Technical Program CIB 2023
All time listed in PST
More information regarding each session, including abstracts and speakers, is also accessible on our Featured Events page and linked throughout the table below:
| Day 1: Sunday, September 17th | ||
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| 1:00 PM | 4:00 PM | REGISTRATION & BADGE PICK-UP |
| 2:00 PM | 2:15 PM | Welcome Remarks: Jason Ryder & Christine Santos, CIB 2023 Co-Chairs |
| 2:15 PM | 3:15 PM |
Opening Keynote Address: Doug Clark, University of California Berkeley "From Baffles to Biofuels and Beyond: The Evolution of Biochemical Engineering at Berkeley" |
| 3:15 PM | 5:30 PM |
SESSION 1: Scale-Down to Scale-Up & Advancements in Enabling Technologies |
| 3:15 PM | 3:45 PM |
Invited Speaker: Bouke Wim de Jong, DSM-Firmenich "Re-inventing the vitamin A production process. One step towards a sustainable future" |
| 3:45 PM | 4:15 PM |
Invited Speaker: Rob Leachman, UC Berkeley "Benchmarking Synthetic Biology Product Development Performance" |
| 4:15 PM | 4:45 PM |
Invited Speaker: Herb Ryan, Gingko "Integration of Benchtop NMR as a PAT Tool for Optimizing Bioprocess Monitoring" |
| 4:45 PM | 5:15 PM |
Invited Speaker: Nelson Barton, Geno "A systematic approach to consistently scale large volume biomanufacturing processes" |
| 5:15 PM | 5:30 PM |
FluidQuip Sponsored Talk: Neal Jakel, President "Low Carbon Carbohydrates at Scale" |
| 5:30 PM | 5:45 PM |
Derek Anthony Wong, Stanford University "Using cell-free systems to enable the production of conjugate vaccines" |
| 5:45 PM | 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception |
| Day 2: Monday, September 18th | ||
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| 7:30 AM | 12:00 PM | REGISTRATION & BADGE PICK-UP |
| 8:30 AM | 9:30 AM |
Keynote Address: Mary Maxon, Schmidt Futures "The US Bioeconomy as a National Priority: From 2012 to 2023 and Beyond" |
| 9:30 AM | 10:00 AM |
Coffee Break David Schaffer, UC Berkeley: Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (BBH) and Bakar Labs Introduction |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | SESSION 2: Focus Session - Sustainable Chemicals & Materials |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM |
Invited Speaker: Charles Dimmler, Checkerspot "Biotechnology: Creating Performance Materials and Ingredients" |
| 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM |
Invited Speaker: Rebecca Lennen, Lygos "Vertical Integration for Sustainable Consumer Chemicals" |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM |
Invited Speaker: Derek Greenfield, iMicrobes "Making Chemicals from Waste for the Circular Economy" |
| 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Ritu Bansal-Mutalik, Zymochem "Scaling up biotechnology to make sustainable materials that deliver high performance at low cost" |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
LUNCH & Sponsored Workshop: John McNamara, Conagen "Biomolecules for a New Era of High-Performance Debondable Adhesives" |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | SESSION 3: Focus Session - Agriculture & Food |
| 1:00 PM | 1:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Shannon Nangle, Circe "Resilient Biomanufacturing with Precision Gas Fermentation" |
| 1:30 PM | 2:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Binita Bhattchaterjee, New Culture "Food for thought: making delicious, affordable animal-free cheese a market reality" |
| 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Tamara Meragelman, Sound Agriculture “Scaling nitrogen fixation in maize to mitigate climate change” |
| 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Sarah Reiter, BioConsortia Inc. "Adoptability as the key to wide-spread adoption of alternatives to microbial alternatives to nitrogen fertilizers and pesticides" |
| 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM |
BREAK UC Berkeley Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (BBH) and Bakar Labs Tour with David Schaffer |
| 3:30 PM | 5:30 PM | SESSION 4: Focus Session - Health & Wellbeing |
| 3:30 PM | 4:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Kristy Hawkins, Antheia "Transforming Pharmaceutical Supply Chains" |
| 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Mouli Ramani, Aviwell "Capitalizing on unique biological insights to reduce commercialization challenges: A view from an early stage start up." |
| 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Mike Speer, Oobli "Commercializing Sweet Proteins" |
| 5:00 PM | 5:30 PM |
Invited Speaker: Vincent Usache, Microphyt “Commercializing microalgae-based solutions for novel nutrition: from the idea to repeated business” |
| 5:30 PM | 5:45 PM |
Dr. Peter Emanuel, Office of the Principal Director Biotechnology OUSD(R&E) Defense Biomanufacturing Industry Day Overview -> Register |
| Day 3: Tuesday, September 19th | ||
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| 7:30 AM | 12:00 PM | REGISTRATION & BADGE PICK-UP |
| 8:30 AM | 9:30 AM |
Fireside Chat with Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures |
| 9:30 AM | 10:00 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | SESSION 5: Building the Bioeconomy Infrastructure |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM |
Invited Speaker: Shannon Hall, Pow.bio “High efficiency, low cost bio manufacturing accelerates scale-up and illustrates a path for rapid and scalable infrastructure for the bioeconomy.” |
| 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM |
Invited Speaker: Deepti Tanjore, ABPDU "Scaling-up novel bioprocess technologies at the ABPDU" |
| 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM |
Invited Speaker: Aji Parayil, Manus Bio "Crossing the Valley-of-Death to Large-scale Manufacturing and Commercialization" |
| 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Sean Hunt, Solugen, Inc "Bioforge1: Cell-free chemienzymatic manufacturing in support of an advanced bioeconomy" |
| 12:00 | 1:00 PM |
LUNCH & Sponsored Roundtable Discussion: Timothy O’Mara, Itochu "Ion Exchange and Adsorbent Resins for Separation and Purification of Precision Fermentation Products" |
| 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM | SESSION 6: Building the Bioeconomy Workforce |
| 1:00 PM | 1:20 PM |
Invited Speaker: Jim DeKloe, Solano College "Building a National Biomanufacturing Workforce" |
| 1:20 PM | 1:40 PM |
Invited Speaker: Laura Fernandez, ABPDU "A New Kind of Collaboration: The ABPDU Lab Class" |
| 1:40 PM | 2:00 PM |
Invited Speaker: Beth Conerty, Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Hands-On Workforce Training in IBRL's Pilot Scale Facilities" |
| 2:00 PM | 2:20 PM |
Invited Speaker: Tom Treynor, R2DIO "How to train today's startup workforce to excel at mid- and late-stage bioproduct development" |
| 2:20 PM | 3:00 PM | Student and Alumni Panel |
| 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM | BREAK |
| 3:30 PM | 5:00 PM |
SESSION 7: Funding Development of the Bioeconomy Panel Invited Panelists: |
| 5:00 PM | 5:15 PM | Closing Remarks |
