Jason Kelly

Co-founder and CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks. Trying to make biology easier to engineer since the dawn of time.

Ginkgo Bioworks

Previous Speakers Include

Jennifer Doudna

UC Berkeley

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Jennifer Doudna

UC Berkeley

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Sam Altman

OpenAI

CEO

Sam Altman

OpenAI

CEO

Steve Wozniak

Fusion-io

Chief Scientist

Steve Wozniak

Fusion-io

Chief Scientist

Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

Founder & Partner

Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

Founder & Partner

Frances Arnold

Caltech

Nobel Laureate

Frances Arnold

Caltech

Nobel Laureate

Eric Schmidt

Schmidt Science

Chair & CEO

Eric Schmidt

Schmidt Science

Chair & CEO

Kate Rubins

NASA

Astronaut

Kate Rubins

NASA

Astronaut

Craig Venter

JCVI

Craig Venter

JCVI

Christina Smolke

Antheia

CEO and Co-Founder

Christina Smolke

Antheia

CEO and Co-Founder

George Church

Harvard & MIT

Professor

George Church

Harvard & MIT

Professor

Lisa Dyson

Air Protein

CEO

Lisa Dyson

Air Protein

CEO

Thomas Bostick

Global Strategies

Chairman

Thomas Bostick

Global Strategies

Chairman

Ro Khanna

U.S. Congress

Ro Khanna

U.S. Congress

Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

Founder

Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

Founder

Drew Endy

Stanford University

Professor

Drew Endy

Stanford University

Professor

Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

Cathie Wood

Ark Invest

Founder & CEO

Cathie Wood

Ark Invest

Founder & CEO

Dean Kamen

ARMI

Executive Director

Dean Kamen

ARMI

Executive Director

Bryan Johnson

Don't Die

Founder & CEO

Bryan Johnson

Don't Die

Founder & CEO

Chris Voigt

MIT

Professor

Chris Voigt

MIT

Professor

D.A. Wallach

Time BioVentures

General Partner & Co-Founder

D.A. Wallach

Time BioVentures

General Partner & Co-Founder

Daphne Koller

insitro

Founder & CEO

Daphne Koller

insitro

Founder & CEO

Lord David Willetts

SynBioVen

Co-Chair

Lord David Willetts

SynBioVen

Co-Chair

Eben Bayer

Ecovative

CEO

Eben Bayer

Ecovative

CEO

Eleni Kounalakis

Lieutenant Governor of California

Eleni Kounalakis

Lieutenant Governor of California

Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

Esther Dyson

Way to Wellville

Executive Founder

Esther Dyson

Way to Wellville

Executive Founder

Gaurab Chakrabarti

Solugen

Co-Founder & CEO

Gaurab Chakrabarti

Solugen

Co-Founder & CEO

Gavin Newsom

Governor of California

Gavin Newsom

Governor of California

George Whitesides

CA-27

Congressman

George Whitesides

CA-27

Congressman

Jason Kelly

Ginkgo Bioworks

Founder & CEO

Jason Kelly

Ginkgo Bioworks

Founder & CEO

Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

Professor

Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

Professor

Jennifer Holmgren

LanzaTech

CEO

Jennifer Holmgren

LanzaTech

CEO

Oliver Morton

The Economist

Senior Editor

Oliver Morton

The Economist

Senior Editor

Patrick Brown

Impossible Foods

Founder

Patrick Brown

Impossible Foods

Founder

RJ Kirk

Third Security

Chairman

RJ Kirk

Third Security

Chairman

Jeanne Loring

Scripps Research

Professor

Jeanne Loring

Scripps Research

Professor

Sean O'Sullivan

SOSV

Founder

Sean O'Sullivan

SOSV

Founder

Thomas Südhof

Stanford Medicine

Nobel Laureate

Thomas Südhof

Stanford Medicine

Nobel Laureate

Tim Kopra

Nanoracks

CEO

Tim Kopra

Nanoracks

CEO

Tim O'Reilly

Reilly Media

CEO

Tim O'Reilly

Reilly Media

CEO

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