Draft Technical Program*
*Schedule subject to change as program is finalized. Check back for updates!
| Start Time | End Time | |
| June 15, 2026 | All Central Daylight Time (MST) | |
| Day 1 | ||
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Registration + Badge Pick Up |
| 9:00 AM | 9:15 AM | Welcome Remarks by Chairs: Harris Wang, Columbia University & Peyton Greenside, BigHat Biosciences |
| 9:15 AM | 10:00 AM | KEYNOTE: Hiroaki Suga, University of Tokyo, Co-founder of Peptidream |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM | 11:55 AM | Session 1: Cell-free Systems, Synthetic Genomes & Synthetic Cells |
| 10:30 AM | 10:35 AM | Session Introduction by Session Chairs: Angad Mehta, UIUC |
| 10:35 AM | 11:00 AM | Invited Speaker: Allen Henderson, Sutro Biopharma |
| 11:00 AM | 11:25 AM | Invited Speaker: Zhanar Abil, University of Florida |
| 11:25 AM | 11:40 AM | Selected Abstract: |
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| 11:55 AM | 12:55 PM | Lunch |
| 12:55 PM | 2:20 PM | Session 2: Nucleic Acid, Protein, Enzyme Design and Engineering |
| 12:55 PM | 1:00 PM | Session Introduction by Session Chairs: Esteban Toro, Twist Biosciences & Juan Velasquez, Merck |
| 1:00 PM | 1:25 PM | Invited Speaker: Birgit Kosjek, Merck |
| 1:25 PM | 1:50 PM | Invited Speaker: |
| 1:50 PM | 2:05 PM | Selected Abstract: |
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| 2:20 PM | 2:35 PM | Selected Abstract: |
| 2:35 PM | 3:05 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break |
| 3:05 PM | 3:50 PM | Panel Discussion: Funding Opportunities led by Chris Myers, University of Colorado-Boulder & Richard Murray, Caltech |
| 3:50 PM | 4:15 PM | Lightning Talks Moderated by |
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| 4:15 PM | 5:15 PM | Cocktail Reception + Poster Session 1 |
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| June 16, 2025 | All Central Daylight Time (MST) | |
| Day 2 | ||
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Registration + Badge Pick Up |
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Welcome Remarks by Chair: Harris Wang, Columbia University & Peyton Greenside, BigHat Biosciences |
| 9:05 AM | 9:50 AM | KEYNOTE: Reshma Shetty, Gingko Bioworks |
| 9:50 AM | 10:20 AM | Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:20 AM | 11:45 AM | Session 3: New Chemicals & Materials from Synthetic Biology |
| 10:20 AM | 10:25 AM | Introduction to Session by Session Chair: Colin Harvey, Hexagon Bio & Caroline Ajo-Franklin, Rice University |
| 10:25 AM | 10:50 AM | Invited Speaker: Simone Montovani, Amyris |
| 10:50 AM | 11:15 AM | Invited Speaker: Anne Meyer, University of Rochester |
| 11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Selected Abstract: |
| 11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Selected Abstract: |
| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Selected Abstract: |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | 2:25 PM | Session 4: Living Medicines and Therapeutics |
| 1:00 PM | 1:05 PM | Introduction by Session Chair: Shujun Yuan, Outpace bio & Angad Mehta, UIUC |
| 1:05 PM | 1:30 PM | Invited Speaker: Sylvain Simon, Fred Hutch |
| 1:30 PM | 1:55 PM | Invited Speaker: |
| 1:55 PM | 2:10 PM | Selected Abstract: |
| 2:10 PM | 2:25 PM | Selected Abstract: |
| 2:25 PM | 2:55 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break |
| 2:55 PM | 3:40 PM | Panel Discussion: Biosafety and Biosecurity in the Era of AI; Session Chair: Harris Wang, Columbia University |
| 3:40 PM | 4:10 PM | Lightning Talks Moderated By |
| 3:40 PM | 3:45 PM | Lightning Talk: |
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| 4:10 PM | 5:10 PM | Poster Session 2 |
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| June 25, 2025 | All Central Daylight Time (MST) | |
| Day 3 | ||
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Registration + Badge Pick Up |
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Welcome Remarks by Chair: Harris Wang, Columbia University & Peyton Greenside, BigHat Biosciences |
| 9:05 AM | 9:50 AM | KEYNOTE: |
| 9:50 AM | 10:20 AM | Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:20 AM | 11:45 AM | Session 5: Foundational ML Models for Biology |
| 10:20 AM | 10:25 AM | Session Introduction by Session Chairs: |
| 10:25 AM | 10:50 AM | Invited Speaker: |
| 10:50 AM | 11:15 AM | Invited Speaker: |
| 11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Selected Abstract: |
| 11:30 AM | 11:45 AM | Selected Abstract: |
| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Selected Abstract: |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | 2:25 PM | Session 6: Engineered Cellular Sensors, Transducers, and Actuators |
| 1:00 PM | 1:05 PM | Session Introduction by Session Chair: Caroline Ajo-Franklin, Rice University & Harris Wang, Columbia University |
| 1:05 PM | 1:30 PM | Invited Speaker: Xiaojing Gao, Stanford University |
| 1:30 PM | 1:55 PM | Invited Speaker: Brandon Fields, Fieldstone Bio |
| 1:55 PM | 2:10 PM | Selected Abstract: |
| 2:10 PM | 2:25 PM | Selected Abstract: |
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| 2:40 PM | 3:10 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break |
| 3:10 PM | 4:10 PM | Session 7: Engineering Microbiomes, Ecosystems, and Non-Model Organisms |
| 3:10 PM | 3:15 PM | Session Introduction by Session Chairs: Tim Schnabel, Switch Bioworks & Joanna Tannous, ORNL |
| 3:15 PM | 3:40 PM | Invited Speaker: Nili Ostrov, Cultivarium |
| 3:40 PM | 3:55 PM | Invited Speaker: |
| 3:55 PM | 4:10 PM | Selected Abstract: |
| 4:10 PM | 4:25 PM | Selected Abstract: |
| 4:25 PM | 4:55 PM | Lightining Talks Moderated By: |
| 4:25 PM | 4:30 PM | Lightning Talk: |
| 4:30 PM | 4:35 PM | Lightning Talk: |
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| 4:55 PM | 5:55 PM | Poster Session 3 |
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| June 26, 2025 | All Central Daylight Time (MST) | |
| Day 4 | ||
| 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Registration + Badge Pick Up |
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Welcome Remarks by Chairs: Harris Wang, Columbia University & Peyton Greenside, BigHat Biosciences |
| 9:05 AM | 9:50 AM | KEYNOTE: |
| 9:50 AM | 10:20 AM | ACS SynBio Young Innovator Award: |
| 10:20 AM | 10:50 AM | Morning Coffee Break |
| 10:50 AM | 12:15 PM | Session 8: Bio-design Automation |
| 10:50 AM | 10:55 AM | Session Intrudction by Session Chairs: Chris Myers, University of Colorado-Boulder & Harris Wang, Columbia University |
| 10:55 AM | 11:20 AM | Invited Speaker: Harrison Steel, Oxford |
| 11:20 AM | 11:45 AM | Invited Speaker: Huimin Zhao, UIUC |
| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Selected Abstract: |
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| 12:15 PM | 12:30 PM | Selected Abstract: |
| 12:30 PM | 12:40 PM | Closing Remarks from Chairs: Harris Wang, Columbia University & Peyton Greenside, BigHat Biosciences |