Events | GWG 2021 Conference
Day 1: Wednesday July 28th, 2021
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GWG2021 Introduction and Welcome by David Largaespada, PhD, GWG President
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM
Session One:
Genome Editing for Meeting 21st Century Needs
8:35 AM - 10:05 AM
8:35 - 8:40 AM
Introduction by Session Chair, Perry Hackett, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota
8:40 - 9:05 AM
Jennifer Kuzma, PhD
Goodnight-NCGSK Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Public & International Affairs; Co-founder/co-director of the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center, North Carolina State University
9:05 - 9:30 AM
Alfred De Vries, PhD
Senior Program Officer at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
9:30 - 10:00 AM
Panel discussion moderated by Kevin Davies
Executive Editor, The CRISPR Journal
Panelists: Jennifer Kuzma & Alfred De Vries
10:00 - 10:10 AM
Break
Session Two:
Animal Editing
10:10 AM - 11:55 AM
10:10 - 10:15 AM
Introduction by Session Chair, Tad Sonstegard, PhD
Chief Executive and Scientific Officer at Acceligen
10:15 - 10:25 AM
Peter Atkins
Owner, Westra Atkins Land and Auction LLC, Atkins Herefords
10:25 - 10:45 AM
Kui Li, PhD
Department of Animal Genetic Resources and Breeding, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
10:45 - 11:00 AM
Luhan Yang, PhD
CEO at QihanBio, Co-founder, eGenesisBio
11:00 - 11:20 AM
Wes Wierson, PhD
Leah Labs
11:20 - 11:40 AM
Heather Lombardi, PhD
Director, Division of Animal Bioengineering and Cellular Therapies, FDA
11:40 - 11:55 AM
Break
Lunch hour Keynote
11:55 AM - 12:45 PM
Dana Carroll
Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine
11:55 AM - 12:00 PM
Introduction by Mjay Espina, Graduate Student, Applied Plant Sciences, University of Minnesota
12:00 - 12:30 PM
Dana Carroll, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine
12:30 - 12:40 PM
Q&A with Dr. Carroll
12:40 - 12:45 PM
Break
Session Three:
Plant Editing
12:45 - 2:30 PM
12:45 - 12:50 PM
Introduction by Session Chair, Redeat Tibebu
Graduate student, Plant & Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota
12:50 - 1:10 PM
Jim Gaffney, PhD
General Development Officer - Private Sector Engagement Feed the Future United States Agency for International Development
1:10 - 1:30 PM
Ed Buckler, PhD
Plant geneticist, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Adjunct Professor, Cornell University
1:30 - 1:50 PM
Yiping Qi, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland
1:50 - 2:10 PM
Zach Lippman, PhD
Professor & HHMI Investigator
Jacob Goldfield Professor of Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2:10 - 2:30 PM
Elizabeth Pennisi
Senior correspondent, Science
2:30 - 2:40 PM Break
Wednesday Poster Session & Concurrent FDA Breakout meeting
2:30 - 3:30 PM
Today’s Poster Presenters:
Paul Atkins, NIH
Kelsie Becklin, UMN
Didier Coeurnelle, Heales, Health Life Extension Society
Nate Feltman, UMN
Evan Kleinboehl, UMN
Jitesh Kumar, UMN
Walker Lahr, UMN
Adam Perez, USGS
Sergey Prykhozhij, University of Ottawa Gabrielle Robbins, UMN
Adam Sychla, UMN
Patricia Claudio Vázquez, UMN
Trevor Weiss, UMN
Jordan Welker, UMN
FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine Animal Biotechnology Stakeholder Outreach Session
At this session, the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) will collect feedback from stakeholders on its regulatory process for intentional genomic alterations (IGAs) in animals. The feedback will help CVM to enhance the predictability, transparency, and efficiency of the IGA review process under the Veterinary Innovation Program (VIP). The VIP is available to most IGA developers and is aimed at facilitating advancements in the development of innovative animal products by providing greater certainty in the regulatory process, encouraging development and research, and supporting an efficient and predictable pathway to approval.
At the session, CVM will elaborate on our science- and risk-based approach for IGAs and will provide a brief overview of our risk analysis and review process. The session will conclude with breakout group listening/feedback sessions where stakeholders are encouraged to provide their input.
Please note that this session is separate from the conference. It is open to the public and there is no cost to attend.
Deadline to register: Sunday, July 25th
Session Four:
Genetic Biocontrol
3:30 - 5:30 PM
3:30 - 3:35 PM
Introduction by Session Chair, Adam Sychla
Graduate Student, Dept. of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota
3:35 - 3:45 PM
Maggie Hunter, PhD
US Geological Survey
3:45 - 4:05 PM
Kevin Esvelt, PhD
Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT
4:05 - 4:25 PM
Maciej Maselko, PhD
CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Fellow, Macquarie University
4:25 - 4:45 PM
Michael Smanski, PhD
McKnight Land Grant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota
4:45 - 5:00 PM
Ankit Sabharwal, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic, USA
5:00 - 5:20 PM
Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Director of the documentary Food Evolution, Black Valley Films
5:20 - 7:00 PM
Dinner Break
Session 5:
Evening Keynote
Shawn Otto
CEO, ScienceDebate.org
American novelist, nonfiction author, filmmaker, political strategist
7:00 - 7:15 PM
Introduction by Perry Hackett, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota
7:15 - 8:15 PM
Shawn Otto is an American novelist, nonfiction author, filmmaker, political strategist, speaker, science advocate. He is the author of The War on Science published in 2016 by Milkweed Editions.
8:15 - 8:30 PM
Discussion and Q&A
“Every so often a book comes along that changes the way you view the world. The War on Science: Who’s Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It by Shawn Otto is one of those rare books. If you care about attacks on climate science and the rise of authoritarianism, if you care about biased media coverage or shake-your-head political tomfoolery, this book is for you.”