On July 8th-9th 2016 scientists from around the world will convene in Edinburgh at Dynamic Earth to discuss the progress of the international synthetic yeast genome project as well as other advances in genome engineering including genome assembly methodologies, mammalian synthetic biology, lab automation and software development for synthetic biology. Spotlight: Wyss Core Faculty member Pam Silver will present the second keynote, and Wyss Core Faculty member Jim Collins will present the closing keynote.