Food security is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity. For a sustainable future, we need to ensure that people across the world can be fed adequately and nutritiously with minimal impact on biodiversity, climate and our wider natural environment.
This Imperial Global USA event will present leading edge R&D on the development of sustainable protein alternatives and showcase technology at the intersection of biotech and climate change adaptation.
It will mark the US launch of Imperial’s Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein. The new Centre at Imperial will address the critical global issue of our current unsustainable and environmentally damaging food ecosystems.
Welcome remarks from:
- Prof. Hugh Brady, President, Imperial
- Dr. Noël Bakhtian, Director of Tech Acceleration, Bezos Earth Fund
The opening presentation will be given by Dr. Rodrigo Ledesma Amaro, Centre Director, Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein, Department of Bioengineering and the Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation at Imperial. The discussion will be moderated by Prof. Mary Ryan, Vice-Provost (Research & Enterprise), Imperial. Other speakers include:
- Ilya Sheyman, CEO, The Good Food Institute
- Tim Geistlinger, Chief Scientific Officer, Perfect Day
- Dr. Lynn Rothschild, Senior Research Scientist, Bio and Bio-Inspired Technologies, NASA
If you are interested in attending, please contact international.relations@imperial.ac.uk
Dr Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro, Reader, Synthetic Biology Department of Bioengineering, Imperial
Professor Hugh Brady, President, Imperial College London
Dr. Noël Bakhtian, Director of Tech Acceleration, Bezos Earth Fund
Professor Mary Ryan, Vice-Provost (Research and Enterprise), Imperial College London
Ilya Sheyman, CEO, The Good Food Institute
Tim Geistlinger, Chief Scientific Officer, Perfect Day
Dr Lynn Rothschild, Senior Research Scientist, Bio and Bio-Inspired Technologies, NASA
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Imperial is pleased to be opening Imperial Global USA, a new representative office dedicated to building transatlantic networks and partnerships at the forefront of emerging and enabling technology development and scientific discovery.The new hub will make it even easier for innovators partnering on both sides of the Atlantic to fund and scale their research and maximise Imperial’s potential as a force for good in the world.
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