by organizer | Jan 22, 2020
Reducing waste is a world-wide challenge. For aspiring minimalist Sandra Heinzen, it felt natural to dive into a zero-waste lifestyle. However, she didn’t imagine to fail so spectacularly. In this talk, she describes her challenges and shows us how to reduce waste in...
by organizer | Aug 31, 2019
Everybody knows the discomfort of feeling cramped for several hours on a long-distance flight with no choice but wait for the aircraft to land. Annika Paul, working with an interdisciplinary research team, wants to tackle the complex challenge of improving the flying...
by organizer | May 18, 2019
For Marc it’s a safe bet that you all love food, but in his talk he shows how to produce healthy food in a sustainable way. On his search for these technologies he discovered some of the industry’s biggest problems. Showing some of the worst consequences,...
by organizer | May 14, 2019
Why aren’t the objects we manufacture made to be beautiful, on top of being optimized for functionality? Turns out, the way we manufacture things hasn’t really changed since the time of the Roman empire. With the introduction of 3D printing, that paradigm...
by organizer | May 14, 2019
3 billion people worldwide live in cities without sewers or wastewater treatment plant infrastructure. This forces them to dump their waste into open waters, contaminating the drinking water for others downstream. Imagine if we could harness nutrients in wastewater...
