Abstract Submission Ends: 31 March 2026
Early Bird Registration Ends: 20 April 2026

Committees

18th Global Summit on Biotechnology & Life Sciences | September 16–18, 2026 Berlin Marriott Hotel, Berlin, Germany

Organizing Committee

Leadership
Prof. Amelia Hartwell
Conference Chair
Department of Bioengineering, University of Toronto
Canada
Prof. Lukas Reinhardt
Co-Chair
Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Zurich
Switzerland
Prof. Naomi Caldwell
Program Chair
School of Life Sciences, University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Prof. Ethan Nakamura
Local Organizing Chair
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Japan
Dr. Sofia Bennett
Secretary
Biotechnology Centre, University of Melbourne
Australia
Dr. Oliver Westfield
Treasurer
Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT
USA

Scientific Advisory Committee

Advisory
Prof. Isabella Monroe
Senior Advisor
Centre for Genomics & Systems Biology, NYU
USA
Prof. Henrik Dahl
Senior Advisor
Department of Biotechnology, Technical University of Denmark
Denmark
Prof. Claire Fontaine
Senior Advisor
Institut de Biologie, Sorbonne University
France
Prof. Adrian Kühn
Advisor
Max Planck Institute (Life Sciences Division)
Germany
Prof. Mia O’Connell
Advisor
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
New Zealand
Prof. Jonas Bergström
Advisor
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Karolinska Institute
Sweden

Program Committee

Tracks
Prof. Grace Whitaker
Track Lead: Molecular Biotechnology
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Prof. Daniel Kremer
Track Lead: Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
Prof. Chloe Sinclair
Track Lead: Biopharma & Translational Science
School of Medicine, University of Sydney
Australia
Prof. Thomas Elridge
Track Lead: Immunology & Vaccines
Department of Immunology, McGill University
Canada
Prof. Aiko Fujimori
Track Lead: Bioinformatics & AI
Institute of Science and Technology, Osaka
Japan
Prof. Nathan Cole
Track Lead: Industrial Biotechnology
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkeley
USA

Session Chairs

Program
Prof. Eleanor Price
Chair: Genomics & Proteomics
School of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
Prof. Samuel Iverson
Chair: Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
Department of Medicine, Stanford University
USA
Prof. Léa Moreau
Chair: Microbiology & Bioprocess
École Polytechnique (Bioprocess Group)
France

Speaker Session Judges

Evaluation
Prof. Victoria Sterling
Judge
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Prof. Marco van Dijk
Judge
Leiden Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Netherlands
Prof. Hannah Cho
Judge
Department of Biotechnology, University of British Columbia
Canada
Prof. Sebastian Krüger
Judge
Department of Life Sciences, LMU Munich
Germany
Prof. Emily Harrison
Judge
School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland
Australia
Prof. Jacob Lindström
Judge
Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
Norway

Poster Session Judges

Evaluation
Prof. Amelia Rowe
Judge
Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Prof. Liam Gallagher
Judge
School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Prof. Sofia Lindgren
Judge
Department of Microbiology, Uppsala University
Sweden
Prof. Aaron Mitchell
Judge
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
USA
Prof. Keiko Tanaka
Judge
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Japan
Prof. Charlotte Nguyen
Judge
School of Pharmacy, Monash University
Australia

Young Research Forum Judges

Evaluation
Prof. Olivia Mercer
Judge
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London
United Kingdom
Prof. Noah Peterson
Judge
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard University
USA
Prof. Sophie Bernard
Judge
Faculty of Science, University of Geneva
Switzerland
Prof. Matthew Clarke
Judge
Department of Life Sciences, University of Auckland
New Zealand
Prof. Ingrid Svensson
Judge
Department of Biotechnology, Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden
Prof. Ethan Walker
Judge
Department of Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
USA