Grand plenary 2025


Eric BERTON. President of Aix-Marseille University.


[ WHY DOES NATURE INSPIRE US? OUR FIGHT FOR BIOMIMICRY

>> Presentation of the programme / review of trends and news on the rise of biomimicry / Why is biomimicry accelerating and emerging as a new paradigm for overcoming the crisis? but also as a tool for managing innovation and creating a new form of global added value? How far have we got? What are the obstacles (still) and what are the levers? A look back at 10 years of intensive work and the outlook for the future.

Kalina RASKIN. Managing Director of Ceebios

Tarik CHEKCHAK. Director of the Living Inspired Strategies Unit, Institut des Futurs souhaitables

Emmanuel DELANNOY. Co-founder of the Fresque de l'économie régénératrice. Project manager for the Territoires et Entreprises network - Life Biodiv'France - French Office for Biodiversity

Alain RENAUDIN. Chairman of NewCorp Conseil, founder of Biomim'expo


[ BIODIVERSITY, CLIMATE, THE OCEANS AND US ... DESTINIES LINKED

Why are Biodiversity and Climate issues so important? two sides of the same coin, that of preserving the capacity to live on Earth, including for the human species. Why is everything linked, but not in the same way and at the same levels? How can we re-prioritise causes and effects, solutions and objectives? How can we move from a fatal dead end, where biodiversity dies (before we do) from global warming (and accelerates it by its collapse), to a biodiversity-solution and major tool for decarbonisation and quality of life? And above all, what are the hopes, solutions and encouraging trends?

Gilles BOEUF. Chairman of Ceebios. Biologist, Professor at Sorbonne University. Former President of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Member of the Scientific Council of the Office Français de la Biodiversité.

Maud LELIEVRE. Council Member UICN Présidente Comité français de l'UICN membre du CA (VP) Jane Goodall Institute France Secrétaire générale adjointe LPO France Conseillère de Paris.

Jacques ROUGERIE. Architect, Member of the Institute. Chairman of SeaOrbiter. Founder of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation.

Patricia RICARD. President of the Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard.


[ AND WHAT IF THE AGRICULTURE OF THE FUTURE WAS ALREADY HERE?

>> Perhaps never before has agriculture been so much the focus of both criticism and hope, a testing ground, a political and societal issue, a subject of public debate, sometimes virulent, at a time when we have never had so much common interest in reinventing together this vital activity that will determine our future. After a summer marked by the Duplomb law and the historic mobilisation of the petition calling for its opposition, where do we really stand in the new agricultural mosaic that is emerging?

Hosted by François CADIERGUEEcole des Vivants pilot

Sébastien ROUMEGOUS. CEO Biospheres.

Marc-André SELOSSE. Professor at the University of Montpellier II and the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Institut de systématique, évolution, biodiversité. Author of numerous books, most recently "nature and prejudice", published by Actes Sud.

Alain THIBAULTChairman of AGRIODOR

Thomas RABANTCEO REGENERATION


[ THAT INVISIBLE WATER THAT NOBODY COUNTS!

At a time when the climate and biodiversity are attracting all the attention (and rightly so!), Esther Crauser-Delbourg will remind us that water is - also - a key challenge. A specialist in public policy and water economics, she will be highlighting an often invisible reality: 90 % of our water consumption is 'hidden' in our production and food habits (you "eat" up to 5000 litres of water a day! ... that you can't see). How can we better 'see' and make the most of this vital resource, reduce our 'water footprint' like we have a carbon footprint, rethink its governance and reduce our consumption without necessarily giving up our comfort? With concrete examples and solutions that are already accessible, she invites us to change our way of looking at things and to consider water as a new economic indicator, too.

Esther CRAUSER-DELBOURGWater Economist, Co-Founder & CEO Water Wiser

His TEDx here


[ BIO-INSPIRED FASHION SHOW

>> A first! Biomim'expo invites Nature to be the artistic director of a fashion show! It's an idea launched as a challenge and a way of stimulating our thinking and our creativity: drawing inspiration from living things to redesign fashion that is more resilient, vernacular, circular, symbiotic, brighter, more poetic too, reinventing itself according to the specifications of living things.

Audrey PRATPresident of BIOM'inspi, former Director of CSR and Sustainable Development for Textiles at Auchan Retail - and Artistic Director of our 2025 bio-inspired fashion show!

Jocelyn MEIREFASK Founder, President of the Ecole de Production de Confection textile de la Région Sud and of Mode in Sud.

Simon MANDINFounder of La boite Bienfaite, Designer, Materials Expert - and Creative Director of the Albatros brand.

Thomas BUSUTTILFounder of La 5ème Saison, Expert in sustainable innovation and regenerative business models, Co-founder of C3D, Director of Fashion Green Hub.

Charlotte LABIGNEFounder of MARJ | Co-founder of the BAGA collective


[ SHOWING OF THE FILM "NATURE, OUR UNINSPECTED ALLIANCE" and discussion with its producer

https://www.france.tv/documentaires/documentaires-environnement/7290716-nature-notre-alliee-insoupconnee.html



[ AND WHAT IF IA WAS GOOD FOR BIODIVERSITY?

How can AI draw inspiration from living things and - above all - benefit them? Like any good tool, AI can be used more or less well. Here too, we could say that "it's the intention that counts". Climate modelling, ecosystem management, prioritisation and adaptation of actions, characterisation of living organisms, data analysis, risk prevention, monitoring of species demographics, etc.

Olivier ROVELOTTI. CEO of NATURAL SOLUTIONS.

Eliot GRAEFF(Go and try Asteria to generate bio-inspired ideas! Workshop on stand A20)

François-Alexandre BERTRANDCEO of Platypus Craft SAS and Chairman of the Blue Odyssey Initiative.

Hosted by another expert on the subject, Audrey VERMEULENPhD student at AMU ( InCIAM-CGGG LEST). Ethical design of AI. Co-founder of LICA and Mom.


[ SHAREHOLDER NATURE HAS ITS SAY

Until now, human activities have been developed in the interests ... of human beings, often considering the rest of the living world as a resource, a stock of raw materials or a cheap asset. What if this other living thing also had the right to vote? To have its say? For mutually beneficial decisions? What if giving this vital stakeholder a seat at the table was the real new paradigm? What if Biodiversity really, officially, and legally became part of the management committee?

Thomas BREUZARD. Perma-Company Director at Norsys and Co-Chairman of B Corp France (B Lab)

Céline VARENNE SOUCHON. Spokesperson for Médiateurs du Vivant, Founder of Mengrov.


[ THE FUTURE IS A TEAM SPORT, TESTIMONIALS FROM DUOS

The Brundtland Report was published in 1987. The IPCC was created in 1988. The first COP took place in 1995. The so-called NRE laws in France (obligation for listed companies to report on their impacts) came into force in 2002. It was also at this time that Sustainable Development Departments were set up in companies... all this is both old and still new. What has been achieved? Why are the results not yet there? Focus on the new dynamics, methods and initiatives that are proposing a change of gear, with concrete examples to back them up, in duos between supporting networks and supported companies.

Introduction by Fabrice BONNIFETChairman of C3D and GENACT.

Mélanie JEANNERETco-pilot of CEC Provence Méditerranée +. Emmanuel DUJARDINChairman ROUGERIE+TANGRAM

Léa ZASLAVSKYco-founder of makesense + Rym TRABELSIPLANET SCORE Development Director (and co-founder of Clear Fashion)


[ CITIES, TERRITORIES AND RESILIENCE: HOW CAN WE RETHINK THEM TO SERVE THE FUTURE?

The city! the challenge of all challenges! Soon to be the predominant habitat of our species, with more than 2 out of 3 people living in cities by 2050. It's where most of the challenges are concentrated (consumption, energy, pollution, water, emissions, etc.), and it's also where new generations are disconnecting from nature and living things. The territory is also a major lever for action and decision-making, to recreate a mutually beneficial cohabitation between human activities and biodiversity, to - like Living Things - live in good health in a healthy ecosystem. Cities and Territories are the 2 facets/scales of a major reinvention project, to ensure that we no longer think of our living environment solely in terms of human beings, but in terms of welcoming living things back into it and making these spaces more sober, resilient and alive...

Anne CLAUDIUS-PETITRegional Councillor for the Southern Region, Chair of the Energy Transition, Waste Strategy and Air Quality Commission. President of ARBE, Agence Régionale Biodiversité Environnement.

Bertrand DELIGNONMACIF Group Property & Casualty Director

Grégoire FABREco-founder and CEO of Flamingo, crowdfunding for wetlands

Spotlight on :

Rodrigue REYMarine Eco-design Engineer at SEABOOST. Presentation of 2 projects to restore marine biodiversity and protect the coastline.

Thibaut HOUETTEArchitect, Doctor in Biomimetics & Biotechnology, R&D&I and Habitat Officer at CEEBIOS. Think of a building's foundations like a tree's root system!


[ PRESENTATION OF THE BIOMIM'EXPO AWARDS 2025!

SPOTLIGHT ON THE NUGGETS AND WINNERS OF THE 2025 BIO-INSPIRATION AWARDS. This year, we've decided to put them on the big stage: live presentation of the Biomim'expo Awards 2025. The candidates will have presented their projects and innovations at the beginning of the afternoon (at 2pm). The Jury will have deliberated and they will be ready to award the prizes to the winners (who have not been notified in advance ;-). Come to the plenary session to congratulate them!

The 2025 Winners and the Press Release : https://biomimexpo.com/biomimexpo-awards-2025/


[ GRAND FINALE AND GROUP PHOTO OF THE "PHARO APPEAL

Exceptionally this year, Biomim'expo 2025 will end with a "joint declaration".

From this emblematic spot on the Pharo, between land and sea, but also between nature and humanity, between the city and biodiversity, this "Appel du Pharo" will invite us and all those of good will and daring and willing minds to invent a new world inspired by the world, in a community of linked and fraternal destinies between the human race and all the other inhabitants of the Earth. It's a call to move on from the pedagogy of why we need to change (which is sometimes difficult to understand) to the pedagogy of how, which is the only way to demonstrate that other fields of possibility exist, that they are already there in many cases, tried and tested, and that we need to grow this tomorrow that has already been born and is just waiting to unfold. It's a call to us to take our place, as a young, inexperienced species in the midst of an ocean of life rich in knowledge and genius, to help us innovate and take care of ourselves if we are capable of taking care of the Life that has preceded us and will survive us.