2026 Conference Programm

May 4-7 2026

San Jose Convention Center - California, USA

Monday, May 4

Day 0 · 7:00 AM – 11:30 PM

7 AM7 PM

Registration Open

Concourse

8:30 AM8:35 AM

WelcomeWelcome

John Cumbers

Founder & CEO · SynBioBeta

8:35 AM8:50 AM

Programmable Immunity: Engineering the Universal AntivenomFireside Chat

Jacob Glanville

CEO · Centivax

Tim Friede

Director of Herpetology · Centivax

8:50 AM8:55 AM

Polyphron SpotlightSpotlight Talk

Matthew Osman

Co-Founder & CEO · Polyphron

8:55 AM9 AM

Spotlight Talk for Ribbon BioSpotlight Talk

9 AM9:30 AM

AI Panel — Main StageMain Stage Panel

9:30 AM9:40 AM

Designing Enzymes Without CompromiseSpotlight Talk

Matthew Thompson

VP - Industrial Biotech · Biomatter

9:40 AM10 AM

Fireside Chat P&GFireside Chat

Amy Trejo

Dir. Hair Care Sustain. · Procter & Gamble Company

Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia

Sr. Dir., Research Fellow · Procter & Gamble

10 AM10:30 AM

Morning Coffee Break

Exhibit Hall

10:35 AM10:55 AM

A 10-Year Overnight Success: Building Twist Bioscience One Base at a TimeFireside Chat

John Cumbers

Founder & CEO · SynBioBeta

Emily Leproust

CEO · Twist Bioscience

11 AM11:30 AM

From Cells to Patients: Solving the Scale Mismatch in Virtual BiologyMain Stage Panel

Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Chairman & CEO · Xaira

Kim Branson

SVP, Global Head · GlaxoSmithKline

12 PM1:30 PM

Lunch

Exhibit Hall

2:25 PM2:55 PM

Engineering Resilient Pharma Supply Chains with BiologyMain Stage Panel

Ola Wlodek

CEO · Constructive Bio

Christina Smolke

CEO and Co-Founder · Antheia

3 PM3:30 PM

Afternoon Coffee Break

Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM4:15 PM

Everyday Bio: Understand the Bio-Products Consumers LoveBreakout Session

Breakout Room

Amy Trejo

Dir. Hair Care Sustain. · Procter & Gamble

Beyond Static Predictions — AI for Protein DynamicsBreakout Session

Breakout Room

Elliot Hershberg

Partner, Author · Amplify Partners

5:30 PM6:30 PM

Exhibit Hall Cocktail ReceptionSpecial Event

6:30 PM8 PM

Welcome ReceptionSpecial Event

Concourse

Tuesday, May 5

Day 1 · 7:00 AM – 11:30 PM

7 AM7 PM

Registration Open

Concourse

8:30 AM8:35 AM

WelcomeWelcome

John Cumbers

Founder & CEO · SynBioBeta

8:35 AM8:50 AM

Programmable Immunity: Engineering the Universal AntivenomFireside Chat

Jacob Glanville

CEO · Centivax

Tim Friede

Director of Herpetology · Centivax

8:50 AM8:55 AM

Polyphron SpotlightSpotlight Talk

Matthew Osman

Co-Founder & CEO · Polyphron

8:55 AM9 AM

Spotlight Talk for Ribbon BioSpotlight Talk

9 AM9:30 AM

AI Panel — Main StageMain Stage Panel

9:30 AM9:40 AM

Designing Enzymes Without CompromiseSpotlight Talk

Matthew Thompson

VP - Industrial Biotech · Biomatter

9:40 AM10 AM

Fireside Chat P&GFireside Chat

Amy Trejo

Dir. Hair Care Sustain. · Procter & Gamble Company

Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia

Sr. Dir., Research Fellow · Procter & Gamble

10 AM10:30 AM

Morning Coffee Break

Exhibit Hall

10:35 AM10:55 AM

A 10-Year Overnight Success: Building Twist Bioscience One Base at a TimeFireside Chat

John Cumbers

Founder & CEO · SynBioBeta

Emily Leproust

CEO · Twist Bioscience

11 AM11:30 AM

From Cells to Patients: Solving the Scale Mismatch in Virtual BiologyMain Stage Panel

Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Chairman & CEO · Xaira

Kim Branson

SVP, Global Head · GlaxoSmithKline

12 PM1:30 PM

Lunch

Exhibit Hall

2:25 PM2:55 PM

Engineering Resilient Pharma Supply Chains with BiologyMain Stage Panel

Ola Wlodek

CEO · Constructive Bio

Christina Smolke

CEO and Co-Founder · Antheia

3 PM3:30 PM

Afternoon Coffee Break

Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM4:15 PM

Everyday Bio: Understand the Bio-Products Consumers LoveBreakout Session

Breakout Room

Amy Trejo

Dir. Hair Care Sustain. · Procter & Gamble

Beyond Static Predictions — AI for Protein DynamicsBreakout Session

Breakout Room

Elliot Hershberg

Partner, Author · Amplify Partners

5:30 PM6:30 PM

Exhibit Hall Cocktail ReceptionSpecial Event

6:30 PM8 PM

Welcome ReceptionSpecial Event

Concourse

Wednesday, May 6

Day 2 · 7:00 AM – 11:30 PM

7 AM7 PM

Registration Open

Concourse

8:30 AM8:35 AM

WelcomeWelcome

John Cumbers

Founder & CEO · SynBioBeta

8:35 AM8:50 AM

Programmable Immunity: Engineering the Universal AntivenomFireside Chat

Jacob Glanville

CEO · Centivax

Tim Friede

Director of Herpetology · Centivax

8:50 AM8:55 AM

Polyphron SpotlightSpotlight Talk

Matthew Osman

Co-Founder & CEO · Polyphron

8:55 AM9 AM

Spotlight Talk for Ribbon BioSpotlight Talk

9 AM9:30 AM

AI Panel — Main StageMain Stage Panel

9:30 AM9:40 AM

Designing Enzymes Without CompromiseSpotlight Talk

Matthew Thompson

VP - Industrial Biotech · Biomatter

9:40 AM10 AM

Fireside Chat P&GFireside Chat

Amy Trejo

Dir. Hair Care Sustain. · Procter & Gamble Company

Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia

Sr. Dir., Research Fellow · Procter & Gamble

10 AM10:30 AM

Morning Coffee Break

Exhibit Hall

10:35 AM10:55 AM

A 10-Year Overnight Success: Building Twist Bioscience One Base at a TimeFireside Chat

John Cumbers

Founder & CEO · SynBioBeta

Emily Leproust

CEO · Twist Bioscience

11 AM11:30 AM

From Cells to Patients: Solving the Scale Mismatch in Virtual BiologyMain Stage Panel

Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Chairman & CEO · Xaira

Kim Branson

SVP, Global Head · GlaxoSmithKline

12 PM1:30 PM

Lunch

Exhibit Hall

2:25 PM2:55 PM

Engineering Resilient Pharma Supply Chains with BiologyMain Stage Panel

Ola Wlodek

CEO · Constructive Bio

Christina Smolke

CEO and Co-Founder · Antheia

3 PM3:30 PM

Afternoon Coffee Break

Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM4:15 PM

Everyday Bio: Understand the Bio-Products Consumers LoveBreakout Session

Breakout Room

Amy Trejo

Dir. Hair Care Sustain. · Procter & Gamble

Beyond Static Predictions — AI for Protein DynamicsBreakout Session

Breakout Room

Elliot Hershberg

Partner, Author · Amplify Partners

5:30 PM6:30 PM

Exhibit Hall Cocktail ReceptionSpecial Event

6:30 PM8 PM

Welcome ReceptionSpecial Event

Concourse

Thursday, May 7

Day 3 · 7:00 AM – 11:30 PM

7 AM7 PM

Registration Open

Concourse

8:30 AM8:35 AM

WelcomeWelcome

John Cumbers

Founder & CEO · SynBioBeta

8:35 AM8:50 AM

Programmable Immunity: Engineering the Universal AntivenomFireside Chat

Jacob Glanville

CEO · Centivax

Tim Friede

Director of Herpetology · Centivax

8:50 AM8:55 AM

Polyphron SpotlightSpotlight Talk

Matthew Osman

Co-Founder & CEO · Polyphron

8:55 AM9 AM

Spotlight Talk for Ribbon BioSpotlight Talk

9 AM9:30 AM

AI Panel — Main StageMain Stage Panel

9:30 AM9:40 AM

Designing Enzymes Without CompromiseSpotlight Talk

Matthew Thompson

VP - Industrial Biotech · Biomatter

9:40 AM10 AM

Fireside Chat P&GFireside Chat

Amy Trejo

Dir. Hair Care Sustain. · Procter & Gamble Company

Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia

Sr. Dir., Research Fellow · Procter & Gamble

10 AM10:30 AM

Morning Coffee Break

Exhibit Hall

10:35 AM10:55 AM

A 10-Year Overnight Success: Building Twist Bioscience One Base at a TimeFireside Chat

John Cumbers

Founder & CEO · SynBioBeta

Emily Leproust

CEO · Twist Bioscience

11 AM11:30 AM

From Cells to Patients: Solving the Scale Mismatch in Virtual BiologyMain Stage Panel

Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Chairman & CEO · Xaira

Kim Branson

SVP, Global Head · GlaxoSmithKline

12 PM1:30 PM

Lunch

Exhibit Hall

2:25 PM2:55 PM

Engineering Resilient Pharma Supply Chains with BiologyMain Stage Panel

Ola Wlodek

CEO · Constructive Bio

Christina Smolke

CEO and Co-Founder · Antheia

3 PM3:30 PM

Afternoon Coffee Break

Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM4:15 PM

Everyday Bio: Understand the Bio-Products Consumers LoveBreakout Session

Breakout Room

Amy Trejo

Dir. Hair Care Sustain. · Procter & Gamble

Beyond Static Predictions — AI for Protein DynamicsBreakout Session

Breakout Room

Elliot Hershberg

Partner, Author · Amplify Partners

5:30 PM6:30 PM

Exhibit Hall Cocktail ReceptionSpecial Event

6:30 PM8 PM

Welcome ReceptionSpecial Event

Concourse