Richard Kitney
Professor of Biomedical Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, UK
When
4th-5th Dec 2017
Registration from 8am
Where
London, UK
Novotel London West
Global Engage is pleased to announce the 2017 Global Synthetic Biology & Gene Editing Congress, as part of our 4Bio event.
The 4th Global Synthetic Biology & Gene Editing Congress is one of 4 strands that make up the 4th 4BIO Summit. The other 4BIO strands are the 5th qPCR & Digital PCR Congress, 3rd Microfluidics Congress and new for 2017 the NGS Tech & Applications Congress.
The 4BIO Summit will provide an interactive networking forum to both further develop and answer your queries through a vibrant exhibition room full of technology providers showcasing their technologies and other solutions, poster presentation sessions, expert led case study presentations and interactive Q&A sessions from a 100 + speaker faculty.
Synthetic Biology Featured Speakers
Synthetic biology continues to be an exciting and rapidly developing area in the life sciences with the potential to revolutionise many aspects of society. As advances in gene editing and synthesis techniques continue to accelerate, this congress brings together experts in academia and industry to network and share ideas, and provides the opportunity for successful start-ups to showcase the commercial potential of synthetic biology. With a focus on healthcare and investment, this interactive meeting will allow you to keep up to date with cutting edge of of research and tool development, access to case studies on drug discovery, therapeutics and technologies, and the opportunity to make connections with academics, entrepreneurs, investors and businesses in your field.
PLOSONE editor, Mark Isalan, discusses the potential of synthetic biology to treat Huntington’s disease in this free online presentation.
This strand of the 4BIO agenda is designed for experts working in genome engineering, gene editing technological developments, protein design, the Synthetic Biology & Gene Editing congress will examine the latest developments in tools and platforms for synthetic biology and its applications in healthcare and human sciences, and will look ahead to the future of the field. To this end the conference will include a number of early career researcher presentations to allow the audience to engage with some of the up-and-coming names in the field, as well as the opportunity for successful start-ups to showcase the commercial potential of synthetic biology.
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For updates on the congress agenda, plus free resources and reports as and when our speakers authorise their release, please complete this quick form.
2017 sponsors include
Novotel London West
1 Shortlands, Hammersmith International Centre, LONDON, W6 8DR, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel +44 (0) 208 741 1555 | Email [email protected]
Novotel London West is the flagship hotel of the Accor Group. It provides the ultimate conference, exhibition and meeting facilities.
Just minutes from three of London’s main tube lines, it is the perfect meeting location. Coupled with 26 awards for excellence gained over the past seven years, Novotel London West has become the venue of choice for conferences of this size.
Getting there
30 minutes from London Heathrow Airport via the M4.
Exit for Hammersmith.
3 minutes walk from Hammersmith tube station on the Piccadilly, District and Circle lines.
Closest National Rail train station is Kensington Olympia (20 minutes walk).
Bus to central London, route numbers 9 and 10.
Main coach station, 3 minutes walk.
Parking
Being a London venue, we recommend public transport to reach the venue. However there is an option to pay for parking at the venue.
Residential parking rate is £1.50/ hour
Non-residential parking rate is £3.50/ hour
OFFER SUBJECT TO APPROVAL
Offer is limited to 30 places.
Not applicable for solution provider companies or compatible with any other offers or discount codes.
Confirmation of your booking
You will be asked a complete a questionnaire. When this is completed and returned to us your place is guaranteed.
Non-Attendance
An administration fee of £75 to cover catering costs is payable for non-attendance. Our standard cancellation terms apply.
Option 1 – Please phone +44 (0) 1865 849841 and we will take your details over the phone
Option 2 – Please complete the form below to pay online
FREE
Free for hospitals, medical doctors, university academics & NFP employees. Offer not applicable to employees from solution providers who should select the option below.
£999.00
Fee for representatives of organisations offering services and/or business & technology solutions and also to business consultants.
Poster presentation sessions will take place in breaks and alongside the other breakout sessions of the conference. Your presentation will be displayed in a dedicated area, with the other accepted posters from industry and academic presenters.
We also issue a poster eBook to all attendees with your full abstract in and can share your poster as a PDF after the meeting if you desire (optional).
Whether looking for funding, employment opportunities, or simply wanting to share your work with a like-minded and focused group, these are an excellent way to join the heart of this congress.
In order to present a poster at the forum you need to be registered as a delegate. Please note that there is limited space available and poster space is assigned on a first come first served basis (subject to checks and successful registration).
We charge an admin fee of £100 to industry delegates to present, that goes towards the shared cost of providing the poster presentation area and display boards, guides etc. This fee is waived for those representing academic institutions and not for profit organisations.
Submission instructions
We will require the form (downloadable below) to be submitted by the 17th of November. This is the formal deadline however space is another limiting factor so early application is recommended. Therefore please contact us with any questions you have as soon as possible.
Submission Form
To submit your poster please complete the form below.
Posters should be presented as A0 or US equivalent, size E (841mm x 1189mm or 34 x 44 inches respectively) in portrait orientation. In order to present a poster at the forum, you need to be registered as a delegate.
The congress this afternoon has been really interesting. I’ve definitely learnt something from the other speakers that were in my session and the panel debate was really interesting.
Partner Attorney and Partner, Kilburn & Stroud LLP, UK
The work that Global Engage have put into this conference is fantastic. We are seeing that we have access to a lot of leader groups. It was very engaging, we’ve seen a lot of good people, there were plenty of questions, and we can see that we’re really targeting the right audience for this new product.
Agilent Technologies
I’ve enjoyed the Synthetic Biology Congress very much because here there is a mix of academics, industry, national institutes like us, as well as people from different funding bodies. So the interaction has been very fruitful for us, I’m taking back a lot of contacts with whom I will be in touch.
Research Scientist, National Physical Laboratory
Our sponsorship packages offer a wide range of attendance options to suit your budget and business needs in order to maximize return on investment.
If there is any other way you would like to sponsor or increase branding for your company at the event, please get in touch and we will be able to offer you a bespoke service.
You will be able to select which delegates you would like to meet in a series of prearranged twenty-minute one-to-one meetings, held during breakout sessions from the main conference agenda. In order to assist you with your choices, ten days before the conference we will provide you with profiles of all attending delegates and once you have made your choices we will combine this with delegate choices to provide you with a confirmed meetings schedule for the conference. Our conference team will be available at the sessions to ensure all your meetings take place on time.
Host your own half or full day pre or post event workshop to a dedicated audience around a subject of your choice. Global Engage will assist with the marketing of your workshop to provide a guaranteed audience.
Market to our event database and / or increase brand awareness through taking a poster position or sponsoring one of the refreshment breaks, lunches, drinks receptions or poster sessions. This can be supplemented by branding options such as placing your logo on the attendee lanyards or conference bags.
Showcase your technologies and products throughout the conference in the dedicated exhibition areas where all refreshment breaks and lunches take place, as well as the networking drinks reception at the end of day one.
Options include:
For further details please contact
Steve Hambrook, Conference Director
Telephone +44 (0) 1865 849841 or
email [email protected]
Call us on +44 (0)1865 849 841
For details on attendees, packages and new opportunities, please contact our sponsorship team who will quickly provide everything you need to assess the conference for yourself.
