BIO Pacific Rim Summit workshops are designed for specific and focused discussions on business or technical information. All workshops will take place on Tuesday, December 9 from 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM.

Email Sara Morgenstern, smorgenstern@bio.org for more information on presenting at the 2014 Pacific Rim Summit.

Revised Myriad Guidance from the USPTO – Now What is Patentable?

A panel of industry and academic experts will explore legal, policy and business implications of the Myriad decision, the USPTO guidance on patentable subject matter under Myriad issued earlier this year, and the revised Myriad guidance expected from the USPTO later this year.  The deep international divide regarding what forms of biotechnology innovation are now patentable will also be discussed.  Finally, the panel will explore strategies for developing commercially valuable patent protection of nucleic acids and protein sequences today, as well as tomorrow under the expected revised Myriad guidance.      

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Moderator: Mark Benedict, Knobbe Martens

Panelists:

Hans Sauer, BIO

Jason Jardine, Knobbe Martens

Teresa Spehar, Synthetic Genomics 

 

Innovative Technologies to Transform the Biobased Economy

Lunch Plenary, Monday, December 8

12:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Industrial biotechnology thought leaders will discuss technology breakthroughs in renewable specialty chemical applications and biobased products.  

Moderator: Rick Eno, Independent Management Consultant (formerly Metabolix CEO)

Panelists:

Alberto Santagostino, Junior Partner, McKinsey& Company 

Alan Shaw, CEO, Calysta

Jeff Martin, Co-Founder & CEO, Yulex

Rick Eno	Alan Shaw	Jeff Martin	Alberto Santagostino

 

Feedstocks: A Global Comparison

Breakfast Plenary, Tuesday, Decemeber 9

8:00 am - 9:30 am

This panel will explore the realities faced by feedstock producers in today’s marketplace.  Panelists will delve into issues in production and logistics, feedstock availability, ability to scale, competing applications for feedstock use, and new markets. 

Moderator: Bill Baum, Executive Chairman and Chief Business Development Officer, Genomatica

Panelists:

Ajarin Pattanapanchai, Deputy Secretary General, Thailand Investment Board

Timothy Volk, Senior Research Associate, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Bill Levy, President & CEO, Pacific AG

Bill Baum	Ajarin Pattanapanchai	Timothy Volk	Bill Levy

Green Machines: The Latest in Algae Bioproduction

Lunch Plenary, Tuesday, December 9 

11:30 pm  - 1:45 pm 

Our diverse array of panelists will discuss exciting advancements in research, development, and production of algae biomass for use in fuels and other specialized applications.  

Moderator: Margaret McCormick, CEO, Matrix Genetics

Panelists:

Martin Sabarsky, CEO, Cellana

Tim Zenk, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Policy, Sapphire Energy

Ami Ben-Amotz, CSO, NBT Ltd.

Margaret McCormick	Martin Sabarsky	Tim  Zenk	Ami Ben-Amotz

   

The poster reception will take place on Monday, December 8, 2014. Showcase your research by presenting a poster at the BIO Pacific Rim Summit. Click here to submit an abstract by October 31, 2014.

2014 Poster Presenters 

Poster Speaker Name	Poster Speaker Company	Proposal Title
Ing-Lung Shih	Da-Yeh University	Hydrolysis of waste newspaper and bioethanol production
Jamie Hinks	SCELSE	A Novel Method to Induce Solvent Tolerance in Bacteria
Ketlareng Polori	Central University of Technology	Medicinal properties of Ipomoea Oblongata (E.Mey.ex.Choisy)
Onyeka Okolie	Central University of Technology	Anti-Cancer Screening of Asparagus Africanus Root Extracts.
Oscar Vasco	Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana	Optimization of Biogas Production Using Biomass Waste from Restaurants at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Ting Hsiang Lin	Institute of Nuclear Energy Research	Development of C5 Sugar Fermentation Technology with Hydrolysed Lignocellulosic Materials Added to Improve Bioethanol Production
Nicole Ford	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Development of Genetically Modified Diatom Biosilica for Detection of Chemical and Biological Agents
Toshihiro Tsujimoto	Nara Institute of Science and Technology	Effects of isobutanol on expression of the tryptophan operon in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Nobuaki Suzuki	Hitz Research Alliance Laboratory, Osaka University, Hitachi Zosen Corporation	A watermarking system for labeling genomic DNA
Marta  Amirsadeghi	Mississippi State University	Fermentation optimization for lipid production by Rhodotorula glutinis cultivated on glucose augmented pulp and paper wastewater using response surface methodology
Karen Hecht	PNNL	Trafficking of biosilica-targeting recombinant proteins to sites of biosilica cell wall assembly in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana
Soo-Kyeong Jang	Seoul National Univeristy	Evaluation of conversion rate to sugars and sugar derivatives from bark-containing Larix kaempferi after two-step dilute acid pretreatment depending on various pretreatment conditions
Han-Seob Jeong	Seoul National University	Effect of zeolite on levulinic acid yield from dilute acid-pretreated Mongolian oak
Dinesh Gupta	California State University Northridge	Production of Economically Important Isoprenoids in Escherichia coli and Nostoc punctiforme by Expressing a 2-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol (MBO) Synthase Gene
Homa Hemmati	California State University, Northridge	Transcriptional analysis of an ethanol inducible promoter in Escherichia coli and tobacco
Shigenobu Mitsuzawa	Honda R&D Co., Ltd.	Novel approach toward the realization of low cost enzymes for lignocellulosic ethanol
Dominic Sauvageau	Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Alberta	Bacteriophages in yeast fermentation processes: a new approach to prevent bacterial contamination
Amit Goyal	Southern Research Institute	Biomass Conversion to Acrylonitrile Monomer-Precursor for Production of Carbon Fibers
Andrea Yoshioka	Sapphire Energy	Resource Management for Commercial Algae Production
Bogumil Karas	J. Craig Venter Institute	Creating designer algal chromosomes in yeast
Jiajia Meng	Southern Research Institute	Renewable Fuel Production via Mild Biomass Liquefaction Process: Process Integration, Techno-economic Analysis and Life-cycle GHG Analysis
Bernhard Seifried	Ceapro Inc. Edmonton, AB, Canada	PGX – Technology: an enabling technology for sustainable nanomaterials
Sergio Trejo-Estrada	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Biodegradation of Sugarcane Bagasse in Hot Bio-Pile Composting. Microbiological, Chemical and Ultrastructural Correlations
Andrew Sher	University of Washington	How the Endophytic Microbiome of Populus can Improve Plant Biomass
Ram Lalgudi	Battelle, Columbus, Ohio	Improved Soybean Meal for Aquaculture Feed
Haley R. Pugsley	Amnis-  EMD Millipore, Seattle, WA	Assessment of microalgae lipid accumulation using high resolution imaging flow cytometry
Kirsi Bromann	University of Helsinki, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland	Production of diterpenes in Aspergillus nidulans
Simon Itsygin	Czar Salt	Handheld Photometer for Rapid Monitoring of Algal Biomass

 

With 5 tracks and 25 sessions, the  BIO Pacific Rim Summit Breakout program is designed to keep you on the cutting edge of industrial biotech. Please see the 2014 Breakout Program below:

Breakout Session Tracks

Track 1. Feedstock Production and Utilization 

Track 2: Renewable Chemical Platforms 

Track 3: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms

Track 4: Synthetic Biology, Algae and Marine Biotechnology

Track 5: Technical and Research Presentations

Click here to view the Breakout Abstracts

Track 1: Feedstock Production and Utilization

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Track 2: Renewable Chemical Platforms

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Track 3: Advanced Biofuels and Biorefinery Platforms

Track 4: Synthetic Biology, Algae and Marine Biotechnology

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Track 5: Technical and Research Presentations

 

           

Sunday, December 7, 2014
1:00 PM – 6:30 PM		Registration Open
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM		Women in Industrial Biotechnology *RSVP Required
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM		Welcome Reception
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM		Table Top Exhibits Open
Monday, December 8, 2014
7:00 AM – 5:30 PM		Registration Open
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM		Continental Breakfast
7:30 AM – 5:30 PM		Table Top Exhibits Open
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM		Breakout Session 1
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM		Energy Break
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM		Breakout Session 2
12:00 PM – 2:15 PM		Lunch Plenary Session
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM		Breakout Session 3
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM		Poster Session & Reception
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
7:00 AM – 4:00 PM		Registration Open
9:30 AM – 4:00 PM		Table Top Exhibits Open
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM		Breakfast Plenary Session
9:45 AM – 11:30 AM		Workshops
11:30 PM –1:45 PM		Lunch Plenary Session
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM		Breakout Session 4
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM		Energy Break
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM		Breakout Session 5
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM		Closing Reception
Speaker Ready Room
Location: Imperial
Sunday, December 7		4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Monday, December 8		7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday, December 9		7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Press Room
Location: Sierra A
Monday, December 8		9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday, December 9		9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Internet Stations
Location: California Foyer
Sunday, December 7		1:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Monday, December 8		7:00AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday, December 9		7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
For additional questions please reach out to Katie DeLine, Conference Coordinator		Email: pacrim@bio.org Phone: 202-742-6472