mission Hub for Environmental Processing and Recovery of Metals (ELEMENTAL)
- Andrew Pickford, Preventing Plastic Pollution with Engineering Biology (P3EB) Mission Hub
Plenary
Eriko Takano, Professor of Synthetic Biology at The University of Manchester
Eriko Takano is a multi-award winning, world-leading researcher and Co-Director of the Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre (SYNBIOCHEM), whose research focuses on the synthetic biology of antibiotic production via engineering microbes for rapid, predictable, and speciality chemical production.
Company Presentations
- Will Milligan, CEO and founder of Extracellular
- Joe Healey, Co-Founder and CEO at Nanosyrinx
- Craig Woods, CEO at Forge Genetics
- Giovanni Stracquadanio, Co-founder of Zythera
- Ioannis Stasinopoulos, CEO and Co-founder at Prozmyi Biolabs
- Yuan Li, Research Lead at Green Bioactives
- Tom Simmons, Founder and CEO at The Supplant Company
Tea Break
Plenary
Company Talks
Panel Discussion
Synbio Unplugged: Fireside chat with leading International Practitioner of Synthetic Biology/Engineering Biology
Drinks and Networking
Arrival and Coffee
Keynote
Jens Nielsen, CEO of the BioInnovation Institute
Jens Nielsen is an internationally respected scientist and entrepreneur who leads the BioInnovation Institute in Denmark that foster translational research and support new spin-out companies in life sciences .
Plenary
Johann Partridge, Operations Director at MiAlgea
With over 30 years’ experience across the biotech and life sciences sector, Johann now works as Operations Director at MiAlgae, a Scottish SME aiming to eliminate reliance on wild-caught fish as the primary source of omega-3 by producing a sustainable microalgal alternative from food and drink sector coproducts.
Plenary
Rosa Cuellar-Franca, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at The University of Manchester
Recognised as an outstanding early career leader in the field, Rosa’s research focuses on the sustainability assessment of novel technologies for climate change mitigation on a life cycle basis.
Coffee Break
Panel Discussion: Regulations
Plenary
Company Reviews
- Chiara Board, CEO and Founder of P.Happi
Plenary
Lunch
Panel Discussion
Plenary Session: Policy Presentations
- Chue Loo Poh, Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore (Singapore)
- Rick Johnson, Director at BioMADE (USA)
- Hannah Boardman, Director, Emerging Technologies and Regulatory Innovation at the DSIT (UK)
- Doug Robinson, Policy Advisor at the OECD (EU)