I hope everyone and family/friends are well and coping with covid-19.  We certainly are living in interesting times.

I have updated upcoming events: some have rescheduled later in the year, some have gone virtual, a few are being optimistic.  If you are interested in attending any of these events, please check the source for changes.

A colleague who is involved in the innovation community mentioned that it is buzzing with ideas around covid-19. such as  https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/media-gallery/21126839/tale-of-covid19-crisis-inspiring-innovations  and https://healthtransformer.co/call-for-covid-19-innovation-8a37a87387fb, while Innocentive posted a number of covid-19 challenges in mid-April at https://mailchi.mp/innocentive/new-bulletin-july-11-1544515?e=9155102a28.  He asked if there is similar activity in the biom*.  If you have come across anything, please let me know.

Upcoming Events:

• Janine Benyus to Keynote Sustainable Brands  Mon, 2020/06/01 - Tue, 2020/06/02
• 7th International Synthetic & Systems Biology Summer School - SSBSS 2020  Mon, 2020/06/08 - Fri, 2020/06/12
• 2020 International Workshop on Bionic Engineering (IWBE 2020)  Wed, 2020/06/10 - Fri, 2020/06/12
• Complexity and the City – Life, Design and Commerce in the Built Environment  Wed, 2020/06/17 - Fri, 2020/06/19
• Living Machines. The 9th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems  Tue, 2020/07/28 - Fri, 2020/07/31

Recent Updates:

• DS Biomimetics SIG Update  (Forum post)
• Special Issue "Biomimetics from Concept to Reality"  (Forum post, manuscript submission extended to end of July)
• RI3 Biomimesis: International, Interuniversity and Interinstitutional Network of Biomimesis Studies  (Resource)