22-23 May 2024, Bristol & London
Wednesday 22 May (09:00 – 17:00)
Therapeutics & Healthcare Day
M-Shed, Bristol
Wednesday 22 May (18:00 – 20:00)
Synthetic & Engineering Biology Networking Event
Science Creates Old Market, Bristol
Thursday 23 May 2024
Climate & Environment Day (invitation only)
Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom, London
This list will be updated as we confirm further speakers. Currently, our confirmed speakers are:
Therapeutics & Healthcare Day
 | Dr Yvonne Armitage (Centre for Process Innovation) |  | Prof Imre Berger (University of Bristol) |
 | Dr Matthias Christen (Gigabases) |  | Dr Mark Cresswell (Lucideon) |
 | Dr Livija Deban (Prokarium) |  | Prof Bart Deplancke (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) |
 | Dr Julia Djonova (Swissmedic) |  | Dr Oliver Dovey (bit.bio) |
 | Prof Paul Freemont (Imperial College London) |  | Prof Martin Fussenegger (ETH Zurich) |
 | Neil Goldsmith (Baselaunch) |  | Sara Holland (Potter Clarkson) |
 | Dr Fátima Kranc (Cambridge Enterprise) |  | Dr Dorothea Ledergerber (Tigen Pharma) |
 | Dr Andreas Meyer (Ginkgo Bioworks) |  | Fiona Mischel (SynBioBeta) |
 | Dr Frank Plöger (Xlife Sciences) |  | Dr Chrysi Sergaki (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) |
 | Anike Te (Lucideon) |  | Dr Nicole Wheeler (University of Birmingham) |
Climate & Environment Day
 | Dr Mariluz Bagnoud (Agroscope) |  | Steve Bates OBE (BIA) |
 | Prof Lionel Clarke OBE (BionerG Ltd) |  | Prof Frederic Coulon (Cranfield University) |
| Neil Goldsmith (Baselaunch) |  | Dr Thomas Gorochowski (University of Bristol) |
 | Dr Edward Green (NCIMB) |  | Dr Ramdane Haddouche (Croda) |
 | Dr Ian Hu (Phycobloom Ltd) |  | Tony Kinsella (Lucideon) |
 | Dr Stefan Krawielitzki (AVA Biochem) |  | Dr Harris Luk (Sulzer Chemtech) |
 | Dr James MacDonald (Solena Materials Limited) |  | Dr Rowan McKibbin (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) |
 | Dr Holly Reeve (HydRegen) |  | Dr Serina Robinson (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) |
 | Paul Shortland (Advanced Bacterial Sciences) |  | Yiea Wey Te (Member of the Parliament of Canton Zurich, Switzerland) |
 | Dr Isabel Webb (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) |  | Dr Meng Zhang (Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment) |
Registration will open soon.
This event is for academia, industry (startups, SMEs, corporates), government, investors and policy makers from across the UK and Switzerland, working in the area of synthetic and engineering biology.
Optional Networking Event:
The Summit will be followed by a networking event at Bristol’s deep tech incubator, Science Creates. Entry is free to Summit delegates but places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Please add this to your booking if you wish to attend.
Refund Policy:
Cancellations will be refunded in full up to three weeks prior to the event. After this time it will be possible to transfer your ticket, but no refunds will be available.
Contact Info:
For more information, please contact Kerstin Kinkelin (k.kinkelin@bristol.ac.uk)
The Synthetic and Engineering Biology British-Swiss Summit is a collaborative venture between academic and industry leaders across the UK and Switzerland, and organised by the Bristol BioDesign Institute (University of Bristol), the Swiss Business Hub UK & Ireland, the BioIndustry Association and Lucideon.
Bringing together small and large organisations as well as academics and thought leaders from the UK and Switzerland, the summit will discuss how to drive synthetic and engineering biology forward across both healthcare and the environment, the challenges faced, and how we can influence policy development to ensure that we are enabling the innovation required and supporting technology transfer to build successful companies.
We will be joined by keynote speakers and panellists from academia, industry, policy and investors from across the UK and Switzerland.