The 20th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition (IBS2026)

Program

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

Professor

The University of Texas Austin, USA

Shota Atsumi

Professor

University of California, Davis (UC Davis), USA

Choowong Auesukaree

Associate Professor

Mahidol University, Thailand

Takayoshi Awakawa

Docter

RIKEN, Japan

Fengwu Bai

Professor

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

Uwe Bornscheuer

Professor

Greifswald University, Germany

Matthew Chang

Professor

National Singapore University, Singapore

Chyi-Shin Chen

Docter

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Japan

Lei Cheng

Docter

Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China

Byung-Kwan Cho

Professor

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

Junsang Doh

Professor

Seoul National University, Korea

Yan Feng

Professor

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Tomohisa Hasunuma

Professor

Kobe University, Japan

Vayu Hill-Maini

Assistant Professor

Stanford University, USA

Yu-Chen (Andy) Hu

Professor

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Hyun Ah Kang

Professor

Chung-Ang University, Korea

Romas Kazlauskas

Professor

University of Minnesota, USA

Eung-Soo Kim

Professor

Inha University, Korea

Shanshan Luo

Assistant Professor

Tsinghua University, China

Shawn McGlynn

Docter

Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Jenny Mortimer

Professor

The University of Adelaide, Australia

Pablo Iván Nikel

Professor

Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

Keiji Nishida

Professor

Kobe University, Japan

Kristala L. Jones Prather

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

SangWoo Seo

Professor

Seoul National University, Korea

Hiroshi Takagi

Professor

Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan

Mitsuo Umetsu

Professor

Tohoku University, Japan

Chong Zhang

Professor

Tsinghua University, China

Yongjin J. Zhou

Professor

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China