Fireside Chat with George Church

Join us for a conversation with the Founding Father of the Genomic Age & an Industry Titan.

George Church is one of the most influential scientists alive. A professor of genetics at Harvard and MIT, he helped launch the Human Genome Project and developed the first method to read a genome directly. Known as the father of synthetic biology, he was among the first to turn CRISPR into a tool for editing human cells, and his ideas have spun out more than 50 companies at the frontier of medicine and biotechnology. Today he is co-founder of Colossal Biosciences, the company working to bring the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and other lost species back from extinction.

In this fireside chat, George Church will share what a lifetime at the edge of the possible has taught him: how to read and rewrite the code of life, why the wildest ideas are often the ones worth chasing, and where the science of genetics is taking humanity next. Whether you are drawn to medicine, biotechnology, entrepreneurship, or simply the biggest questions about life itself, this is a rare chance to learn from the scientist rewriting the boundaries of biology.