Program and Invitation

  • 13.00 Welcome: The City of Stockholm – Madeleine Sjöstedt, Vice Mayor
  • 13.05 Introduction: Why this Meeting? – Bo Andér, The City of Stockholm/Mats Brodén,
    The Material Point/Eva Krutmeijer, Moderator
  • 13.10 Why Biodiversity? – Johan Bodegård, slu
  • 13.30 The Encyclopedia of Life – James L. Edwards, eol
  • 14.00 Discussion with EOL, Swedish Species Information Center, FishBase, The Swedish Museum of National History. KEW/Royal Botanic Garden. and more.
  • 14.30 Coffee
  • Biomimetics or Bioinspired Materials and Engineering
  • 14.55 Christofer Allen, Biomimcry Institute and Ask Nature.
  • Three examples of how plants and animals inspire innovations and new technology. What can we learn from nature?
  • 15.05 Unfolding Value in a Tree – Tuula Teeri, Biomime/kth
  • 15.20 Unfolding Value in a Rat – Tom Ziemke The University of Skövde
  • 15.35 Unfolding Value in a Jellyfish – Shabira Abbas, sca
  • 15.50 A Design Perspective – Teo Enlund, University College of Arts, Crafts
    and Design/Konstfack
  • ca 16.05 Discussion and Feedback from Students
  • 17.00 Concluding Remarks – James L. Edwards, eol
  • ca 17.10 Mingle and Dinner