Agenda
All sessions will be held at the Hoover Institution, Stanford, CA.
All times are in Pacific Time.
Breakfast & Registration
Welcome Remarks
Speaker:
Condoleezza Rice - Tad and Dianne Taube Director at the Hoover Institution and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy
Flash Briefing: Biology as a Strategic Domain
Speaker:
Drew Endy - Director of Hoover Bio-Strategies & Leadership at Stanford University
Biology for Health
Speakers:
Jennifer Cochran - Vice President for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and for Strategic Initiatives, Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University
Megan Palmer - Lead for Responsible Innovation at ARPA-H
Grey Frandsen - CEO of Flyttr
Moderator:
Steve Quake - Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering and of Applied Physics at Stanford University, Past Head of Science for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Flash Briefing: Artificial Intelligence & Biology
Speaker:
Brian Hie - Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University and Innovation Investigator at Arc Institute
Coffee Break
Biosecurity Victory
Speakers:
Matt McKnight - CEO of Perimeter
Gerald Parker - Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Biosecurity and Pandemic Response & Associate Dean for Global One Health at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University
Jaime Yassif - Senior Advisor and former Bio Vice President for the Nuclear Threat Initiative
Moderator:
Filippa Lentzos - Associate Professor at King’s College London
Flash Briefing: Synthetic Cells
Speaker:
Kate Adamala - Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota
Biology for National Security
Speakers:
Matt Pottinger - Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Kerri Dugan - Senior Vice President for Biotechnology at Applied Research Institute and former director of the Biological Technologies Office at DARPA
Padmini Pillai - Special Asst to the Director of the Biological Technologies Office at DARPA
Moderator:
Nadia Schadlow - National Security Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Lunch
Flash Briefing: Biotechnology in Us
Speaker:
Zack Abbott - CEO and Co-Founder of ZBiotics
Biology for Science & Technology Competitiveness
Speakers:
Emily Leproust - CEO and Co-Founder of Twist Bioscience
Sam Rodriques - CEO and Co-Founder of FutureHouse
Sam Levin - Co-Founder and CTO of Neion Bio
Moderator:
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall - Former United States Homeland Security Advisor & Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Flash Briefing: Biotechnology Around Us
Speaker:
Keith Wood - CEO and Co-Founder of Light Bio
Bio-Opportunities Across the Nation
Speakers:
Doug Friedman - Founder and CEO of BioMADE
Lee Lilley - Secretary of Commerce for the State of North Carolina
Natalie Kuldell - Founder and President of BioBuilder Educational Foundation
Deborah Moorad - Secretary of Commerce for the State of Oklahoma
Moderator:
Emily Clise Tully - Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Vice President of National Technology Strategy at In-Q-Tel
Break
Biotech Innovation, Investment, and Industry
Speakers:
Christina Smolke - CEO & Co-Founder of Antheia
Matt Kaloupek - Vice President of Carbon Capture and Storage for ADM
Jenny Rooke - Managing Director of Genoa Ventures
Moderator:
Mike Kuiken - Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Vice Chair of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Flash Fireside: Biology for Freedom and Democracy
Speakers:
Stephen Kotkin - Kleinheinz Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and Birkelund Professor Emeritus at the former Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Drew Endy - Director of Hoover Bio-Strategies & Leadership at Stanford University
Flash Briefing: Biology, Nitrogen, and Geopolitics
Speaker:
Tim Schnabel - Founder and CEO of Switch Bioworks
Closing Remarks
Speaker:
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs - RAND Senior Biopreparedness Fellow and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy
Markus Covert - Shriram Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University
