BioInspired! So What? Now What!

In order to face global social and environmental issues, new transdisciplinary and trans-sectorial approaches have become essential.

BIOMIMICRY (bio=life, mimesis = imitate) is one of the most promising approaches as it takes advantage of living technologies and systems, selected by 3.8 billion years of evolution and adaptation in order to develop new innovative and sustainable products, services and organizational models.

Several scientific and methodological hurdles regarding biomimicry integration remain to be overcome: biology knowledge transfer, go beyond isolated initiatives, experiment and develop systematic tools to introduce biomimicry in R&D&I processes, promote the integration of this approach by entrepreneurs, industrials, collectivities, educators and politic actors, but also its assimilation by civil society actors (citizens, consumers...).

This KARIM Interreg IVB event aims to give a picture of the european landscape regarding bio-inspiration integration in R&D&I strategies, with a specific focus on responsible innovation opportunities and challenges in SMEs.

Programme:

13:30	Welcoming
14:00	Introduction Kalina Raskin - Paris Region Entreprises
14:20	An over 15-years biomimetics german roadmap Thomas Speck - BIOKON & Competence Network Biomimetics
15:10	Knowledge transfer from biology to other disciplins Julian Vincent - Oxford University
15:50	Break
16:00	Challenges regarding SMEs Kristina Wanieck- Bayonik
16:25	Enabling the Biomimicry Crowd Codrin Kruijne - Biomimicry NL
16:50	Eco-socio-conception through biomimicry Sebastiaan de Neubourg - Greenloop
17:15	Stimulate creativity through biomimicry Arndt Pechstein - Biomimicry Germany
17:40	French landscape & conclusions Kalina Raskin - Paris Region Entreprises
18:15	Cocktail and networking