Fungi: The New Frontier of Environmental Innovations - Reshaping Sectors to be Regenerative and Biobased
The new frontier of environmental solutions - How fungi innovations can help rewire sectors to be regenerative and nature-based & driving global system change
Fungi are emerging as a powerful new frontier in biosolutions across industries. From mycelium-based building materials and fungal batteries for energy storage, to cleaning contaminated soil and water, ensuring a sustainable agriculture, and replacing petrochemicals in personal care and cosmetics, fungi are enabling a system-wide shift toward regenerative, nature-based solutions.
Join to learn and explore more about this fascinating and rapidly evolving topic by Susanne Gløersen, founder and CEO of The Future is Fungi Award, and learn more about The Future is Fungi Award`s work as a global ecosystem and launchpad to accelerate pioneering fungal innovators worldwide.
Wednesday 6th of May
Registration from 16:30
Program followed by aperitivo 17:00-19:00
Where: Minerva Atelier Gallery, Minervastrasse 33, 8032 Zurich
Agenda:
From 16:30: Mingling and welcome
Fungi as the new frontier for sustainable solutions across industries. How fungi biobased innovations are reshaping industries to be more regenerative, driving system change - Susanne Gløersen, Founder and CEO, The Future is Fungi Award
Open discussion & questions
Aperitivo and mingle (until 19ish)
The event is specifically for philanthropists, private investors, and corporates to learn about fungi as a new frontier in sustainable innovation across sectors, and more about The Future is Fungi Award organization and its mission.
About The Future is Fungi Award
The Future is Fungi Award accelerates the global transition to regenerative systems through fungal innovation. Founded by Susanne Gløersen in 2023, this is a global ecosystem and launchpad for pioneering startups and science entrepreneurs leveraging fungi to restore ecosystems, decarbonize industries, create sustainable energy, and circular products. The Future is Fungi Award has become a global catalyst for fungal innovation, connecting scientists, startups, investors, philanthropists, and industry leaders to accelerate fungi-based breakthroughs. The winners receive a €250,000 investment and access to a top-tier innovation network of global partners and a venture builder program. Partners and jury include Stanford, Harvard, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, L´Oreal, Novonesis+, and it's the X Prize for fungal innovation.
Previous winners have been featured in The Guardian, Financial Times, and Nature Biotechnology, and the prize itself has been nominated for Prince William’s Earthshot Prize. For more information, visit:www.futureisfungi.org