San Diego Zoo Partners with local and national organizations

April 1, 2009
The San Diego Zoo has partnered with the City of San Diego, the Biomimicry Institute, University of California San Diego, Point Loma Nazarene University and San Diego State University to organize the region’s first biomimicry conference on October 2, 2009! Featured speakers include:
—Janine Benyus, author of Biomimicry, and co-founder of the Biomimicry Guild and the Biomimicry Institute.  Ms. Benyus recently won a 2009 Champions of the Earth Award presented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 
—Jay Harman, founder and CEO of PAX Scientific, a leading innovative research and design firm that uses biomimicry to create energy-efficient industrial equipment.  PAX Scientific recently received funding from Khosla Ventures to build high-efficiency heating and air conditioning systems, turbines, marine propulsion, and aerospace technologies, among other applications.
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