SynBioBeta 2026 Speaker

Ben Kellogg

Bunsen Studio

CEO

Ben is a veteran scientific storyteller and strategist who has helped some of the leading thinkers of our time nail their narrative. He spent over a decade with the TED Conference, training scientists to distill their ideas and deliver them with gusto. After founding a PR firm focused on frontier biotech, he now advises Congress on biotech strategy through the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology.He knows firsthand how crucial it is for cutting-edge companies to explain their technology to non-scientists and investors โ€” but he could never find an agency that did it effectively. So he co-founded Bunsen to be the world's leading creative agency for frontier science companies: the one shop that truly understands what they do, and how to get people excited about it.He lives in New York.

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Reagan

Jarvis

Anocca AB

CEO, Co-founder

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Alex

Rives

CZI Biohub

Head of Science

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Karenโ€ฏ

Akinsanya

Schrodinger

President, R&D โ€“ Therapeutics

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Christopher

Arendt

Takeda

CSO, Head of Research

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Stef

van Grieken

Cradle

CEO

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Michael

Koeris

DARPA

Director, BTO

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Jennifer

Dionne

Pumpkinseed

CEO

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Daniyal

Hussain

GSK

Exec. Dir., Tech BD

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Cynthia

Hong

Novartis

Dir., Search & Evaluation

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Sarah Lynn

Tao

CSL Behring

Sr. Dir., S&E; Ig TA & Tech Lead

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SynBioBeta 2027 May 3-6, San Jose, California