20 Feb BIOMIMICRY: A STRATEGIC SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION INSPIRED BY NATURE
This particular Adanced Seminars will cover a disruptive way of thinking which it will open the professional solution spaces to new dimensions. This unique Biomimicry Advanced Seminar is a rare opportunity to connect transversally your field whatever the sector with sustainable and regenerative strategies from nature, tested over 3.8 billion years. The limited number of attendants will give us the chance for an intimate setting allowing a very personalized feedback. Understanding the nature´s design principles will catalyze a new Era of business to create a regenerative culture beyond a sustainable world.
Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature and it represents a nature-inspired approach that it emulates functional strategies from the living ecosystems. Traditional product or service design and innovation, usually consists either in improving existing ones in terms of resource consumption, waste management, and impact on the environment, or trying to imitate natural materials using standard methods.
Living systems, from cells to ecosystems, are open self-organizing systems, in interaction with their environment, have the capacity to arise through a circular process in which they self-create not only new materials that last or aligned with natural cycles, but also to do not harm the ecosystems which all the economy depends on.
Biomimicry is a regular subject in several US universities where postgraduate and doctoral programs are already offered.
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MANUEL QUIROS
BSc, MSc, PhD Biology expert in Biomimicry and Sustainability/Regeneration. Adjunct Professor at IE, ESIC, University of Navarra and Unesco Chair UPV/EHU. Researcher with +130 publications.
In addition he is Founder of several non lucrative associations (Greensigns, Biomimicry Iberia, Planeta Biomimetico España and Red I3 Biomimesis) disseminating the message to sustainability to numerous sectors (goverment, civil society, Radio, TV, publications, books, conferences …).
Author of the unique blog in spanish on biomimicry and he is a contributing editor of the awardwinning journal Zygote Quarterly Journal.
He currently collaborates with companies for the implementation of biomimicry and in sustainable innovation like ArcelorMittal (global leader of steel production). Manuel is invited year by year to participate in forums, simposium, media, TV, newspapers… to discuss the non technological perspective to the new world. Last year for instance he was speaker in the ONUHabitat conference invited by the Pa s Vasco Goverment in Bilbao, Spain, or during the COP 25 Madrid.
He is also designing Superior Educational Programs in Bolivia or Colombia by governamental request. He has a active artistic activitiy.
More info:
Biomimicry Consultant site | Blog : http://natureinspireus.com
MQ bio: http://natureinspireus.com/sobre-manuel/m-q/
Full CV: https://www.natureinspireus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cvMQweb_ago20.pdf
Wildlfe-art: http://www.manuelquiros.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mquiros-biomimicry/?originalSubdomain=es
Skills
Attendants will get the basic vocabulary understanding the different bioinspiration fields with emphasis in biomimicry. At the same time we will cover several real examples and case studies to get a fully understanding of how nature works.
We will check the biomimicry methodology as a tool for basic inspiration.
Finally we will cover the global principles which are adopted by the majority of the living organisms and their potential application of the sector you are involved.
Practical groupal exercise will give the students the chance to participate under a dynamic way out of the box.
Schedule
Which dates?
February 8, 2024
February 15, 2024
March 7, 2024
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What day?
THURSDAY
What time?
09,30-12,30