International Symposium on Palaeo-Bioinspiration

Bioinspiration is an approach to innovation that transforms ideas and principles found in nature into products, processes and systems. Given that current species represent only 0.1% of all life that has ever existed on earth, a bioinspired approach based on the observation of paleobiological systems increases the potential of bioinspiration considerably. The fossil record offers not only a greater diversity of biological models compared to current biological systems, but also provides context for understanding the form, function, and origins of key traits of interest observed in living systems.