Presented by: KoNTRS, Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Reviews Materials, and Communications Engineering

From the smallest biological building blocks to tissue-scale organization and even complete organisms at multiple scales, biological systems and their pathologies continue to inspire researchers to create new materials, structures and devices.  This conference aims to capture diverse bioinspired perspectives by bringing together prominent researchers with different focuses, but with the collective purpose of pushing the boundaries of materials science and technology, to mimic, refine and improve on the principles, structures and capabilities seen in nature.  Our conference will emphasize the importance of the nanoscale in driving for structural and functional control.  Key themes will be bioinspired nanomaterials synthesis, assembly and application in the fields of nanophotonics and nanomedicine.