Programme

The symposium starts at around 10.00, with doors opening at 9.00, and will finish at around 17.00.

(provisional) Programme

9.00

Registration, coffee and tea

10.00

Welcome, Sybe Schaap, Chair COGEM

10.15

AI for Biotechnology: Technological Advancements, Readiness and Policy Implications

Nick Vangheluwe, European Commission Dg Research and Innovation

10.45

Revolutionizing Plant Breeding: Combining Systems Biology with AI for Complex Trait Enhancement

Maureen van Eijnatten, KeyGene

11.15

De novo Protein Sequencing with Deep Learning: Discovery, Therapeutics and Biosecurity

Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos, Technical University of Denmark, DTU

11.45

Discussion

12.00

Lunch

13.30

AI and Biotech: from Data to Technological Innovation

Sanne Abeln, University Utrecht

14.00

A Smarter Lab? Ethical Implications of AI Use on Biomedical Expertise

Isis Hazewindus, Leiden University Medical Center

14.30

AI Biotechnology Convergence in the Strategic Age: a Double Governance Challenge

Ruth Mampuys, The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR)

15.00

Coffee / tea break

15.30

Generative AI-guided Design of Bacteriophages (online presentation)

Samuel Hyo-nam King, Stanford University 

16.00

Accelerating Biology: Governing the Convergence of AI and Synthetic Biology

Markus Schmidt, Biofaction

16.30

Discussion

17.00

Drinks

 

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The symposium is free of charge, but registration via the registration form is compulsory.