The 20th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition (IBS2026)

CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS

We are pleased to announce the following confirmed Invited speakers. Keep an eye out on this website for any updates.

Hal Alper

The University of Texas Austin, USA

Shota Atsumi

University of California, Davis (UC Davis), USA

Choowong Auesukaree

Mahidol University, Thailand

Takayoshi Awakawa

RIKEN, Japan

Fengwu Bai

Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Chair, IUPAC Subcommittee on Biotechnology, China

Uwe Bornscheuer

Greifswald University, Germany

Pimchai Chaiyen

Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), USA

Matthew Chang

National Singapore University, Singapore

Chyi-Shin Chen

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Japan

Lei Cheng

Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China

Byung-Kwan Cho

Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Korea

Junsang Doh

Seoul National University, Korea

Yan Feng

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Shinsuke Fujiwara

Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

Junji Fukuda

Yokohama National University, Japan

Jean-Marc GHIGO

Institut Pasteur, France

Man Bock Gu

Korea University, Korea

Tomohisa Hasunuma

Kobe University, Japan

Vayu Hill-Maini

Stanford University, USA

Kate Howell

The University of Melbourne, Australia

Yu-Chen (Andy) Hu

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Hahk-Soo Kang

Konkuk University, Korea

Hyun Ah Kang

Chung-Ang University, Korea

Romas Kazlauskas

University of Minnesota, USA

Eung-Soo Kim

Inha University, Korea

Chi-Wei Lan

Yuan Ze University, Taiwan

Shanshan Luo

Tsinghua University, China

Michele Mazzanti

University of Milan, Italy

Shawn McGlynn

Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Jenny Mortimer

The University of Adelaide, Australia

Pablo Iván Nikel

Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

Keiji Nishida

Kobe University, Japan

Kristala L. Jones Prather

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

SangWoo Seo

Seoul National University, Korea

Hiroshi Takagi

Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan

Mitsuo Umetsu

Tohoku University, Japan

Chong Zhang

Tsinghua University, China

Xing-Qing Zhao

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Yongjin J. Zhou

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China