BioZone is proud to host Challenges and Opportunities in Biotechnologies for CO2 Conversion, a symposium and workshop to be held on June 21-22, 2023 at the Hart House at University of Toronto.
The goal of this workshop is to connect industry and academic participants to (1) identify the fundamental technical and regulatory challenges impeding the application of biotechnologies for CO2 capture and conversion to value-added products such as fuels and materials; and (2) to initiate the development of research consortia to solve these challenges.
We welcome participation from university faculty, industry researchers, students, and other trainees working in this area. Students and postdocs are encouraged to submit posters for our evening poster session.
For more information or registration details, please contact Jordan Wosnick.
Day 1 Symposium Agenda (Wed, June 21, 2023)
Music Room -- Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto (Univ. of Toronto Campus)
| Slot | Description |
|---|---|
| 8:15am | Registration / Breakfast |
| 8:40 | Introductions and Welcome: Krishna Mahadevan (BioZone / Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto) Ramin Farnood (Chair, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto) Chris Yip (Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto) |
| 9:00 | Ted Sargent (Northwestern / Toronto) Electrofixing CO2 for bioupgrade |
| 9:40 | David Sinton (Toronto) The Climate Positive Energy network at UofT and our electrocatalytic CO2 conversion effort |
| 10:20 | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 | Pam Silver (Harvard) Designing biological systems for sustainability |
| 11:20 | Ron Milo (Weizmann Institute of Science) Teaching E. coli to fix carbon |
| 12:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 | David Leys (Manchester) The carboxylase side of the UbiD enzyme family |
| 1:40 | Nico Claassens (Wageningen) Electro-microbial CO2-based production - combining the best of chemistry and (synthetic) biology |
| 2:20 | James Clomburg (LanzaTech) Stepping on the gas towards a circular economy: Engineering gas-fermenting organisms for carbon-negative biomanufacturing |
| 3:00 | Coffee Break |
| 3:20 | Andrea Ramirez (Delft) Shaping the development of sustainable carbon utilization technologies using ex-ante TEA and LCA |
| 4:00 | Alfred Spormann (Stanford / CORC) Capture and conversion of CO2 at scale |
| 4:40 | Elizabeth Edwards (BioZone / Toronto) Open Science at BioZone |
| 5:00 | Poster Session |
| 6:30 | Dinner |
Day 2 Workshop Agenda (Thu, June 22, 2023)
(for faculty, principal investigators, and industry representatives)
Music Room -- Hart House, and other locations TBC (Univ. of Toronto Campus)
| Slot | Description |
|---|---|
| 8:15 | Breakfast |
| 8:40 | Breakout discussion groups: Group 1 -- Anaerobic digestion and CO2 conversion (hosted by Chris Lawson) Group 2 -- Coupling electrochemistry and microbial approaches for CO2 conversion (hosted by Krishna Mahadevan) Group 3 -- Enzymes for CO2 capture and conversion (hosted by Elizabeth Edwards) |
| 11:30 | Breakout discussion round-up |
| 12:00pm | Lunch and concluding remarks |
| 1:00 | Workshop concludes |
