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Global Future Council on Generative Biology

About the Global Future Council on Generative Biology

The future of generative biology is poised to revolutionize biotechnology as we know it. Breakthroughs in big data, compute power, generative AI algorithms, and advanced biotechnologies promise unprecedented advancements in medicine, agriculture, and environmental sustainability.

How can we develop technologies and ethical standards to pave the way for generative biology to revolutionize societies, industries, and economies in the coming decade?

Co-Chairs

Ezhil Subbian

Chief Executive Officer, String Bio

Matthew Chang

Professor and Executive Director, National University of Singapore

Members

Adam Burja

Alok Medikepura Anil

Founder and Managing Director at Next Big Innovation Labs

Asako Koike

General Manager, Technology Strategy Office, Research and Development Group at Hitachi Ltd

Chantal Shen

Chief Scientist, Synthetic Biology at BGI Research

Ezhil Subbian

Chief Executive Officer at String Bio

Faisal Khan

Founder at Neobiology Institute

Habiba Al Safar

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR)

India Hook-Barnard

Chief Executive Officer at Engineering Biology Research Consortium

Jaime Yassif

CBRN Threat Modeler Lead at Google DeepMind

Matthew Chang

Professor and Executive Director at National University of Singapore

Megan Palmer

Adviser, Responsible Innovation and Security

Mengdi Wang

Founding Co-Director, Artificial Intelligence for Accelerating Invention at Princeton University

Nikola Biller-Andorno

Director, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME) at University of Zurich

Patrick Rose

Innovation Manager at Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIN-D)

Paul Freemont

Co-Director, Innovation and Knowledge Centre for Synthetic Biology at Imperial College London

Qing Zhang

Managing Director at LDV Partners

Richard Johnson

Distinguished Visiting Fellow at iGEM Foundation

Tamra Spielvogel

Legislative & Regulatory Affairs Advisor

Wataru Mizunashi

Senior Strategist, Technology-Innovation Strategy Centre at New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Council Manager

Brynne Stanton

Centre for Frontier Technologies and Innovation, World Economic Forum

Council's Publications

Forum Agenda

Health and Healthcare Systems...

Generative AI in life sciences is helping us reimagine the future of human health

Cybersecurity...

Generative biology: Immense opportunity but how should security play catch up?

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