Invitation

Biomimetics unifies biology and technology. The basic principle of biomimetics is learning from nature. However, nature doesn't deliver blueprints. The idea is to understand the principles behind nature´s constructions. Scientists and engineers are conducting interdisciplinary work in order to implement innovative ideas and developments technically and introduce them to the market.

Nature is indeed the greatest innovator of all time! It has been developing, trying out and optimising solutions to problems for around 3.8 billion years. Biomimetics plays a key role when it is a question of making the solutions successfully carried out in nature´s test laboratory useful for our knowledge society. It is not just a melting pot of widely different biological and engineering disciplines but also a field where basic research and technical applications are interlinked at an early stage.

An essential part of the innovative power of biomimetics is founded on the interaction between basic research in biology on the one hand and the rising technical capabilities of bio- and nanotechnology, micro systems technology, optoelectronics, material sciences and processing technologies on the other hand. Mostly it is a long way from the biologically inspired idea to a marketable product.

The primary objective of BIOKON and BIOKON international is to make biomimetics useful as a source of ideas and innovation for technology, business, and society. As an information and educational platform, BIOKON and BIOKON international bundle and network the activities and expertise of important biomimetics working groups, so that biological problemsolving and optimisation strategies are targeted to result in new products and technologies.

The aim of the International Industrial Convention on Biomimetics, to which you are cordially invited, is to make an important contribution in this area.


BIOKON - Forschungsgemeinschaft Bionik-Kompetenznetz and
BIOKON international

Dr. Rainer Erb
Executive Director