09:40–10:00

Tea Break

Session 1: CO₂Fixation and Bioconversion: Fundamental Mechanisms and Emerging Platforms

Time

Speaker

Talk Title

Chair

10:00–10:30

Sang Yup Lee
KAIST, Korea

From CO₂to chemicals: microbial biomanufacturing enabled by systems metabolic engineering

Ulrich Schwaneberg

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

10:30–11:00

Stephen W. Ragsdale

University of Michigan Medical School, USA

Carbon dioxide fixation by the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway

11:00–11:20

Haruyuki Atomi
Kyoto University, Japan

Unique metabolism of hyperthermophilic archaea

Ivan Berg
University of Münster, Germany

11:20–11:40

Ulrich Schwaneberg
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Protein engineering of CO₂pathway enzymes and the NRW-CO₂initiative active carbon capture for sustainable synthesis (ACCeSS)

11:40–12:00

Shanshan Luo

Tsinghua University, China

Building artificial photosynthesis: from light reactions to dark reactions

12:00–14:00

Lunch and poster session

Time

Speaker

Talk Title

Chair

14:00–14:20

Kevin Verstrepen
VIB–KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Belgium

Coordinated rewiring of carbon and redox metabolism establishes CO₂-dependent growth in yeast

Wei Xiong

South China University of Technology, China

14:20–14:40

Pablo I. Nikel
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Expanding the Natural and Synthetic One-Carbon Diet ofPseudomonas putida

14:40–15:00

Yongjin Zhou
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China

Methanol-powered yeast surpasses sugar toward low-carbon biomanufacturing

15:00–15:20

Xixian Chen
A*STAR Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, Singapore

Engineering orthogonal C1 assimilation pathways for sustainable biomanufacturing

15:20–15:40

Tea Break

Session 3 — Renewable-Energy-Driven CO₂Fixation and Conversion

Time

Speaker

Talk Title

Chair

15:40–16:00

Wei Xiong

South China University of Technology, China

Microbial photoeletrosynthesis

Pablo I. Nikel
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

16:00–16:20

Yongqin Lv
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

Biomimetic capture and electro-bio synergistic catalysis: a new path for high-value CO₂utilization

16:20–16:40

Lin Su
Queen Mary University of London, UK

Green biomanufacturing through light-driven biohybrid systems

16:40–17:00

Bo Wang
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS, China

Artificial photosynthetic hydrogel platform

17:00–17:20

Jingjing Xie
Nanjing Tech University, China

Light-driven bioelectrosynthesis: efficient construction of photoelectrodes and biohybrids

17:20–20:30

Dinner and poster session

Time

Speaker

Talk Title

Chair

09:00–09:20

Lars Nielsen
The University of Queensland, Australia

Toward precise kinetic models of acetogen metabolism

Shanshan Luo

Tsinghua University, China

09:20–09:40

Shuangyan Han
South China University of Technology, China

Construction of a methanol-tolerantPichia pastorischassis and heterologous biosynthesis of bakuchiol

09:40–10:00

Wei Chao / Yuechao Ma
Beijing Shougang LanzaTech Co., Ltd., China

Integrated biofermentation technology for co-production of ethanol and microbial protein from industrial off-gas

10:00–10:20

Shaofeng Li
University of Science and Technology of China, China

A new process for catalytically converting carbon dioxide

10:20–10:40

Tea Break

10:40–11:00

Takuro Nunoura
JAMSTEC, Japan

CO₂Fixation by (hyper)thermophilic heterotrophic archaea and bacteria

Kevin Verstrepen
VIB–KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Belgium

11:00–11:20

Esteban Marcellin
The University of Queensland, Australia

From CO₂to bioplastics: chemostat-guided bioprocess engineering ofCupriavidus necator

11:20–11:40

Jean-Didier Maréchal

The Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Computational insights on the synergetic role of carbonate ions in iron protein carriers

11:40–12:00

Yude Su

University of Science and Technology of China, China

Sustainable energy-powered microbial CO₂fixation

12:00–14:00

Lunch and poster session

Time

Speaker

Talk Title

Chair

14:00–14:20

Diethard Mattanovich
BOKU University, Austria

Efficient yeast platforms for the conversion of methanol to biobased chemicals

Lingling Zhang
Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, CAS, China

14:20–14:40

Qiang Fei
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Bio-valorization of greenhouse gases by engineered methanotrophs

14:40–15:00

Luciana Fernandes de Brito
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Methanol-to-products: engineeringBacillus methanolicusfor sustainable biomanufacturing

15:00–15:20

Steffen Lindner
Charité University Medicine Berlin,Germany

Towards growth-coupled bioproduction from C1 carbon sources

15:20–15:40

Tea Break

15:40–16:00

Volker F. Wendisch
Bielefeld University, Germany

Direct, combined and indirect utilization of C1 compounds for the production of aromatics and carotenoids byCorynebacterium glutamicum

Esteban Marcellin
University of Queensland, Australia

16:00–16:20

Bastian Molitor
Leipzig University, Germany

Metabolic engineering ofMethanothermobacter thermautotrophicusfor bioproduction beyond methane

16:20–16:40

Enrico Orsi
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Growth-coupled selection drives evolution of Rubisco promiscuity towards formate-based glycolate production

16:40–17:00

Lingling Zhang
Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, CAS, China

CO₂transformation: electro-bio approach

17:00–20:30

Dinner and poster session

Time

Speaker

Talk Title

Chair

09:00–09:30

Ron Milo
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Microbial food call to action: microbes to eat CO₂; humans to eat microbes

Yu Wang
Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, CAS, China

09:30–09:50

Yonghua Li-Beisson
Aix-Marseille University, France

From CO₂to carbon storage, what microalgae have to offer?

09:50–10:10

Fernando Pérez-García

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Carbon-efficient access of seaweed sugars in microbial bioprocesses

10:10–10:30

Sammy Pontrelli
KU Leuven & VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology, Belgium

High-flux enzyme reactions as engines of molecular diversification in the marine carbon cycle

10:30–10:50

Tea Break

10:50–11:20

Ivan Berg
University of Münster, Germany

Natural autotrophic CO₂fixation pathways and their energetic efficiency

Yonghua Li-Beisson
Aix-Marseille University, France

11:20–11:40

Johannes G. Rebelein
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf & Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Beyond nitrogen fixation: rewiring nitrogenases for CO₂valorization

11:40–12:00

Yu Wang
Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, CAS, China

Single-cell protein synthesis from CO₂-derived methanol with evolvedBacillus methanolicus

12:00–12:20

Closing Ceremony