Industrial Biotechnology

Convener: 

John Sime, Bioscience for Business, UK

Programme:

Wednesday 5 August (morning and afternoon)

Keynote Speakers

Reflection on the future role of biotechnology in chemistry
Hans-Peter Meyer, Lonza, Switzerland

Synthetic biology and applications for industrial biotechnology
Karl J Sanford, Genencor, USA

Speakers

The diversity of industrial biotransformations
Jerry Cooper, Centre for Process Innovation, UK 

Tailoring biomass for use in industrial biotechnology
Ray Elliott, Syngenta, UK

Evolutionary genetic chemistry for industrial biotechnology and its applications
Jørgen Hansen, Evolva Biotech AS, Denmark

The vanity of industrial biotechnology
Keith Layden, Croda International, UK 

Marine natural products: from the seabed to the hospital bed
Andrew Mearns Spragg, Aquapharm Biodiscovery, UK

Title TBA
Alan Shaw, Codexis, USA   

Maximising UK opportunities from industrial biotechnology in a low carbon economy
Ian D. Shott, Excelsyn, UK

INEOS bio energy-breakthrough technology for bioenergy from wastes
Ian R. Little, Ineos Technology, UK