Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020
Event Date: Jun 15, 2020 - Jun 19, 2020; Event City: Join us online for the culmination of Biodesign Challenge 2020, an international competition where high school and university students partner with artists, designers, and scientists to create projects that envision and critique the future of biotechnology. Forty-five finalist teams will showcase their projects before an esteemed panel of judges from academia, the arts, and industry, and audiences from around the world. One team will be awarded the Glass Microbe, a unique glass trophy that is passed between each year’s winning teams. Finalist teams were chosen from over 500 students from 12 countries across 6 continents who worked throughout the academic year to develop their ideas. RSVP to receive more details. We'll be sending updates and announcements to all registered guests. SPEAKERS Keynote | June 19, 12:30pm David Benjamin Founding Principal of The Living and Associate Professor at Columbia GSAPP In Conversation | June 19, 1:00pm Annalee Newitz Award-winning science fiction author and science journalist, in conversation with Torie Bosch (Editor, Future Tense) SUMMIT AGENDA Day 1: Monday, June 15th | 1:00pm - 5:45pm ET Regions presenting: South/Central America, Australia, US/Canada Day 2: Tuesday, June 16th | 9:00am - 3:30pm ET Regions presenting: Europe, Africa, US/Canada Day 3: Wednesday, June 17th | 8:00am - 12:45pm ET Regions presenting: Japan, South/Central America, US/Canada Friday, June 19th | 11:00am - 3:00pm ET Speakers and Awards Ceremony PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS Aalto University Atlanta International School California College of the Arts, Design California State University, Los Angeles Carnegie Mellon University College for Creative Studies Estonian Academy of Arts Fashion Institute of Technology Grace Church School Greenside Design Center The Hewitt School Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment (Newcastle University and Northumbria University) Illinois State University Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Jacksonville State University Keio University Kent State University Massachusetts College of Art and Design Nest Makerspace New Design High School New York City College of Technology New York University, IDM New York University, ITP NuVu Innovation Studio Parsons School of Design Rhode Island School of Design RMIT University Rutgers University SeaShift Collaborative (CCA, UCDavis, UCSF) Universidad de los Andes Universidad del Istmo University of Applied Sciences Saarbrücken University of British Columbia University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of Cincinnati University of Colorado, Boulder University of Michigan University of New Mexico University of Southern California University of Sydney University of Technology Sydney University of Toledo University of Wisconsin, Stout BDC 2020 JUDGES Jasmina Aganovic, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ginkgo Bioworks Christina Agapakis, Creative Director, Ginkgo Bioworks Nathan Allen, Head of Special Projects, Google Dan Ardia, Professor of Biology, Franklin & Marshall College Leslie Atzmon, Professor of Graphic Design + Design History, Eastern Michigan University Torie Bosch, Future Tense Editor, Slate Carrie Cizauskas, Artist + Scientist Victoria Colangelo, Founder, NXTbeauty Alison Cutlan, Founder, Cutlan Lab and Studio Heather Davis, Writer, Editor, + Researcher Kim de Mora, Founder + CEO, SVN Med Alison Dell, Assistant Professor of Biology, St. Francis College Nancy Diniz, Course Leader of Masters in Biodesign, Central Saint Martins; Partner, Augmented Architectures, bioMATTERS Stephen Donofrio, Principal + Founder, Greenpoint Innovations Ben Doranz, President + CEO, Integral Molecular Sam Weiss Evans, Researcher, Harvard University, MIT Laura Forlano, Associate Professor of Design, The Illinois Institute of Technology Doug Goodwin, Fletcher Jones Foundation Scholar in Computation, Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Scripps College Christine Goulay, Head of Sustainable Innovation, Kering Fred Gould, Co-director, Genetic Engineering and Society Center, NC State Hank Greely, Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law, Professor of Genetics, Stanford University Gigi Gronvall, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Christi Guerrini, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine Keira Havens, Manager of Sustainability + Public Affairs, Pivot Bio Denise Hoffman Brandt, Director + Associate Professor, Graduate Landscape Architecture Program, CCNY; Founder, Hoffman Brandt Projects Karen Hogan, CEO + Cofounder, Biorealize, Inc. Ryan Hoover, Artist, Researcher, + Professor of Digital and Biological Fabrication, Maryland Institute College of Art Kirsten Horning, Principal, XRC Labs Nancy J Kelley, President + CEO, Nancy J Kelley + Associates Minji Kim, Fiber and Polymer Scientist, AlgiKnit Todd Kuiken, Senior Research Scholar, North Carolina State University Jim Lane, Editor + P
Join us online for the culmination of Biodesign Challenge 2020, an international competition where high school and university students partner with artists, designers, and scientists to create projects that envision and critique the future of biotechnology.
Forty-five finalist teams will showcase their projects before an esteemed panel of judges from academia, the arts, and industry, and audiences from around the world. One team will be awarded the Glass Microbe, a unique glass trophy that is passed between each year’s winning teams.
Finalist teams were chosen from over 500 students from 12 countries across 6 continents who worked throughout the academic year to develop their ideas.
RSVP to receive more details. We'll be sending updates and announcements to all registered guests.
SPEAKERS
Keynote | June 19, 12:30pm
Founding Principal of The Living and Associate Professor at Columbia GSAPP
In Conversation | June 19, 1:00pm
Award-winning science fiction author and science journalist, in conversation with Torie Bosch (Editor, Future Tense)
SUMMIT AGENDA
Day 1: Monday, June 15th | 1:00pm - 5:45pm ET
Regions presenting: South/Central America, Australia, US/Canada
Day 2: Tuesday, June 16th | 9:00am - 3:30pm ET
Regions presenting: Europe, Africa, US/Canada
Day 3: Wednesday, June 17th | 8:00am - 12:45pm ET
Regions presenting: Japan, South/Central America, US/Canada
Friday, June 19th | 11:00am - 3:00pm ET
Speakers and Awards Ceremony
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
Aalto University
Atlanta International School
California College of the Arts, Design
California State University, Los Angeles
Carnegie Mellon University
College for Creative Studies
Estonian Academy of Arts
Fashion Institute of Technology
Grace Church School
Greenside Design Center
The Hewitt School
Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment (Newcastle University and Northumbria University)
Illinois State University
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Jacksonville State University
Keio University
Kent State University
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Nest Makerspace
New Design High School
New York City College of Technology
New York University, IDM
New York University, ITP
NuVu Innovation Studio
Parsons School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
RMIT University
Rutgers University
SeaShift Collaborative (CCA, UCDavis, UCSF)
Universidad de los Andes
Universidad del Istmo
University of Applied Sciences Saarbrücken
University of British Columbia
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Michigan
University of New Mexico
University of Southern California
University of Sydney
University of Technology Sydney
University of Toledo
University of Wisconsin, Stout
BDC 2020 JUDGES
Jasmina Aganovic, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ginkgo Bioworks
Christina Agapakis, Creative Director, Ginkgo Bioworks
Nathan Allen, Head of Special Projects, Google
Dan Ardia, Professor of Biology, Franklin & Marshall College
Leslie Atzmon, Professor of Graphic Design + Design History, Eastern Michigan University
Torie Bosch, Future Tense Editor, Slate
Carrie Cizauskas, Artist + Scientist
Victoria Colangelo, Founder, NXTbeauty
Alison Cutlan, Founder, Cutlan Lab and Studio
Heather Davis, Writer, Editor, + Researcher
Kim de Mora, Founder + CEO, SVN Med
Alison Dell, Assistant Professor of Biology, St. Francis College
Nancy Diniz, Course Leader of Masters in Biodesign, Central Saint Martins; Partner, Augmented Architectures, bioMATTERS
Stephen Donofrio, Principal + Founder, Greenpoint Innovations
Ben Doranz, President + CEO, Integral Molecular
Sam Weiss Evans, Researcher, Harvard University, MIT
Laura Forlano, Associate Professor of Design, The Illinois Institute of Technology
Doug Goodwin, Fletcher Jones Foundation Scholar in Computation, Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Scripps College
Christine Goulay, Head of Sustainable Innovation, Kering
Fred Gould, Co-director, Genetic Engineering and Society Center, NC State
Hank Greely, Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law, Professor of Genetics, Stanford University
Gigi Gronvall, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Christi Guerrini, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
Keira Havens, Manager of Sustainability + Public Affairs, Pivot Bio
Denise Hoffman Brandt, Director + Associate Professor, Graduate Landscape Architecture Program, CCNY; Founder, Hoffman Brandt Projects
Karen Hogan, CEO + Cofounder, Biorealize, Inc.
Ryan Hoover, Artist, Researcher, + Professor of Digital and Biological Fabrication, Maryland Institute College of Art
Kirsten Horning, Principal, XRC Labs
Nancy J Kelley, President + CEO, Nancy J Kelley + Associates
Minji Kim, Fiber and Polymer Scientist, AlgiKnit
Todd Kuiken, Senior Research Scholar, North Carolina State University
Jim Lane, Editor + Publisher, Biofuels Digest
Magnolia Laurie, Department of Art + Art History, Franklin & Marshall College
Andrea Lipps, Associate Curator of Contemporary Design, Cooper Hewitt Museum
Ani Liu, Arts Fellow + Lecturer, Princeton University
Margaret MacDonald, Research chemist, US Army Futures Command; part-time faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art
Melissa Marra-Alvarez, Curator of Education and Research, The Museum at FIT
Angela McQuillan, Curator, Esther Klein Gallery
Michelle Millar Fisher, Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Leslie Mitchell, Postdoctoral Fellow, Jef Boeke Lab at NYU Langone
William Myers, Curator, Teacher, + Author of Biodesign
Naomi Nakayama, Research Fellow, Royal Society University
Ann Neumann, Director of Galleries, MIT Museum
Hemai Parthasarathy, CSO + Partner, Breakout Ventures
Jeanne Pfordresher, Adjunct Associate, Pratt Institute Industrial Design; Partner, Hybrid Product Design
Mirelle Phillips, Founder, Studio Elsewhere
Sukanya Punthambaker, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Alexandra Ralevski Science Director, The Biomimicry Institute
Simone Ross, Cofounder, Techonomy; Curator, TED
Andrew Scarpelli, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Jason Schupbach, Director, The Design School, Arizona State University
Laura Splan, Artist
Orkan Telhan, Cofounder + Chief Design Officer, Biorealize, Inc.; Associate Professor of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania
Danielle Trofe, Founder, Danielle Trofe Design
Harris Wang, Assistant Professor of Systems Biology, Columbia University
Elizabeth Wissinger, Professor of Sociology, CUNY
Jiwon Woo, CEO + Creative Director, hypha design.
Elaine Young, Founder, LAByrinth
