Amy Trejo
Amy Trejo received her BSc. in Biology from Smith College in Northampton, MA and PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. She began her career with The Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, OH in 1998 and has gone on to become a proven innovation leader with over 25 years of experience in the consumer goods industry. She is skilled in product innovation, R&D, fast-moving consumer goods, open innovation and product development. In her career at P&G she has worked across a variety of categories and functions with focus in Life Sciences in service of P&G’s Health & Beauty focused businesses. She has contributed to the development of products supporting brands such as Olay, H&S, Pantene and Align. She currently holds the position of Director, Hair Care Sustainability, where she leads R&D teams in the development of superior beauty products and technologies that are sustainable.
Procter & Gamble Company
Making It Happen: Accelerating the Global Bioeconomy:
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This panel will bring together leaders across industry, public sector and the community to examine the systemic barriers slowing the bioeconomy’s growth and ask, “What best practices are we seeing to unlock progress?” Despite breakthroughs in synbio—including recent our findings showing 96% of businesses are advancing biosolutions—progress remains stalled by discovery costs, scaling challenges, regulatory uncertainty, and investment bottlenecks. Join this session to understand how these challenges are being overcome to ensure synbio moves from future predictions to large-scale impact. The discussion will focus on tangible actions to accelerate this transition and realize the full economic promise of the bioeconomy.
