Wildlife Nature Hour: Talks and "Live" Demos
Frontier Tower 6th Floor
Explore the natural world with a family-friendly Happy Hour, featuring locally sourced bites, drinks, and conversations at the intersection of nature, science, and circular systems.
Food
Drinks and locally sourced light bites will be provided 🧀🍅🍷
This will be a 2-part event.
Part 1: Nature and Circular Systems
3pm doors open, drinks and bites
3:30-4:30pm talks
Speakers
Josh Cassidy 🎥
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Josh Cassidy discusses wildlife filmmaking and how nature inspires technology. From squid skin to butterfly wings, researchers are turning to the natural world for innovative solutions.
Josh created Deep Look, a KQED/PBS nature series and one of YouTube's most popular nature shows. As lead producer and cinematographer, he and a team of talented creators developed the series from concept to 200+ episodes and 590+ million views.
https://youtube.com/KQEDDeepLook
His work has been recognized with multiple Northern California Emmy Awards, SPJ Excellence in Journalism Awards, Webby Awards, Jackson Wild Awards, and an AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Gold Award.
Trinity Walls, PhD Candidate UC Berkeley 🕸️
Arachnologist
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DnAUnXNm1I4
Trinity will share fascinating insights into the hidden world of local spiders, from recent discoveries to the surprising roles they play in our ecosystems. For those curious (and brave), she’ll also offer live demonstrations showcasing these incredible creatures up close 🕷️
Damon Tighe 🍄
Biotech educator and mycologist
https://www.linkedin.com/in/damontighe/
Damon Tighe is a biotechnology educator and Naturalist in the SF Bay Area. He worked on the human genome project, has been involved in describing new mushroom species in California, and has been a major contributor to community science through the iNaturalist platform where he has made over 100,000 observations.
Fungal Diversity in California
The California Fungal Diversity Survey started in 2023 to broadly document the diversity of fungi across California by creating modern fungarium collections with DNA sequencing. Mini mushrooms in California have historically been called the wrong species as we applied European names two things that looked similar to them in California. The project has elucidated many new species and helped us to understand species of concern in a changing climate.
This event is co-presented with:
Emin Israfil 🚮
Founder & CEO, Rubbish
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eminisrafil/
Part 2: The Future of Food Systems: From Recovery to Regeneration, 5-7 pm
Register separately here: https://luma.com/vfd749zf
Speakers
Briana Zhen
Senior Environmental Operations Specialist at San Francisco International Airport
https://www.linkedin.com/in/briana-zhen-133a45a7/
Maen Mahfoud
Founder & CEO, Replate. Instructor at Princeton and Stanford. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maenmahfoud/
Jack Steinmann
Sustainability Specialist, San Mateo County
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-steinmann/
Emin Israfil,
Founder & CEO, Rubbish
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eminisrafil/
Register separately here: https://luma.com/vfd749zf
Venue Information
This event is hosted at the Frontier Tower:
We are transforming a 16-floor tower in San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village—a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. Tier-one labs presenting AI, Ethereum, biotech, neuroscience, longevity, robotics, makerspace, human flourishing, and arts & music. These floors will house innovators and creators pushing the boundaries of human potential in a post-AI-singularity world.
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