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All events will take place at the RGP center except the Welcome Reception on Day 1.

Day 1: Agenda

8:00 – 9:00 AM
Breakfast & Registration

9:00 – 9:20 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Rice Synthetic Biology Institute (RSBI) Leadership

9:20 – 10:20 AM
Session 1: Center Snapshots – Histories, Missions, and Models

10:20 – 10:30 AM
Networking Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:00 AM
Session 1 Continued

11:00 – 11:15 AM
Networking Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:30 PM
Session 2: Organizing Research & Creating Shared Resources

12:30 – 2:00 PM
Lunch

2:00 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Groups
Group 1
Shared infrastructure and cross-institutional research projects
Group 2
Ethics and policy in synthetic biology

3:30 – 4:00 PM
Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:00 PM
Group Presentations & Open Discussion

5:00 – 6:30 PM
Cocktail Reception – RGP Garden

7:30 – 9:00 PM
Welcome Dinner – Malro (Tentative)

Day 2: Agenda

8:00 – 9:00 AM
Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30 AM
Program Overview - Special Session

9:30 – 10:15 AM
Session 3: Education & Workforce Development

10:15 – 10:30 AM
Networking Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:15 PM
Session 4: Translational Impact – From Research to Human Therapeutics and Industry Research

11:15 – 11:30 AM
Networking Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30 PM
Session 4 Continued

12:30 – 2:00 PM
Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Breakout Groups
Group 3
International degree programs and student mobility
Group 4
Funding and sustainability (Models for academic and translational research)

3:00 – 3:30 PM
Networking Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:00 PM
Group Presentations & Action Planning
Breakout group presents solutions and action items, open discussion on next steps for collaboration

4:00 – 4:30 PM
Summit Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks
Synthesis of key outcomes, announcement of working groups & follow-up plans, invitation to next summit (if needed)

4:30 PM
Cocktail Reception – RGP Garden

Welcome Dinner & Conference Reception

Welcome Dinner – September 29th (7:30 - 9:00 PM)

Join us for dinner & networking at Malro (Venue subject to change)

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Conference Reception – September 30th (4:30 PM)

Enjoy cocktails & snacks to celebrate!

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