Biodesign Diagnostic Co-creation Workshop – focus on needs for change and improvement

June 26, 2023

What is the state of bio-design now, and what could it become in the future?

Join the CoCoon Workshop to develop green practices for education, featuring keynote speakers by leading experts working with innovative approaches towards the future of environmentally-sustainable creative societies.

The interactive half-day workshop brings together creatives, policymakers, educators, students, and other stakeholders from the EU and beyond, committed to share experiences and develop new knowledge for a greener future through bio-design.

‘CoCoon – Co-creating Greener Futures: Developing and Transferring Innovative Bio-Design Modules for education to Accelerate the Green Transition‘ is a strategic alliance and collaboration across 5 European education and research institutions, funded by the European Union Erasmus+. This project aims empower people to find alternative ways of transferring to a more environmentally-sustainable way of making. It also advocates sustainable open access policy to workshops (Green Labs) that enable the use of bio-based products and materials.

Workshop Details

When?

12 September 2023, 12.45 – 16.30

(until 18.30 for optional film screening & networking)

Where?

Aalto Studios

Otakaari 7, 02150 Espoo

Finland

Event Language

English

Everybody‭ ‬is welcome to join‭, ‬explore and discuss the‭ ‬futures of biodesign‭! ‬

Programme

12.45 – 13.00

Doors open, reception and refreshments

13.00 – 13.15

Welcome and introduction to CoCoon

13.15 – 14.30

Keynote speakers on biodesign and green innovation:

“Biodesign: State of the Art“

Pirjo Kääriäinen – Professor of Design and Materialities, Aalto University – CHEMARTS

“Policies towards Biodesign“

Petra Tarjanne – Ministerial Adviser at Innovations and Enterprise Financing Department on Creative Economy

“Barriers and opportunities for mainstreaming biodesign education and practices”

Gabriel Patrocinio & Carla Paoliello – Professors at Lusófona University

—– Coffee Break ——

14.45 – 16.30

Co-creation workshop with participants

Future trajectories with biodesign

(16.30 – 18.30)

Optional networking and film screening “Biocentrics”

Register Now

Registration Link

*Please note that this workshop event will involve audio and visual recordings. Transcripts and images may be reproduced in whole or in part in use for scientific research and communication purposes.