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"This Is The Event Everyone Is Looking For In The Synthetic Biology Industry..."

The Global Synthetic Biology Conference is an impactful event that unites the leading biological engineers, investors, innovators, and entrepreneurs who make up this fast-growing industry.

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Discover How Synthetic Biology is Disrupting Consumer Products, Food, Agriculture, Medicine, Chemicals, Materials, and More...

3-Day of interactivity packed with exceptional content and delivered entirely online
by using the latest technology to keep the event entertaining, engaging and interactive.
Come learn the latest technologies, hear the big announcements in the field, make new partnerships, meet investors, and discover new companies.

This Event was Hosted September 29TH - October 1st 2020.
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DAY 1

Day one will feature our annual Investor Grand Panel, show you how to build the lab of the future, explore conscious capitalism, and announce inductees in The Biotech Startup Draft.

DAY 2

We will explore biotech and the brain, anticipate the future of food, go beyond sustainability to a truly circular carbon economy, and consider synthetic biology as a force of equity.

DAY 3

We will focus on new synthetic biology modalities in health care, emerging technology platforms for vaccines, therapies and diagnostics, and the latest COVID developments.

250+

Speakers

90+

Sessions

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ABOUT YOUR HOST

John Cumbers

Founder & CEO, SynBioBeta

Hi, my name is John, and I am the founder of SynBioBeta.

I began my science career at NASA Ames, in the heart of Silicon Valley, seeking answers to how humans could live to visit the far reaches of our universe.

Today at SynBioBeta we help bio-entrepreneurs, companies, investors, researchers, visionaries, and thought leaders who are shaping the future of humanity to connect and bring projects to life.

Keynote

Dopamine, disinformation, and the pursuit of science

A Leaps Talk with Tristan Harris on shaping human progress through biology

Tristan Harris is a design ethicist and critic of how the web is downgrading humanity. In this fireside chat with SynBioBeta founder John Cumbers, Harris will explore how the synthetic biology community ought to think about this digital moment in history. What happens when the technology of social media meets the biology of our minds? How does this color the public conversation around tackling global challenges like hunger, genetic disease, and climate change? Learn how tech and biology work for and against us in building a better world with biology.

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Keynote

Technology, culture, and forging audacious aims for our future

A Leaps Talk with George Church, DA Wallach & Kira Peikoff

In a time of COVID, climate-induced wildfires, and political division, how do we keep researchers and the public united to tackle humanity’s most pressing problems?? This conversation brings together a synthetic biology pioneer, an iconoclastic artist/entrepreneur, and a science journalist/bioethicist to explore the technological and cultural trends shaping biotechnology today. We’ll explore the most promising biotech tools for future-proofing humanity, how entrepreneurs and start-ups are catalyzing progress, and our obligations to one another in a shared vision for our biological future.

FOllowed by live Q&A

Featured Speakers

Meet the featured speakers of the Global Synthetic Biology Conference 2020

Ed Boyden

Professor in Neurotechnology

MIT

Neuroscientist and engineer, winner of $3M Breakthrough Prize, pioneer of optogenetic control of brain activity, inventor of expansion microscopy for mapping the brain.

George Church

Professor

Harvard & MIT

Pioneer of genome engineering, systems and synthetic biology, co-founder of 14+ biotech companies, author of 400+ papers, inventor of 60+ patents, author of Regenesis.

Jennifer Holmgrem

CEO

Lanzatech

CEO of LanzaTech, leader of a revolutionary carbon recycling company, pioneer in aviation biofuels, (co)author of 50 U.S. patents and 30 scientific publications, named one of the most influential leaders in the bioeconomy.

Emily Leproust

CEO & Director

Twist Bioscience

CEO of Twist Bioscience, disruptor gene synthesis industry, enabler of exponential growth of synthetic biology in health, materials, chemicals, and the environment.

Tim Lu

Co-Founder & CEO

Senti Biosciences

Synthetic biology pioneer, biological engineer, serial founder, creator of a platform technology to advance cell and gene therapies that can adapt, sense, and respond to patients’ needs.

Zack Bogue

Co-Managing Partner

DCVC

Zack Bogue is co-founder & managing partner of DCVC (Data Collective), a venture fund that backs entrepreneurs applying deep tech to transform giant industries. DCVC’s portfolio includes Planet Labs, Tala, Pivot Bio, Primer, Rigetti Computing and Zymergen.

Jennifer Doudna

Professor and HHMI Investigator

UC Berkeley

Dr Doudna is currently the Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences and she is Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Christina Smolke

Co-Founder & CEO

Antheia

Christina Is A Pioneer In The Fields Of Synthetic Biology And Metabolic Engineering. As Professor Of Bioengineering And Chemical Engineering At Stanford University, Her Laboratory Led The Breakthrough Research To Engineer Baker’s Yeast To Produce Valuable Plant-Based Medicines.

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You will get access to exclusive online events, online conferences, courses and programs reserved to our members and we will create opportunities for you throughout your membership to expand your professional network and get access to connections, technology, investment, thought leaders, experts, investors and capital.

Enjoy access to one world-class digital event every quarter, where you will learn about the latest trends in the bioeconomy followed by exclusive Q&A’s and members-only presentations from thought leaders and pioneers in our industry.

You will receive access to the heart of the Bioeconomy Hub - our exclusive community where you can start exciting conversations about your project and find partners and investors that believe and are ready to invest in your idea.

You will receive access to exclusive opportunities and conversations available only to our community members that will accelerate your influence.

You will be able to book individual meetings with other members to expand your network and build strategic relationships in the synthetic biology industry.

What Our Attendees Say About Us...

“SynBioBeta is the only synthetic biology conference that pays tribute to strong science and also strong business.”

KARL HANDELSMAN

Roche Venture Fund

“We made several valuable connections, including two potential investors, and a number of future customers.”

BETHAN WOLFENDEN

Founder, Bento Labs

“A conference not to be missed – this is the place for SynBioBeta power users, experts, key opinion leaders, investors, vendors, students and novices.”

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CEO, Twist Bioscience

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DAN WIDMAIER

CEO, Bolt Threads

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Lightning Talks

Our lightning talks are 4-minute presentations followed by live Q&A, and quickly introduce you to a diverse range of engineers, investors, entrepreneurs, and stakeholders.