Innovation Speaker
Taryn Mead
Taryn Mead is a biologist, sustainability strategist and Certified Biomimicry Professional who has consulted with over 30 corporate, municipal and nonprofit clients using biomimicry as a tool for innovation and sustainability. As a pioneering practitioner of biomimicry, she has worked on domestic and international projects ranging from new product design to industrial ecosystems to new cities for 2 million inhabitants. She has also served as the lead facilitator for numerous biomimicry workshops with corporate clients and blossoming biomimics and lectured for large audiences. Her current work is focused on helping companies take biomimicry from a budding design idea to a practical solution ready for the marketplace.
Taryn Mead's speaking engagements:
niversity of Missouri-Columbia: School of Architecture (Missouri, USA)AIA-COTE Biomimicry and Design Workshop (Houston, Seattle, San Jose, CA, Atlanta, NYC)
University of Brunei Darussalam (Brunei)
Plain Green Conference (Souix Falls, SD)
Corenet Global Conference (New Orleans, Pheonix)
Dammam University: Sustainability Through Biomimicry (Dammam, Saudi Arabia)
Ball State University: School of Architecture (Indiana, USA)
USGBC Greenbuild: LDB Project Presentation (Toronto, Canada)
Cannon Design: Environmental Awareness Week Series (Los Angeles, CA)
Hitachi Environmental Conference (Singapore)
Biomimicry Workshop for Lavasa Employees (Lavasa, India)
Biomimicry Workshop for HOK Sustainable Design (Arizona, USA)
Northern Rockies Bioneers Biomimicry Workshop (Montana, USA)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Fall Lecture Series (Illinois, USA)