

A Biodiversity Powered Planet: The Importance of Food System Choices
🪴 Nobel Talks in the Metaverse | Virtual Swiss Expo 🇨🇭
🌍 How can our food choices power a thriving, biodiverse planet?
Join us in the UZH Metaverse for a timely keynote by Hans Rudolf Herren — Swiss agronomist, President of the Biovision Foundation, ETH Zurich PhD in biological control, recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize,” 2013, with Biovision) and the World Food Prize — a global leader championing agroecology and science-based solutions for people and planet.
🎙️ Talk Title: A Biodiversity Powered Planet: The Importance of Food System Choices
📅 Date: 24 September 2025
🕔 Time: 17:00 CEST
📍 Where: UZH Metaverse – Virtual Swiss Expo at Expo 2025 Osaka
🌱 Explore how biodiversity, ecological agriculture, and smarter food systems can drive sustainability, equity, and resilience — live from the digital twin of UZH’s historic Aula, made possible with Metapeace and Presence Switzerland.
🎧 The talk will be followed by an interactive Q&A in the Metaverse.
📲 To not miss any second of the talk, download and install the Metaverse app now (QR below):
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/future-index/virtual/virtual-site/
Instructions to Access the Lecture
Access to the Virtual Aula:
Download the official Virtual Expo App on your device (Windows/Mac/iOS/Android/VR):
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/future-index/virtual/virtual-site/#download
Use this direct link to enter the main stage of the Swiss Pavilion:
https://contents.ssv.virtualexpo.expo2025.or.jp/deeplink/cushion_page.html?SpaceId=SS-389387
💡 After entering the Aula or if disconnected during the session, move from the back to the front to activate the livestream screen.
🎤 You may interact via chat or mic during the session.
⚠️ VPN connections may cause technical issues.
🔗 For more details:
https://www.blockchain.uzh.ch/events/virtual-swiss-expo/
🚀 Don’t miss this unique opportunity to engage with a Right Livelihood laureate and World Food Prize laureate in an immersive, cutting-edge virtual environment!