Global BioFoundry Meeting
Stay Ahead of the Academia/ Industry
May 9-10
Integrated Research Center of Kobe University
Organizers
Nathan Hillson
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Matthew Wook Chang
National Singapore University
Agenda
May 9-10
May 9,
9:00
Session 1 : Opening ceremony
Formal launch of the Global Biofoundry Alliance
9:30
Session 2 : Keynote
Masahiro Uemura, Director, Bio-Industry Division
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
The Government of Japan
10:30
Tea break
11:00
Session 3 : Global synthetic biology developments
12:00
Lunch
13:00
Session 4 : Presentations
GBA members
Biofoundry snapshots, updates, and collaborationsBibio
15:00
Tea break
13:00
Session 5 : Presentations
Industry partners
Synplogen, Spiber, BiopaletteBibio
15:30
16:15
Session 6 : Panel, National synthetic biology consortiums
Akihiko Kondo, Japan
BK Cho, Korea
Chenli Liu, China
Claudia Vickers, Australia
Doug Freeman, USA
Richard Kitney, UK
Wen Shan Yew, SingaporeBibio
18:00
Networking Dinner
May 10,
9:00
Session 7 : Keynote
Tom Knights
Founder, Ginkgo Bioworks
9:45
Session 8 : Presentations
Case studies, Part I
Opportunities and challenges
10:30
Tea break
11:00
13:00
14:00
Agenda
May 9-10
May 9,
9:00
Session 1. Opening ceremony
Formal launch of the Global Biofoundry Alliance
9:30
Session 2. Keynote
Masahiro Uemura, Director, Bio-Industry Division
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
The Government of Japan
Chair: Akihiko Kondo
10:10
Group Photo
10:15
Tea break
10:45
Session 3. Presentations from Global Biofoundry Alliance, Part I
Biofoundry snapshots and updates
10:45-10:55 Berkeley Lab
10:55-11:05 Chinese Academy of Sciences
11:05-11:15 Concordia University
11:15-11:25 CSIRO - UQ
11:25-11:35 Earlham Institute
11:35-11:45 Imperial College London & SynbiCITE
11:45-11:55 Kobe University
Chair: Matthew Chang
12:00
Lunch
13:00
Session 4. Presentations from Global Biofoundry Alliance, Part II
Biofoundry snapshots and updates
13:00-13:10 Korea Research Institute of Bioscience &
Biotechnology
13:00-13:10 Macquarie University
13:10-13:20 National University of Singapore
13:20-13:30 Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
13:30-13:40 Technical University of Denmark
13:40-13:50 Tianjin University
14:00-14:10 University of Edinburgh
14:10-14:20 University of Illinois
14:20-14:30 University of Liverpool
14:30-14:45 Open Discussion
Chair: Matthew Chang
14:45
Session 5. Presentations: Industry partners
14:45-15:00 Synplogen
15:00-15:15 Spiber
15:15-15:30 BioPalette
Chair: Akihiko Kondo
15:30
Tea break
16:00
Session 6. Panel, National synthetic biology programs
Akihiko Kondo, Japan
Chenli Liu, China
Claudia Vickers, Australia
Doug Friedman, USA
Richard Kitney, UK
Seung-Goo Lee, Korea
Wen Shan Yew, Singapore
Chair: Richard Johnson
18:00
Networking Dinner
May 10,
9:00
Session 7. Keynote
Tom Knight
Founder, Ginkgo Bioworks
Chair: Paul Freemont
9:45
Session 8. Presentations: Case studies, Part I
Opportunities and challenges
9:45-10:05 Yoshiyuki Fujishima,
NEDO, Japan
10:05-10:15 Chueh Loo Poh,
National University of Singapore
10:15-10:25 Markus Herrgard,
Technical University of Denmark
10:25-10:35 Nathan Hilson,
Berkeley Lab
10:35-10:45 Tomohisa Hasunuma, Kobe Univeresity
Chair: Nathan Hillson
10:45
Tea break
11:15
Session 9. Panel: Case studies, Part II
Opportunities and challenges
Yoshiyuki Fujishima, NEDO, Japan
Chueh Loo Poh, National University of Singapore
Markus Herrgard, Technical University of Denmark
Nathan Hilson, Berkeley Lab
Tomohisa Hasunuma, Kobe Univeresity
Chair: Nathan Hillson
13:00
Session 10. Working group breakouts
14:30
Session 11. Discussion and report outs from working groups
15:00
Tea break
15:30
GBA members meeting
Chair: Paul Freemont
12:00
Lunch
16:30
Closing ceremony
Kobe University
Meeting Venue
7-1-48, Minatojimaminamimachi
Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047 Japan
Hotel Information
KOBE PORTOPIA HOTEL
10-1, 6 Chome, Minatojima Nakamachi
Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0046 Japan
We have a group rate.
Single room: 13000 JPY
Twin room: 21000 JPY
