Gothenburg Life Science Conferences
Industrial Systems Biology: Sustainable production of fuels and chemicals
| Date | Thursday, August 19 - Friday, August 20, 2010 |
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| Location | Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Organizers | Chalmers and Gothenburg University |
In line with earlier successful Gothenburg Life Science Conferences (earlier called Functional Genomics) Chalmers and Gothenburg University will be organizing a 2 day conference on Industrial Systems Biology. The conference will cover the following topics:
- Production of biofuels.
- Impact of systems biology on industrial biotechnology.
- Sustainable production of chemicals.
Confirmed speakers:
- Eric Appelman, Perstorp
- Alan Berry, Novozymes
- Jochen Förster, Fluxome
- Vassily Hatzimanikatis, EPFL
- Matthias Heinemann, ETH Zürich
- Jay Keasling, JBEY & UC Berkeley
- Gunnar Liden, University of Lund
- Charles Nakamura, DuPont
- Jens Nielsen, Chalmers
- Lisbeth Olsson, Chalmers
- Kiran Patil, DTU
- John Pierce, BP
- Jack Pronk, TU Delft
- Karl Sanford, Genencor/Danisco
- Verena Siewers, Chalmers
- Greg Stephanopoulos, MIT
- Christoph Wittmann, TU Braunschweig
- Sang Yup Lee, KAIST
Organizing Committee:
- Jens Nielsen, Chalmers (chair)
- Stefan Hohmann, University of Gothenburg
- Dina Petranovic, Chalmers
- Maria Enge, University of Gothenburg
- Martina Butorac, Chalmers
- Vassily Hatzimanikatis, EPFL
- Matthias Heinemann, ETH Zürich
- Jack Pronk, TU Delft