Synthetic chemistry and chemical industry have brought great progress to the society. Since the development of more than two hundred years, it is difficult to further simplify the steps and improve the yield of over complex molecules. Synthetic biology, which has been developing for more than ten years, uses biological natural laws and life systems to precisely complete each step of synthetic reaction, just like a superb synthetic chemistry technician. Instead of considering the development of synthetic biology as an alternative strategy to synthetic chemistry, we should consider whether the integration of the two will bring more possibilities? A chemist and a biologist are invited to discuss how synthetic chemistry and synthetic biology can be integrated to build a sustainable future for human beings.

Moderator

Lu ZHANG, Founding and Managing Partner of Fusion Fund (a.k.a. NewGen capital), Member of Future Forum Youth Council

Keynote Speech

Xiaoguang LEI, Professor, Peking University College of Chemistry, Member of Future Forum YOSIA
Jing-Ke WENG, Associate Professor of Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Member of Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Member of Future Forum YOSIA

Participants

-Jianwei SUN, Member of the Future Forum YOSIA, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
-Guodong WANG, Researcher, Institute of Genetics and Developmental biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Huifeng JIANG, Researcher, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences