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