Biomimicry Europe
Innovation and Finance Summit
August 29 – 31, 2012
Zurich, Switzerland
BIOMIMICRY – THE BUSINESS
LINK TO BIODIVERSITY
The Foundation for Global Sustainability (FFGS) in cooperation
with swisscleantech, San Diego Zoo, Zurich Zoo, Biomimicry 3.8,
Wyss Institute Harvard and Ethical Markets, are pleased to
announce the Biomimicry Europe Innovation and Finance
Summit 2012 in Zurich/Switzerland.
Biodiversity serves vital functions for our living planet and creates value to the economy. It provides important environmental
services, such as pollination for agriculture, worth billions. In addition, Biodiversity provides the economy with highly valuable
insights in design, structures and organizational systems. During
3.8 billion years of evolution, nature has developed effective
strategies and lasting solutions to the very problems that confound modern society.
Designs, products and systems inspired by nature’s principles
– called Biomimicry - are poised to be industry leaders in innovation, energy efficiency, radical resources productivity and
overall sustainability. There are numerous concrete examples
in the market today – high speed train designs, photovoltaics,
natural ventilation systems, architecture, urban planning, textiles, new adhesives, and more. Whether it is understood as an
approach to producing sustainable products or a complete
transformation of the way that humans view and interact with
nature, Biomimicry has the potential to be a key driver of economic growth and the transition into a more energy and resources efficient economy.
To accelerate the concrete translation of bio-inspired technologies into commercial products and organizational change,
appropriate financing models and metrics will have to be developed and implemented.
Register Now on:
www.biomimicry.ch
SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS
The Biomimicry Europe Innovation and Finance Summit offers
the opportunity to learn about Biomimicry, to consider solutions
nature can provide, and to discuss the latest commercialization platforms and financing instruments that will accelerate the
path to market for bio-inspired innovation.
The Summit is organized by the not-for-profit Foundation FFGS,
a Zurich-based Think & Do tank founded in 2007. The 3-day
event is held in Zurich, according to many ratings, a city with a
globally leading standard of living. It is held in the beautiful Zurich Zoo area, close to the lake and downtown area. Accommodation information is available for all foreign visitors.
You should be there and experience:
• A collaborative platform and lively knowhow exchange
among the world’s thought leaders in Biomimicry
• 1,5-day Conference with focus on commercialization and
financing of bio-inspired innovation
• 1-day Workshop offering latest insights in Biomimicry,
by Biomimicry Institute, Biomimicry.CH and
Biomimicry Iberia
• Table exhibition in conjunction with speakers and
activities
• Access and networking opportunities with key
Biomimicry stakeholders – innovators, entrepreneurs,
investors, and governmental representatives
• Special tour of Zurich Zoo and the Masoala Rainforest
Hall, promoting Zoo’s as natural hubs and drivers for
Biomimicry
The Summit is organized in cooperation with the San Diego
Zoo´s Biomimicry Conference. Since 2008, San Diego Zoo Global has convened industry leaders for its annual bioinspiration
conference. San Diego Zoo Global is pleased to support the
2012 Innovation and Finance Summit in Zurich, to build international collaborations in the area of bioinspiration and increase
the awareness of the financial opportunities in the area of
novel technologies that are nature-inspired and environmentally friendly. In fall 2013 the San Diego Zoo Global Bioinspiration
Conference «Bridging Nature and Design» will be held in San
Diego, California.
TABLE EXHIBITION
The Summit will feature a table exhibition in conjunction with
speakers and activities. The exhibition will take place during
the Conference days (Thursday all day, Friday morning). All
sponsors and selected other exhibitors can showcase their activities, including biomimicry-related products and services to
attendees. Tables, displays and prototypes will be located at
the Conference area.
The exhibitor package (included
in all sponsorship packages)
offers:
• Expo table for 1,5 days (Thursday all day, Friday
morning) to be located at the Conference
• Profile listing in the Conference program
(handed to all Conference attendees)
• Recognition on the Summit website
• Conference registration for 1 participant
(with all meals and materials included)
The expo hours are:
Thursday, August 30, 8:00 am - 6:30 pm (Set up at Conference location: 7:00 am)
Friday, August 31, 8:00 am – 12:30 pm (Close down: 12:30 pm)
CORE PARTNERS
Biomimicry 3.8 is the global leader in biomimicry innovation
consulting, professional training, and educational program
and curricula development. Its mission is to train, equip, and
connect scientists, engineers, architects, educators, and other
innovators to sustainably emulate nature’s 3.8 billion years of
brilliant designs and strategies.
Over the past 14 years, and operating as both a for-profit corporation and non-profit institute, the organization has helped
more than 250 clients redesign carpets, furniture, manufacturing processes, airplanes, and even entire cities, all in nature’s
sustainable image. Co-founders Janine Benyus and Dr. Dayna
Baumeister, in concert with staff and partners worldwide, have
also reached millions through talks and trained hundreds who
now practice biomimicry in their professions.
www.biomimicry.net
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University uses nature’s design principles to develop bioinspired materials and devices that will transform medicine
and create a more sustainable world. The Wyss Institute crosses disciplinary and institutional barriers to engage in high-risk
research that leads to transformative technological breakthroughs. These technologies are translated into commercial
products and therapies through collaboration with clinical investigators, corporate alliances, and new start-ups.
wyss.harvard.edu
Ethical Markets - With over 40 years of foresight, insight and integrity in our leadership, Ethical Markets Media works to reform
markets and metrics to grow the green economy worldwide.
We provide news and perspective with the Green Transition
Scoreboard® , the Transforming Finance initiative, research on
Beyond GDP, finding strong support worldwide for ESG metrics in
national accounting, and with reports, articles, newsletters and
analysis by Hazel Henderson, our editor-in-chief, on EthicalMarkets.com . We focus on systems thinking and best practices to
raise global standards. Ethicalmarkets.tv streams original Ethical
Markets productions and video gathered from around the world.
www.ethicalmarkets.come
The Zurich Zoo is a cultural institution in Zurich, acting as the
ambassador between human beings, animals and nature. The
Zoo’s mission is to engage and educate a wide range of visitors
and stakeholders in order to protect natural habitats, support
sustainability and biodiversity, according to the slogan “knowing animals leads to protecting them”. As one of the world’s
most respected Zoo’s Zurich is building a global network to
further drive its mission. One result in 2012 is the Biomimicry Innovation and Finance Summit held for the first time at the Zurich
Zoo in Switzerland, as a partner event to the San Diego Zoo
Biomimicry Conference. www.zoo.ch
Founded in 1916, San Diego Zoo Global is a conservation,
education, and recreation organization dedicated to the
reproduction, protection, and exhibition of animals, plants, and
their habitats. San Diego Zoo Global, which operates the world
famous San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and Institute
for Conservation Research, stewards a collection of over 7,000
animals representing more than 840 species and over 34,000
species of plants. Each year, we host more than 5 million visitors at our facilities, 19 million visitors to our website, and educate nearly 400,000 students. SDZ Global works actively with
companies to help translate nature’s adaptations to industry
design challenges. www.sandiegozoo.org/biomimicry
swisscleantech is the leading swiss business association promoting a sustainable market economy. Its main targets are to
position Switzerland as a cleantech leader and foster sustainable development on a global level. swisscleantech bundles the interests of 300+ member companies (startups, SME›s,
multinationals). In 2010 swisscleantech co-founded the Global
Cleantech Cluster Assocation/GCCA, today representing 36
Cleantech clusters from Europe, North America and Asia. In
2011 swisscleantech had a major impact on the adaption of
the Swiss CO2 Law as well as the country›s decision to exit from
nuclear. swisscleantech looks at Biomimicry as the business link
to Biodiversity. Biomimicry.CH was initiated in 2012 to support
and accelerate the development of biomimicry research,
educational programs, funding mechanisms and commercialization frameworks in Switzerland. www.swisscleantech.ch
Program Overview
Wednesday
August 29
Thursday
August 30
Friday
August 31
Swiss Backyard
Workshop:
Basics and latest insights in
Biomimicry,
by Biomimicry 3.8
Conference
Session 1:
Business
Opportunities
in Biomimicry
Conference,
Session 3:
Latest Funding
Instruments
lunch
Networking
Networking
afternoon
Conference,
Session 2:
Applied Biomimicry
Transfer, Case Studies
morning
evening
Welcome Apéro and
Dinner
Table Exhibition
Dinner Reception, Zoo Tour
Masoala Rainforest
Workshop Program
Wednesday, August 29 2012
Workshop
Swiss Backyard Workshop -Basics and latest insights in Biomimicry
Biomimicry 3.8
Facilitator: Dayna Baumeister, Theresa Millard, Jacques Chirazi
8:00 Registration
9:15 Welcome to Zurich and Swiss Biomimicry Workshop
Nick Beglinger
9:25 Swiss Backyard Workshop, Part 1
Biomimicry 3.8,
Dayna Baumeister, Theresa Millard, Jacques Chirazi
12:30
Networking Lunch
13:30
Swiss Backyard Workshop, Part 2
Biomimicry 3.8,
Dayna Baumeister, Theresa Millard, Jacques Chirazi
17:00
Closing remarks
Nick Beglinger
17:30
Welcome Apéro and Dinner
Through classroom and small group work, you will be introduced to the rules and latest insights for well-adapted design as
developed over the last 3.8 billion years called Life›s Principles
as well as the process for integrating biology into any design
challenge.
ConFerence Program
Thursday, August 30 2012
Session 1
Business Opportunities in Biomimicry
Session 2
Applied Biomimicry Transfer: Case Studies and Nature Conservation
Host: Nick Beglinger
Co-Moderator: Jacques Chirazi
Co-Moderators: Christian Häuselmann, Alain Schilli
8:00 Registration
9:15 Welcome to Zurich and Biomimicry Europe Innovation and
Finance Summit 2012
Nick Beglinger and all Core Partners
9:30 Keynote: Biomimetics & Biodiversity: tapping the treasure trove of nature
Thomas Speck, Director Botanic Garden Freiburg,
Chairman BIOKON
10:00 Keynote: What else could nature teach us?
Growing the next generation of sustainability leaders
Dayna Baumeister, Biomimicry 3.8, Co-founder
10:30
Break
10:50 Keynote: The Wyss Institute at Harvard - a new model for bio-
inspired innovation, collaboration and technology translation
Mary Tolikas, Wyss Institute Harvard, Director of Operations
11:20 Roundtable 1: The evolution of the financial sector
Barbara Krumsiek (tbc), Lynn Reaser, Simon Tribelhorn (tbc), Daniel Kusio, Christian Häuselmann (moderator)
12:45 Networking Lunch
Expo
13.45 TED-Talk: How can architects build a new world
of sustainable beauty?
Michael Pawlyn, Exploration Architecture 3000, Director
14:15 Keynote: The role of conservation organizations in the
field of bio-inspired innovation
Paula Brock, Helen Cheng, San Diego Zoo
14:45 Keynote: Organizational Biomimicry - what conflict and
change managers learn from nature
Samuel Furrer, Curator Zurich Zoo
15:15
Break
15:45
Roundtable 2: Translation of discovery - models & platforms
Walter Steinlin, Andre Studart, EPFL (tbc), Chris Allen,
Alain Schilli (moderator)
17.15
Break, Transfer to Zurich Zoo
18:00 Dinner Reception,
with Zoo Tour Masoala Rainforest
ConFerence Program
Friday, August 31 2012
Session 3
Latest Biomimicry Funding Instruments
Co-Moderators: Nick Beglinger, Jacques Chirazi
7:30
Breakfast, Roundtables
8:30 Welcome back and opening remarks
Nick Beglinger
8:40 Keynote: A new world order - sustainable consequences
for our economy, technology and policy
Burkhard Varnholt, Bank Sarasin, Chief Investment Officer
9:10
Keynote: Launching the first Principles for Ethical
Biomimicry Finance™;
Green Transition Scoreboard(R)reports; Transforming
Finance Initiative
Hazel Henderson, Ethical Markets, Founder
9:30
Keynote: NYSERDA’s Biomimicry program, collaboration
potentials (NYSERDA/New York State Energy Research and
Development Authority)
Chris Garvin, Terrapin Bright Green
10:00
Break
10:15 Working Groups
6-8 parallel working groups
Discuss challenges, benefit on sustainability, and latest
solutions for Biomimicry funding instruments
Moderated by Core Partners
11:20
Plenary closing session
Short presentations of group results, closing inputs for
the Conference
12:00
Closing remarks, preview Biomimicry Conference 2013,
San Diego
12:15 Farewell Apéro
Keynote-speakers
Chris Allen
Biomimicry 3.8, Missoula/Montana,
CEO and Co-Founder
Chris is Co-Founder and CEO of Biomimicry 3.8. With
nearly twenty five years of experience innovation in
sustainable development, he was among the fifteen
graduates of the first cohort of the Biomimicry Institutes
two-year professional program. Trained in International Business at the McCombs School of Business at the
University of Texas (1985), Chris´ experience includes
strategy, development and management services to
private sector clients as well as the US Department of
Energy, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, the Northwest Area Foundation, and the United
Nations Man and Biosphere Program. His international
experience includes work and studies in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Mexico and he serves on the Board of
Directors of A World Institute for Sustainable Humanity.
Dayna Baumeister
Biomimicry 3.8, Missoula/Montana, Co-founder
With a background in biology, a devotion to applied
natural history, and a passion for sharing the wonders
of nature with others, Dayna has worked in the field
of biomimicry with Janine Benyus since 1998 as a business catalyst, educator, researcher, and design consultant. Together they founded the Biomimicry Guild, The
Biomimicry Institute, and Biomimicry 3.8, collectively
fertilizing the movement of biomimicry as an innovative practice and philosophy to meet the world’s sustainability challenges. Dayna designed and teaches
the world’s first Biomimicry Professional Certification
Program and compiled over a decade of experience
in biomimicry into the Biomimicry Resource Handbook:
A Seed Bank of Knowledge and Best Practices (2011).
Paula Brock
San Diego Zoo Global, San Diego/California, CFO
Ms. Brock joined San Diego Zoo Global in June 2001.
As Chief Financial Officer, she oversees the financial
management of SDZ Global, and has been instrumental in implementing numerous financial reporting
and strategic planning concepts and systems. Prior to
joining SDZ Global, Ms. Brock was the founding partner in Brock, Tibbitts & Snell, An Accountancy Corporation, specializing in due diligence and securities
work. She served as Senior Vice President and Senior
Financial Officer at ITT Residential Capital Corporation
with assets of $700 million and a mortgage-servicing
portfolio of over $2 billion. She was also Senior Audit
Manager with KPMG. Ms. Brock received her Bachelor
of Science degree with honors from San Diego State
University. She sits on the Board of Trustees of San Diego State University Research Foundation, is treasurer
of the board of The International Species Information
System (ISIS), the world’s largest zoological service
organization, and the Financial Advisory Board of the
West Coast Augustinians.
Helen Cheng
San Diego Zoo Global, San Diego/California,
Conservation Program Officer
Helen S. Cheng is a Conservation Program Officer at
San Diego Zoo Global, developing new ways to support and expand the Zoo’s worldwide conservation
programs, including bioinspired innovation and technology transfer. Under her guidance, San Diego Zoo
Global has run bioinspiration workshops for a number
of Fortune 500 companies, including Procter & Gamble, Nike, Boeing and WD-40. She also helped create a
regional collaboration to promote innovation inspired
by nature, which includes the City of San Diego, CONNECT, UC San Diego, San Diego State University, Uni-
Keynote-speakers
versity of San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene University. Ms. Cheng holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School
and is an active member of the California Bar and San
Diego County Bar Association. She received her B.A.
from the University of Kansas, Phi Beta Kappa and with
highest distinction. Prior to joining the non-profit sector,
Ms. Cheng co-founded a web-based company and
practiced international corporate tax law at Baker &
McKenzie in China and California.
Samuel Furrer
Zurich Zoo, Curator
and Sustainability. He is currently developing an exhibit on “Biomimicry and the Built Environment: Lessons
Learned from Nature”.
Chris received a Bachelor of Architecture degree with
honors from Carnegie Mellon University, and spent a
year at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne/
Switzerland. He became a Licensed Architect in 1998,
and has professional licenses in New York, New Jersey,
Illinois, and North Carolina.
Scott E. Harder
Environmental Financial Group, Inc. President & CEO
Since 1999 Samuel Furrer is curator for reptiles, amphibians and fish at the Zoo Zurich, and also teaches seminars to deal with snake and spider phobias. Since 2009
he developed and realizes bionic seminars together
with psychologist André Angstmann, for example in
conflict and change managmenet. Samuel Furrer
holds a PhD from the University of Zurich.
Chris Garvin
Terrapin Bright Green, New York, Partner
Chris is a Partner at Terrapin since 2008, and Senior Associate at Cook+Fox Architects. His interests include
high-performance design (building and community
scale), zero energy communities, biomimicry, and water conservation.
He lectures on sustainable design and has taught at
the Pratt Institute’s Center for Professional Practice
since 2002. He advises organizations on sustainability
issues, including the National Building Museum and
the New York Academy of Sciences. He serves on the
Board of Directors for the US Green Building Council,
New York Chapter and on the Advisory Board for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Office of Long-Term Planning
Thirty-one years of global experience as an advisor,
investment banker and engineer developing and financing clean energy, clean water and low-carbon
solutions. Scott advises companies seeking to gain
competitive advantages through low-carbon products and activities, works with capital-intensive utilities to develop and execute sustainable financial
strategies, and devises business plans for bio-economy
technology companies. He is currently focused on issues related to sustainable infrastructure and new financial products to mitigate water supply risks.
Keynote-speakers
Hazel Henderson
Ethical Markets, St. Augustine/Florida, Founder
Hazel Henderson, D.Sc.Hon., FRSA, is a futurist, evolutionary economist and author of nine books including
the Axiom and Nautilus award-winning book Ethical
Markets: Growing the Green Economy (2006). The
founder of Ethical Markets Media, LLC, and creator of
its TV series, her editorials are syndicated by InterPress
Service, with articles appearing in journals such as Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and many international ones. She leads
the Transforming Finance initiative, created the Green
Transition Scoreboard®, co-developed the GDP alternative the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators
and co-organized the Beyond GDP conference for
the European Commission, funding two Beyond GDP
surveys, finding strong support worldwide for ESG metrics in national accounting, now tracked by the OECD.
She is an Honorary Member of the Club of Rome and
shared the 1996 Global Citizen Award with Nobelist
A. Perez Esquivel of Argentina.
Daniel Kusio
BV Partners AG, Founder and Managing Director
Daniel Kusio is an entrepreneur and venture capital
and private equity investor. He is the owner and Managing Director of BV Partners AG, an equity investment
and consulting company he founded in 2003. Daniel
is also founder and Chairman of F&D Partners AG, a
real estate investment company. He is a private investor and board member of CAScination AG, a Swiss
medtec startup, and board member of Social Impact
AG, a social entrepreneur fund. Since 2002 Daniel is
a board member and currently vice-chairman of the
Ypsomed Innovation Foundation, a technology transfer fund.
From 2001 to 2011, Daniel Kusio was the CEO of BV
Holding AG (BVgroup), a publicly listed Swiss private
equity fund active in succession and growth financing.
Daniel graduated from the University of Berne, Switzerland, with a Master in Business Administration and Information Technology.
Michael Pawlyn
Exploration Architecture, London/UK, Director
Michael Pawlyn established Exploration in 2007 to focus exclusively on biomimicry. In 2008 the company
was short-listed for the Young Architect of the Year
Award and the internationally renowned Buckminster Fuller Challenge. Prior to setting up the company
Michael Pawlyn worked with Grimshaw for ten years
and was central to the team that radically re-invented
horticultural architecture for the Eden Project. He was
responsible for leading the design of the Warm Temperate and Humid Tropics Biomes and the subsequent
phases that included proposals for a third Biome for
plants from dry tropical regions. He has lectured widely on the subject of sustainable design in the UK and
abroad and in May 2005 delivered a talk at the Royal
Society of Arts with Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface. In
2007 Michael Pawlyn delivered a talk at Google’s annual ‘Zeitgeist’ conference and, in 2011, became one
of only a small handful of architects to have a talk posted on TED.com. In the same year, his book Biomimicry
in Architecture was published by the Royal Institute of
British Architects.
Keynote-speakers
Lynn Reaser
Chief Economist, Fermanian Business & Economic
Institute/FBEI, Point Loma Nazarene University,
San Diego/California
The Fermanian Business & Economic Institute engages
in economic analysis, modeling, and forecasting with
practical and actionable recommendations for corporations, non-profit organizations, and government
agencies. Dr. Reaser currently serves as Council Member of Economic Advisors for CA State Controller John
Chiang and is active in many professional organizations, including serving as past President of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), an
association comprising 2300 of the nation’s leading
economists in business, academia, and government.
In 2010 she published the economic impact study Global Biomimicry Efforts: An Economic Game Changer,
commissioned by the San Diego Zoo Global.
Dr. Reaser has extensive experience in the financial
services sector, serving from 1999 to 2009 as the Chief
Economist for the Bank of America Investment Strategies Group. As Chief Economist she provided the
global and U.S. economic framework for investment
strategy for high net-worth, institutional, and brokerage clients, encompassing over $500 billion under
management. She also previously served as Chief Economist for Barnett Bank and First Interstate Bank (Wells
Fargo Corporation).
Alex Rübel
a Member of the Steering Committee, Conservation
Breeding Specialist Groups IUCN, and on the editorial committee of Gajah, the IUCN elephant specialist
group. 1991 he completed a postgraduate executive
development course at the IMD Lausanne. 1980-1991
he was the leading assistant at the clinic for zoo, home
and wild animals at the University of Zurich, and deputy zoo veterinary at the Zurich Zoo.
Thomas Speck
Botanic Garden Freiburg/Germany, Director, and BIOKON, Chairman
Thomas Speck studied biology at the University of Freiburg/Germany, and received 1996 after his habilitation the venia legendi for botany & biophysics. After
a visiting professorship at the University of Vienna, he
received offers for professorships at the Humboldt-University in Berlin and at the University of Freiburg. From
2002 until 2006 he was associate professor for ‘Botany’
at the University of Freiburg, and director of the Botanic Garden. Since 2006 he also holds the chair for ‘Botany: Functional Morphology and Biomimetics’.
He is speaker of the state-wide Competence Network
Biomimetics, chairman of the federal Bionics Competence Network BIOKON e.V., vice-president of BIOKON
international - The Biomimetics Association, vice-chair
of the Society for Technical Biology and Bionics, and
board member of the Biomechanics Group of the Society for Experimental Biology, U.K. Thomas Speck is
member of the Materials Research Centre Freiburg
and of the Centre for Applied Biological Sciences.
Zurich Zoo, Director
Since 1991 Alex Rübel is Director at the Zurich Zoo. 20012003 he was President of the World Association of Zoos
and Aquariums. He also was a council member at the
EAZA, Chairman Membership and Ethics Committee,
Co-Editor of the International Zoo Yearbook, London,
For his research in the fields of biomimetics and biomechanics, and his activities for Botanic Gardens he
received several scientific awards. Thomas Speck is
(co-)editor of scientific books and journals and has published more than 400 articles in the fields of functional
morphology, biomechanics, biomimetics, evolutionay
biology and palaeobotany.
Keynote-speakers
Walter Steinlin
President of the Swiss Confederation’s Commission for
Technology and Innovation (CTI), Berne/Switzerland
Walter Steinlin works part time for Swisscom, managing
Institutional Relations, and part time as President of CTI,
the Swiss Innovation Promotion Agency. He graduated
as Electronics Engineer from ETH Zürich in 1977 and is an
alumnus of the INSEAD Executive Education Program.
He worked at Hasler Research (now Ascom), and in
different positions with Swisscom, heading “Swisscom
Innovations” for twelve years. Walter was active in international telecommunications standardization (ITU,
ETSI) until 1996. From 2005-2007 he was President of
EIRMA (European Industrial Research Management
Institute). He participates on the boards of several organisations, such as the Committee on Research and
Education of economiesuisse, the Advisory Board of
I&C School at EPFL, on the founders‘ board of IDIAP
and EURECOM and as President of the Board of iimt
(International Institute of Management in Technology)
in Fribourg.
André Studart
Professor for Complex Materials, ETH-Zurich
Born in Brasilia/Brazil, André R. Studart received his Bachelor degree in Materials Science and Engineering
from the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. He carried out his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Victor C.
Pandolfelli in the same university, investigating novel
methods for processing of refractory castables and
near-net-shape advanced ceramics. From 2002 until
mid 2007 he worked and gave lectures at ETH-Zurich
as a member of Prof. Ludwig J. Gauckler’s group. During this first period in Zurich, he studied the mechanical
properties of dental materials and ceramics processed
through colloidal routes. In 2007/2008 he was researcher
at Harvard University in the group of Prof. David A. Weitz
in the area of inorganic materials obtained using microfluidic techniques.
Since February 2009 he is Assistant Professor for Complex
Materials in the Department of Materials at ETH-Zurich.
He was awarded by Alcoa Co., Thermo Haake Co.,
Brookfield Co, Magnesita and the Brazilian Ceramic Society. He is co-author of an undergraduate textbook on
ceramic processing, holds three patents and has published about 50 scientific papers in international peerreviewed journals.
Mary Tolikas
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering,
Harvard/Boston, Director of Operations
Mary Tolikas is responsible for the implementation and
management of the research and program development operations of the Wyss Institute. Mary brings experience in start-up operations, product development,
strategic planning and business development in a number of technology markets and applications, including
software, electromechanical devices, biological and
electromagnetic modeling. As an engineer, she has designed and built products for a number of diverse customers, such as the U.S. Navy, Carrier Corp. and General
Motors. She is the Co-Chair of the Women in Medicine
Committee at Children’s Hospital Boston and a member
of the Hospital’s Circle of Care. In addition she is a Fellow
of the Emerging Leaders Program 2005 at the Center for
Collaborative Leadership, University of Massachusetts.
Keynote-speakers
Burkhard Varnholt
Bank Sarasin, Basel/Switzerland, Head of the Asset Management, Products & Sales Division, Chief Investment
Officer (CIO)
Prior to joining Bank Sarasin, Burkhard Varnholt spent
10 years with Credit Suisse where he was a member of
the Global Executive Council. He previously held various investment banking positions with Morgan Stanley
in London. Varnholt, who continues to lecture regularly at the Executive MBA Program at the University of
St. Gallen, also had a distinguished academic career,
teaching at the University of St Gallen, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Stern School
of Business at New York University. Beginning with charitable initiatives in 1999, in 2004 he established the charity «Kids of Africa - The Swiss African Orphanage» (www.
kids-of-africa.com). In 2006 he was awarded the Swiss
Re Milizpreis/Civilian Service Prize in recognition of his
achievements.(International Institute of Management
in Technology) in Fribourg.
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Register now on www.biomimicry.ch
and choose from the following Summit packages:
PACKAGE I: Workshop and Conference (29.-31. August)
Price CHF 1’150.– / swisscleantech member: 980.– / Students*: 360.–
Nick Beglinger
Summit Chair,
FFGS CEO
PACKAGE II: Workshop only (29. August)
Price CHF 580.– / swisscleantech member: 490.– / Students*: 160.–
PACKAGE III: Conference only (30.-31. August)
Price CHF 780.– / swisscleantech member: 650.– / Students*: 240.–
*limited availability
Foundation for Global Sustainability (FFGS)
Minervastrasse 99
CH-8032 Zürich
Tel: + 41 58 450 10 00
Fax: + 41 58 450 10 01
[email protected]
Jacques Chirazi
Summit Program Manager,
swisscleantech
Christian Häuselmann
Summit Program Manager,
swisscleantech Co-founder
Alain Schilli
Summit Partners Outreach,
Gaia Global SA, CEO
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