Featured Speakers
Paul Dabbar
Under Secretary for Science
Chris Fall
Director, Department of Energy’s Office of Science
Daniel Simmons
Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Emily Leproust
Co-founder and CEO, Twist Bioscience
Magalie Guilhabert
VP, Head of Microbial Research Technology, Bayer CropScience
Alta Charo
Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Speakers
Sarah Baker
Deputy Group Leader and Carbon Utilization Technology Manager, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Nelson Barton, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Genomatica
Gregg Beckham
Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader
Sunil Chandran
Senior Vice President and Head of Research and Development, Amyris
John Cumbers
CEO and Founder, SynBioBeta
Taraka Dale
Biomass and Biodiversity Team Leader, Biosciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Charles Dimmler
Co-founder and CEO, Checkerspot
Lisa Dyson
CEO, Kiverdi and CEO, Air Protein
Scott Franklin
Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Checkerspot
Jorge Galazzo
Vice President of Science and Technology for Algae Ingredients, Corbion
David Hazlebeck
Global Algae Innovations CEO & Founder
Ryan Hunt
Jay Keasling
Chief Executive Officer of the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Faculty Scientist; Philomathia Professor of Alternative Energy at the University of California, Berkeley
James Kiefer
Principal Scientist and Associate Director of Structural Biology, Genentech
Casey Lippmeier
Vice President of Research and Development, Conagen Inc.
Jon Magnuson
Team Lead, Biological Conversion, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mary Maxon
Associate Laboratory Director for Biosciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Eric McAfee
CEO, Aemetis
Hendrik Meerman, PhD
Vice President of Process Development, Perfect Day
John Melo
President and CEO, Amyris
Molly Morse
Chief Executive Officer, Mango Materials
Larisa Rudenko
Research Affiliate, Program on Emerging Technologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zach Serber
Co-Founder, Zymergen
Smita Shankar
VP of Research and Development, Impossible Foods
Reshma Shetty
Co-founder, Ginkgo Bioworks
Sean Simpson
Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, LanzaTech
Justin Skoble
Darlene Solomon
Senior Vice President, Agilent; Chief Technology Officer
Eric Steen
Founder and CEO of Lygos
Ian Watson
Policy Assistant Director for Biotechnology and Biosecurity, Office of Science & Technology
Dan Widmaier
CEO of Bolt Threads
Michael Witherell
Lab Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Michelle Zhu
Co-founder and CEO, Tinctorium
