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Planetary Bio

Designing and Scaling Biology for a Sustainable Bioeconomy

May 5-8, 2025 - San Jose Convention Center, California
From carbon capture and renewable fuels to green chemistry, sustainable agriculture, and future foods, biology is being reprogrammed to take on the planet’s toughest challenges. Meet the bold startups, scale-ups, and industry leaders reinventing how we produce food, materials, chemicals, energy and more. This is biomanufacturing at a planetary scale—powered by synthetic biology, driven by purpose, and designed for a more sustainable, resilient world
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Featured Speakers

Jason Kelly
Founder & CEO
Ginkgo Bioworks
Patrick Brown
Founder
Impossible Foods
Kristin Ellis
Matias Muchnick
Co-Founder and CEO
NotCo
Madeline Hall
CEO & Co-founder
Living Carbon
Casper Vroemen
Chief R&D Officer, SVP Biosciences R&D
IFF
Lee Ellen Drechsler
SVP
Procter & Gamble
Debbie Yaver
Chief Science Officer Emeritus
Nature's Fynd
Sophia Wang
Co-founder & Chief of Culture
MycoWorks
Dayal Saran
Sr. Vice President
Allonnia
Keith Wood
Founder & CEO
Light Bio
Patrick Torbey
CEO
Neoplants
Neeka Mashouf
Co-Founder & CEO
Rubi Laboratories
James MacDonald
CEO
Solena Materials
Liv Andersson
Founder & CEO
Biozeroc
Stephen Bell
Director of Biotechnology
Prometheus Materials
Maricel Saenz
CEO & Founder
Minus
Kate Rubins
Astronaut
NASA
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Featured Sessions

May 6, 2025 2:05 PM
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2:20 pm
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When Life Gives You Proteins, Build a Greener Tomorrow
May 6, 2025 3:30 PM
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4:15 pm
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Future Proofing Caffeine Commodities: Exploring Synbio Innovation Across Coffee & Cacao Cultivation
May 6, 2025 4:30 PM
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5:15 pm
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From Fossil to Functional: The Rise of Zero-Carbon Materials
May 7, 2025 3:30 PM
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4:15 pm
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Pioneers in Pharma Manufacturing: Using Synthetic Biology to Build New, Innovative Complex Chemical Structures
May 7, 2025 4:30 PM
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5:15 pm
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Nature 2.0 - Using SynBio to Unlock the Next Level of Natural Systems
May 8, 2025 10:35 AM
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11:05 am
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Crossing the Chasm in FoodTech: From Innovation to Mainstream
May 8, 2025 1:30 PM
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2:15 pm
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The View (of Synbio) From Global Chemical Industry Leaders
May 8, 2025 1:30 PM
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2:15 pm
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Conquering Carbon Emissions From the Concrete Industry
May 8, 2025 1:30 PM
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2:15 pm
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Improving Commodities with SynBio: The Future of Sustainable Food & Ag
May 8, 2025 1:30 PM
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2:15 pm
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Space and Defense: Synthetic Biology Moonshots
May 8, 2025 2:30 PM
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3:15 pm
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The Lipid Problem: How Synbio Can Help Make Oil & Fat Supply Chains Deforestation-Free
May 8, 2025 2:30 PM
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3:15 pm
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Space Therapies: Accelerating Biotech Solutions for Health Beyond Earth

May 6th, 3:30 - 4:15 PM PT

Future Proofing Caffeine Commodities: Exploring Synbio Innovation Across Coffee & Cacao Cultivation
Speakers: Hanne Volpin (Celleste Bio), Maricel Saenz (Compound Foods), Sonalie Figueiras (Green Queen Media), and Sara Marquart (Planet A Foods)

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May 7th, 3:30 - 4:15 PM PT

Pioneers in Pharma Manufacturing:  Using Synthetic Biology to Build New, Innovative Complex Chemical Structures
Speakers: Mais Jebrail (INTEGRA Biosciences), Matthew Weinstock (Novel Bio), and Michael Healy-Rehn (VTT)

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May 7th, 4:30 - 5:15 PM PT

Nature 2.0 - Using SynBio to Unlock the Next Level of Natural Systems
Speakers: Keith Wood (Light Bio), Madeline Hall (Living Carbon), and Patrick Torbey (Neoplants)

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May 8th, 1:30 - 2:15 PM PT

Conquering Carbon Emissions From the Concrete Industry
Speakers: Martyn Dade-Robertson (Northumbria University), Liv Andersson (Biozeroc), and Fiona Mischel (SynBioBeta)

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May 8th, 1:30 - 2:15 PM PT

The view (of Synbio) From Global Chemical Industry Leaders
Speakers: Parayil Ajikumar (Manus Bio), Christophe Schilling (Genomatica), and Jim Flatt (DMC Biotechnologies)

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May 8th, 2:30 - 3:15 PM PT

The Lipid Problem: How Synbio Can Help Make Oil & Fat Supply Chains Deforestation-Free
Speakers: Shen Ming Lee (Terra Oleo), Kathleen Alexander (Savor), Lars Langhout (NoPalm-Ingredients), Kari Koivuranta (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)

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May 8th, 2:30 - 3:15 PM PT

Space Therapies: Accelerating Biotech Solutions for Health Beyond Earth

Speakers: Lou Hawthorne (Nanostics), Dan Gobel (Methuselah Foundation), Dominykas Milasius (Delta Biosciences), Carina Kern (LinkGevity)
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Featured Sponsors

Arzeda
Procter & Gamble
AgFunder
Conagen
Twist Bioscience
Ginkgo Bioworks
Procelys
Novel Bio
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
Hawkwood Biotech
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