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SBR 2026 Time Table
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Day 1 - Wednesday
October 28, 2026
Central European Time (CET)Morning
Pitching Competition TRL 1-4
Pitching Competition TRL 5-9
SynBio World Cafe - Session 1
The SynBio World Café makes a special guest appearance at the SynBioReactor. Inserting its signature, group discussion-driven format directly into the program. Mirroring this year’s Reactor topics, the World Café offers attendees a hands-on opportunity to join the conversation, on: the founders journey artificial intelligence bio-scale up green chemistry bio-defense & supply chain resilience Share your perspectives, and engage directly with experts on site. Instead of lectures, this session creates space for open, moderated table discussions where participants from science, startups, industry, policy, and investment exchange ideas on real challenges and future opportunities in synthetic biology. Chose your session, contribute to the conversation and help shape collective thinking around innovation, sustainability, regulation, and commercialization.
From Materials to Biochips: Turning Magneto-responsive Optically Active Proteins into Quantum Biosensors
The slow revolution of Biomanufacturing - Insights and perspectives from BCG
SynBio World Cafe - Session 2
The SynBio World Café makes a special guest appearance at the SynBioReactor. Inserting its signature, group discussion-driven format directly into the program. Mirroring this year’s Reactor topics, the World Café offers attendees a hands-on opportunity to join the conversation, on: the founders journey artificial intelligence bio-scale up green chemistry bio-defense & supply chain resilience Share your perspectives, and engage directly with experts on site. Instead of lectures, this session creates space for open, moderated table discussions where participants from science, startups, industry, policy, and investment exchange ideas on real challenges and future opportunities in synthetic biology. Chose your session, contribute to the conversation and help shape collective thinking around innovation, sustainability, regulation, and commercialization.
Made with Biology Funding Napkin 2025
W3
SynBio World Cafe - Session 3
SBWC3
Gasfermentation technologies
S2
Afternoon
Scaling product to market
S4
SynBio World Cafe - Session 4
SBWC4
Economic and Environmental Evaluation Supporting Sustainability Certification
W2
The new Resilience Premium?
R2
Award Ceremony and Closing
Day 2 - Thursday
October 29, 2026
Central European Time (CET)Morning
Opening
Lighthouse Keynote
P1
Biomanufacturing in Times of Uncertainty: Building Resiliency not Sustainability
R1
Scaling x AI
A4
Afternoon
Defense Technologies
D3
Enabling Scale-Up: Research and Pilot Facilities for Bioenergy Production
S1
From Data to Decisions: How AI Agents Democratize Bioinformatics and Accelerate R&D
A3
The Unscripted Path: Navigating Innovation, Impact and Ecosystems
TransBIB: Scale-Up Support in Germany
Green Chemistry: its approach and recent development
G1
More Than Just Genes: Accelerating Discovery Through Synthetic Biology
Financing Hardware
S6
Invention to Patent: How to File IP
Mastering Your Message: How to Craft a Compelling Narrative for Your Startup
E2
The Biodefense Imperative: Securing the Biological Frontier
D2
Green Chemistry and Synbio: Finding opportunities for collaboration and synergies
G3
Plants and their chloroplasts: a scalable production platform
S5