Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Time | Event | (+) |
09:00 - 12:00 | OpenFOAM workshop - OpenFOAM CFD workshop lead by Dr Chandan Bose | |
13:00 - 13:30 | Welcome and Registration - Welcome and Registration | |
13:30 - 14:00 | Introduction | |
14:00 - 15:00 | Keynote: Biomimetics – Ancient, Modern, both or neither? - Julian Vincent | |
15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee break | |
15:30 - 17:10 | First scientific session | |
17:10 - 17:20 | Thanks, announcements and finish for the day |
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Time | Event | (+) |
09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome Coffee | |
09:30 - 10:30 | Keynote: Bioinspired microsystems: how insights from nature can inspire cutting-edge engineering designs. - Michelle Spanjaards | |
10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break and posters | |
11:00 - 12:40 | Second scientific session | |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 - 15:40 | Third scientific session | |
15:40 - 16:00 | Coffee break and posters | |
16:00 - 17:15 | Panel discussion | |
17:15 - 17:25 | Thanks, announcements and finish for the second day | |
19:00 - 23:00 | Drinks reception, Playfair library |
Friday, June 27, 2025
Time | Event | (+) |
09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome Coffee | |
09:30 - 10:30 | Keynote: Plants across deep time: functional mechanisms that have survived the past and their potential for a bioinspired future. - Nick Rowe | |
10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break and posters | |
11:00 - 12:40 | Fourth scientific session | |
12:40 - 12:50 | Closing and thanks | |
12:50 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 - 17:00 | TO BE CONFIRMED. Visit to National Museums Scotland Collection Centre - An opportunity to go behind the scenes and visit the palaeontological collections of National Museums Scotland – a huge repository of palaeo-bioinspiration containing over 250 000 fossil specimens! |