From the outset of this millennium, application of biotechnology for sustainability aims was focused on biofuel ventures, then thought to be the likely successors to a petroleum-fueled transportation system. Vehicle electrification – including long-haul freight trucks – eventually took over that mantle with the rise of lithium-ion batteries, and the failure or strategic pivot of most biofuels startups. Today, areas like sustainable agriculture, advanced materials and chemicals, and waste valorization continue to represent promising applications of sustainable biotechnology, while innovations such as CRISPR gene editing, artificial intelligence, and computational DNA techniques are enabling platform-as-a-service biotech businesses that are more likely to serve the healthcare and energy industries, simultaneously. Join other industrial biotechnology experts, entrepreneurs and investors for breakfast, coffee, and networking, and hear from our panel on the state of industrial biotech innovation today, and its likely trajectory in the next decade.