2009 Biomimicry Conference

Thank you to those who attended the 2009 Biomimicry Conference at the San Diego Zoo and Balboa Park on Oct. 1-2, 2009!

We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from an audience that included executives, educators and business professionals from throughout the local and regional communities.  In fact,  over 92% of the post-symposium evaluations rated the conference as “excellent” or “very good.”
Highlights of this year’s conference included:

• Chip Heath’s inspirational thoughts on how we can build San Diego into a living, thriving biomimicry hub
• Janine Benyus’ descriptions of how nature manages its own water supply
• Jay Harman’s visual representations of the fundamental shape of life – the spiral
• Special guest appearances of our amazing elephants, cheetahs, koalas and hawks that represent the majesty and wonder of nature

Comments included:

• “This was one of the best conferences I’ve ever been to… in my life!”
• “Top-notch”
• “It was very well organized and run, and uniquely SD Zoo!”

To read more about the event, please click on these articles:

• TECH: Tapping into Mother Nature’s R&D lab
• Biomimicry, the Zoo, and San Diego Too
• Biomimicry Symposium in San Diego
• Nature’s Inventions: San Diego Conference Showcases Biomimicry Products
• Biomimicry Symposium: Learning from the Birds and the Bees, the Flowers and the Trees

Even more exciting is what comes next.  Our goal for the symposium was to bring together all sectors of the community to grow awareness of biomimicry’s potential for transforming industry and design.  We now have the opportunity to “build on the buzz” and together transform San Diego into a living, thriving biomimicry hub. 

We invite you to continue to be a part of San Diego’s biomimicry movement.  We are developing programs, workshops and seminars in nature-based design, application and funding, and are already planning for next year’s Biomimicry Symposium.  Please let us know if you would like to be notified of upcoming events or would like more information on how to be more involved.  Contact us.