NEW YORK – The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) — through its technical subsidiary the Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) — is uniting industry practitioners, academic researchers, and business leaders to advance the burgeoning fields related to biotechnology. In 2017, AIChE and SBE are organizing or co-sponsoring a slate of conferences devoted to the latest developments in biomanufacturing, biomedicine, and bioenergy, as well as launching new conferences that explore revolutionary breakthroughs in genetic engineering and its applications.
AIChE’s growing roster of international conferences covers a spectrum of topics pertinent to chemical engineers and their affiliates in industry and academic research, and extends AIChE’s century-long commitment to keeping chemical engineers and allied scientists informed and connected.
For the remainder of 2017, AIChE and SBE are organizing or collaborating on the following specialty conferences:
2017 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED) Conference
June 20–23, Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Organized by the Society for Biological Engineering, the SEED Conference explores the engineering of biological systems to create useful products and processes. The 2017 conference highlights synthetic biology’s diverse applications and explores tools and techniques to solve problems in fields including medicine, fuels, industrial chemicals, natural products, and agriculture.
Technology Challenges and Opportunities in Commercializing Industrial Biotechnology
September 17–19, Hilton San Diego Resort and Spa, San Diego, California
This conference, organized by the Society for Biological Engineering, delves into the engineering of living cells to create biochemical pathways for manufacturing useful products for pollution control, resource conservation, energy production, and other applications. The conference emphasizes commercial prospects in this emerging field.
2nd Translational Medicine and Bioengineering Conference
October 28–29, Minneapolis Hilton and Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Presented by the Society for Biological Engineering, the Translational Medicine and Bioengineering Conference coincides with AIChE’s 2017 Annual Meeting (held at the same venue) and the recent launch of AIChE’s Bioengineering and Translational Medicine journal. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners to collaborate on the translation of biological technologies from the laboratory to clinical and commercial ventures. Subject matter includes biopharmaceuticals, gene and drug delivery, biomanufacturing, stem cells, and regenerative medicine, as well as entrepreneurship in the biomedical field.
International Conference on CRISPR Technologies
December 4–6, Raleigh, North Carolina
Presented by the Society for Biological Engineering, this new conference is devoted to the revolutionary CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) genome editing technology. Experts and trainees will discuss the application of CRISPR technology to industrial biotechnology, agriculture, and healthcare, in addition to considerations of the ethical and regulatory implications of CRISPR technology.
International Conference on Epigenetics and Bioengineering
December 13–15, The Palms Hotel and Spa, Miami, Florida
The study of epigenetics, a specialty area within molecular biology, focuses on changes in gene expression that do not involve changes to the underlying DNA sequence — and has yielded new insight into a variety of human disorders and diseases. Attendees at this new conference, organized by the Society for Biological Engineering, will discuss important applications in the field, including medical diagnostics, new ways to treat diseases, and improved methods for producing therapeutic compounds, proteins, and other chemical products.
Information about these and other conferences sponsored by AIChE and its technical subsidiaries is available at www.aiche.org/conference.
About AIChE
AIChE is a professional society of more than 53,000 chemical engineers in 110 countries. Its members work in corporations, universities and government using their knowledge of chemical processes to develop safe and useful products for the benefit of society. Through its varied programs, AIChE continues to be a focal point for information exchange on the frontiers of chemical engineering research in such areas as energy, sustainability, biological and environmental engineering, nanotechnology and chemical plant safety and security. More information about AIChE is available at www.aiche.org.
About SBE
Established in 2004, the Society for Biological Engineering is a technological community for engineers and applied scientists integrating biology with engineering. Members of SBE come from a broad spectrum of industries and disciplines and share in SBE’s mission of realizing the benefits of bioprocessing, biomedical and biomolecular applications. http://bio.aiche.org.