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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Shanghai Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Shanghai Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Shanghai Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.

Enabling Technology for Synthetic Biology
Six-Academy Synthetic Biology Symposium II

Oct. 12-14, 2011, Shanghai, China

Oct. 12(Wednesday), Grand Lecture Hall, SIBS, 320 Yueyang Road
Morning 09:00 am-11:45 am
09:00 am Opening Ceremony Chair: Sheng-li Yang
09:00 am Introduction to the Symposium
Guo-ping Zhao (Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, China)
09:15 am Opening Address
  1.Xian-en Zhang (Director, Department of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology of China)
2. Dai-ming Fan (Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering)
09:35 am to
11:45 am
Two Keynote Presentations (40 min plus 10 min G&A for per keynote presentation) Chair: Guo-ping Zhao
09:35 am The Synthetic Biology of Antibiotic Natural Products
  Peter Lead lay (University of Cambridge, UK)
10:25 am Tea and Coffee Break
10:55 am Tools for Engineering Biology
  Drew Endy (Stanford University, USA)
11:45 am Group Photo of Speakers & Lunch Break
Afternoon 01:30 pm-05:30 pm
01:30 pm Opening Address Chair: Guo-ping Zhao
01:30 pm The Grand Synthesis
  Thomas Lee (Director, Microsystems Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, USA}
  Session A*: Designing Modules and Pathways
Session Chairs: Richard Kitney & Zi-xin Deng
01:50 pm The Application of Systematic Design to Synthetic Biology
  Richard Kitney (Imperial College, UK)
02:15 pm Construction of the Simplified Genomes of Escherichia Coli and Streptomyces Coelicolor
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Shanghai Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
  Zhong-jun Gin (Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, China)
02:40 pm Biological Network Engineering in Synthetic Biology
  Gi Ou-yang (Peking University, China)
03:05 pm Tea and Coffee Break
03:35 pm Design and Evolution of Biological Pathways and Networks
  Hui-min Zhao (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
04:00 pm Synthetic Production of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) Monomers and Bhbutanol Directly from C02 in Cyanobacteria
  Wei-wen 7hang (Tianjing University)
04:25 pm Panel discussion
05:05 pm From Single Cell Biotechnology towards Synthetic Biology
  Wei Huang (University of Sheffield, UK)
05:30 pm End of Session A
Oct. 13 (Thursday), National Engineering Center for Biochip at Shanghai, 151 Libing Road, Pudong
Morning 09:00 am -12:00 noon
09:00 am Opening Address Chair: Guo-ping Zhao
09:00 am Jing-hai Li (Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  Session B : Synthetic Genome and Cell
Session chairs: Peter Leadlay & Drew Endy
09:10 am The Emergence of Synthetic Life with De Novo Chemical Alphabets
  Jeffrey Tze Fei Wong (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China)
09:35 am Genome Engineering Technologies for Rapid Programming & Evolution of Organisms
  Farren Isaacs (Yale University, USA)
10:00 am Size Dependent Genome Synthesis/Cloning
  Mitsuhiro Itaya (Keio University, Japan)
10:25 am Towards Development of a Robust Simplified Cell
  Barry L. Wanner (Purdue University, USA)
10:50 am Tea and Coffee Break
11:20 am Panel discussion
12:00 noon Lunch Break
Afternoon 01:30 pm -04:55 pm
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Shanghai Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
  Session C*: Synthetic Bio ogy from an Industrial Perspective
Session Chair: Roel Bovenberg
01:30 pm Rational Design - Applications in Industrial Biotechnology
  Liang Wu(DSM Biotechnology Center, Netherlands)
01:55 pm Building an Efficient Yeast Ce’l Factory for the Prcduction of Isoprenoids
  Lishan Zhao (Amyris Inc., USA
02:20 pm Panel discussion
03:00 pm Tea and Coffee Break
  Session D: iGEM: Scientific, Technological, and Educational Impact upon Synthetic Biology
Session Chairs: Ying-jin Yuan & Gi Ou-yang
03:30 am Building a He-Coded Yeast Genome Powered by an Army Of Undergrcduates
  *Yizhi Patrick Cai (Johns Hopkins University Schoo of Medicine, USA)
03:55 pm A Novel Approach for Synthetic Biology: Exploiting Wisdom in Natural Systems
  **Haogian Zhang (Peking University, China)
04:15 pm Rule-based Modeling Approach for Synthetic Biology
  **Chen Liao (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
04:35 pm Modular Design and Synthesis of Energy Products
  **Duo Liu (Tianjin University, China)
04:55 pm End of Session D
Oct. 14 (Friday), Grand Lecture Hall, SIBS, 320 Yueyang Road
Morning 9:00 am-12:10 noon
  Session E**:Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ElSI) for Synthptir Biology
Session Chair: Huan-ming Yang
09:00 am Life in the Gray Zone: From ELSI to Responsible Innovation
  Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University, USA)
09:20 am Legal Implications for Synthetic Biology: Intellectual Property Rights in Bioloylcah
  Rochelie Dreyfuss (New York University School of law, USA)
09:40 am Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Issues Associated with Synthetic Biology
  Gordon Zong (Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, China)
10:00 am The Ethics of Synthetic Biology: The Perspectives of the US Presidential Commission
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Shanghai Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
  Anita L. Allen (University of Pemsylvania Law School, USA)
10:20 am The UK Research Councils’ Syrthetic Biology Dialogue
  Paul Gemmill (Biotechnology end Biological Sciences Research Council. UK)
10:40 am Tea and Coffee Break
11:00 am Discussion - Synthetic Biology Futures
12:00 noon Close Speech
12:10 noon End of Symposium

* For per speaker we allocate 20 min talk plus 5 min Q&A.

** For per speaker we allocate 15 min talk plus 5 min Q&A.

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Shanghai Symposium Agenda." National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2013. Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: Summary Report of a Six Academies Symposium Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13316.
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