2023 Annual Conference Agenda

2023 Annual Conference Agenda

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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2023

1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Registration Desk Open

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tour of ISU BioCentury Research Farm
Pre-registration required

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Tour of ISU Campus and Biorenewables Complex
Pre-registration required

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM IBE Leadership Council Meeting



FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM Registration Desk Open

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Opening Remarks and Keynote Presentation

Opening Remarks: Raj Rao, IBE President

Keynote Presentation: Opportunities and Challenges in Advancing Biobased Chemical Products
Dr. Brent Shanks, Mike and Jean Steffenson Faculty Chair, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University

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9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Break & Poster Set-Up

9:30 AM – 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
  • Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering
    Track Chair: Zengyi Shao

  • Biological Engineering Applications in Industry
    Track Chair: Maxine Jonas

  • From Linear to Circular Bioeconomy Systems
    Track Chair: Brahm Verma
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch On Your Own

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Keynote Presentation: Silo-breaking Approaches to Running a Large, Transdisciplinary Project: A Case Study in Perennial Groundcover Systems
Dr. Raj Raman, Iowa State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

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2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Break

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
  • Bio-Business Career Panel
    Track Chair: Ally Huang

  • Biological Engineering Education - Convergence and Circularity
    Track Chair: Ron Sims

  • Bioenvironmental Engineering
    Track Chair: Adina Howe
5:00 PM DAY ONE ENDS
Dinner On Your Own



SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM Registration Desk Open

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Keynote Presentation: Regenerative Engineering: Enabling the Practice of Regenerative Medicine
Guillermo A. Ameer, Sc.D., Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; Professor of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine

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9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Break & Poster Set-Up

9:30 AM – 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions
  • Beyond "Know your audience": What's Biological Engineering, anyway?
    Claire Kruesel

  • Biological Sensing and Diagnostics 1 (food & agriculture)
    Track Chair: Carmen Gomes

  • Biomedical Engineering Applications (Diseases, Theraputics, Prostheses)
    Track Chair: Rebekah Samsonraj

  • 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch On Your Own

    1:15 PM – 3:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
    • The Data Don't Speak For Themselves: A Storytelling Workshop for Scientists
      Claire Kruesel

    • Biological Sensing and Diagnostics 2 (humans & animals)
      Track Chair: Jonathan Claussen

    • Bioprocessing
      Track Chair: Juliana Vasco-Correa

    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Bioethics Essay Contest Finalists
    Track Chair: David Jones

    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Break

    3:45 PM – 5:30 PM Poster Competition
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    6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Awards Banquet and Dinner