BioInspired! So What? Now What!

The third annual San Diego Zoo Biomimicry Conference was held on April 14-15, 2011.  The two-day event fostered many new interdisciplinary relationships and received overwhelmingly positive reviews from attendees.  There were over 250 people in attendance from throughout the nation and around the world, including Denmark, Switzerland, Canada and Brazil.  This conference received significant media coverage, including 3 front-page articles on the San Diego Daily Transcript.  The focus of the conference was on the positive economic and environmental impact of bio-inspired innovation and how existing companies and researchers have gone through the design process from concept to completion.