International Bionic Engineering Conference, 18-20 September, 2011, Boston, USA

The International Bionic Engineering Conference 2011 aims to bridge the gap between academic research and industrial development in a field that is rapidly growing and gaining recognition across many disciplines. Intended as a common ground for the exchange of ideas, the Organizers call upon key researchers in industry and academia from around the globe to engage each other with presentation and in conversation that inspires bionic solutions to some of the biggest engineering problems facing industry today. The meeting extends to North America from three successful international meetings organized by the Key Laboratory for Terrain-Machine Bionic Engineering at Jilin University in Changchun, China. The conference is also associated with the Journal of Bionic Engineering published by Elsevier and is the official title of the International Society of Bionic Engineering.

The conference brings together experts from around the world and addresses the following major topics:

Industry success stories in biomimetics
Impact of biomimetics on engineering
Environmental aspects of biomimicry
Sensors and signal processing
Bio-inspired materials and self-x-mechanisms
Energy systems
Fluid dynamics
Functional surfaces
Robotics, motion systems and artificial intelligence
Textiles (medical / technical / fashion)
Medicine (prosthetics and orthotics)
Agriculture and permaculture
Architecture & built environment

Conference Chair: Julian Vincent, University of Bath, Bath, UK
Industry Advisor: Lars Uno Larsson, Swedish Biomimetics 3000® AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Scientific Committee:
Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Robotics, NASA, USA
Mihai Chirita, Professor of Biomaterials, University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Romania
Michael U. Hensel, Professor for Research by Design AHO,Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
Andrew Jackson, The Technology Partnership plc, Melbourn, UK
Jianqiao Li, General Secretary of the International Society of Bionic Engineering/University of Jilin, China
Carlo Menon, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Luquan Ren, Jilin University, China
Tobias Seidl, Professor for Biomimetics, Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Phil Sheppard, Sector Analyst, Clean Technologies, UK
Melissa Sterry, Design Scientist & Futurologist, UK
Richard Walker, ICON plc, Dublin, Ireland
Marc Weissburg, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA

Invited Speakers
Joanna Aizenberg, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science, USA
Andrew Copestake, CEO Swedish Biomimetics 3000 ®, Sweden
Andrew McIntosh, University of Leeds, UK
William Megill, University of Bath, UK
Elliott Orlik, PepsiCo International,  UK
Tom Podkolinski, Environmentalist & designer, Finisterre, UK
Melissa Sterry, Design Scientist & Futurologist, UK
Osamu Takai, EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University, Japan
Julian Vincent, University of Bath, UK
Ulrike Wegst, Drexel University, USA

Bionics (also known as biomimicry, biomimetics, bio-inspiration, biognosis, and close to bionical creativity engineering) is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology.

Register Early and Win!
Win a free delegate pass or Apple iPad 2 (you decide!) by registering before 15th July.
All “Early Birds” who register up to and including this date will go into this raffle.

http://www.bionicengineeringconference.com