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While the 2024 Agenda is being finalized, the previous year's schedule is posted for reference.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Name
1:00 PM – 6:00 PM	Registration Desk Open
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM	Tour of ISU BioCentury Research Farm Pre-registration required
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM	Tour of ISU Campus and Biorenewables Complex Pre-registration required
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM	Welcome Reception
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM	IBE Leadership Council Meeting

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Name
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM	Registration Desk Open
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM	Opening Remarks and Keynote Presentation Opening Remarks: Raj Rao, IBE President Keynote Presentation: Opportunities and Challenges in Advancing Bio-based Chemical Products Dr. Brent Shanks, Mike and Jean Steffenson Faculty Chair, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University More Information
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM	Break & Poster Set-Up
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering Track Chair: Zengyi Shao Biological Engineering Applications in Industry Track Chair: Maxine Jonas From Linear to Circular Bioeconomy Systems Track Chair: Brahm Verma
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM	Lunch On Your Own
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM	Keynote Presentation: Silo-breaking Approaches to Running a Large, Transdisciplinary Project: A Case Study in Perennial Ground cover Systems Dr. Raj Raman, Iowa State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering More Information
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM	Break
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions Bio-Business Career Panel Track Chair: Ally Huang Biological Engineering Education - Convergence and Circularity Track Chair: Ron Sims Bioenvironmental Engineering Track Chair: Adina Howe
5:00 PM	DAY ONE ENDS Dinner On Your Own

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Name
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM	Registration Desk Open
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM	Keynote Presentation: Regenerative Engineering: Enabling the Practice of Regenerative Medicine Guillermo A. Ameer, Sc.D., Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering; Professor of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine More Information
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM	Break & Poster Set-Up
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions Beyond "Know your audience": What's Biological Engineering, anyway? Claire Kruesel Biological Sensing and Diagnostics 1 (food & agriculture) Track Chair: Carmen Gomes Biomedical Engineering Applications (Diseases, Therapeutics, Prostheses) Track Chair: Rebekah Samsonraj
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM	Lunch On Your Own
1:15 PM – 3:30 PM	Concurrent Sessions The Data Don't Speak For Themselves: A Storytelling Workshop for Scientists Claire Kruesel Biological Sensing and Diagnostics 2 (humans & animals) Track Chair: Jonathan Claussen Bioprocessing Track Chair: Juliana Vasco-Correa
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM	Bioethics Essay Contest Finalists Track Chair: David Jones
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM	Break
3:45 PM – 5:30 PM	Poster Competition Click here for poster titles and presenters
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM	Award's Banquet and Dinner