Tuesday, May 9

9:00
Welcome and Introduction

9:20
Insect structural coloration: from nanostructures to animal behavior
Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira / Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Brazil

10:00
Iridescence from biological gratings in snakes and transparent fish
Qibin Zhao / Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

10:40
Coffee break

11:10
Butterfly wings with structural colors: from DNA to photocatalysis
Gábor Piszter / Center for Energy Research, Hungary

11:50
Biological hairs across scales
Guillermo Amador / Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands

12:30
Lunch

14:00
Performance of living biological adhesive systems in hot and humid conditions
Alyssa Stark / Villanova University, USA

14:40
The nanostructures underlining structural white in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Diptera, Tephritidae)
Manuela Rebora / University of Perugia, Italy

15:20
Poster Introduction
Short introduction of all posters

16:00
Coffee break

16:30
Superhydrophobicity in plants: evolution, structures, functions, and biomimetic applications
Wilhelm Barthlott / Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, Germany

17:10
Self-healing superhydrophobic materials by remaking surface chemical makeup and microstructures
Atsushi Hozumi / AIST Chubu, Japan

17:50
How the gecko walks on almost any surface: Lessons from multi-scale molecular simulation
Florian Müller-Plathe / Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

18:30
End of talks and break

18:45
POSTER SESSION

19:30
End of poster session and dinner

 

Wednesday, May 10

 

9:00
Welcome

9:05
Placeholder

9:45
Bacterial adhesion to solid surfaces: Interplay of intermolecular forces, wettability and roughness
Karin Jacobs / Saarland University, Germany

10:25
The surface chemistry of gecko toe pads
Tobias Weidner / Aarhus University, Denmark

11:05
Coffee break

11:35
Smart surfaces based on magnetoactive elastomers
Mikhail Chamonine / Regensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

12:15
Responsive polymer films through supramolecular assembly
Stephen Schrettl / Technical University of Munich, Germany

12:55
Lunch

14:10
Excursion

19:30
Dinner

 

Thursday, May 11

 

9:00
Welcome

9:05
Bioinspired light switchable dry adhesives
Anne Staubitz / University of Bremen, Germany

9:45
Biomimetic on gecko locomotion: learn from and go beyond biology
Zhendong Dai / Nanjing University Aeronautics & Astronautics, China

10:25
Beyond biomimicry - next generation applications of bioinspired adhesives from microfluidics to composites
Dan Sameoto / University of Alberta, Canada

11:05
Coffee break

11:35
Biomimetics inspired from the evolution of insects
Ming Bai / Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

12:15
Bioinspired architectures using biopolymer-based photoresists using direct laser writing
Cordt Zollfrank / Technical University of Munich, Germany

12:55
Lunch

14:25
Strength and deformation behaviour of bio-inspired surface for geotechnical applications
Hans-Henning Stutz / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

15:05
Keeping an permanent layer of air under water: perspectives of bio-inspired ship coatings based on the Salvinia effect
Thomas Schimmel / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

15:45
Coffee break

16:15
Machine Intelligence Inspired by Nature: From Functional Structured Body Surfaces to Brain
Poramate Manoonpong / University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

16:55
Synergy of structural principles yields robust microstructured dry adhesives for real-world applications
Lars Heepe / Gottlieb Binder GmbH, Germany

17:35
End of the Scientific Program

19:30
Dinner