BIOMIMETIC

SUMMIT®

INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE &

EXHIBITION

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Sponsorship guide

December 2013 version

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WHY, WHEN and WHAT

Take advantage of a unique opportunity to connect with the most prestigious decision makers within the sector.

Because an holistic view of Biomimetics will inspire your Business, Enterprise, Center or Department.

The human being is searching evolution through innovation.

Innovation is the engine of added value products.

Biomimetics are inspiring and revolutionary because Nature is an endless inspiration source.

► Travelling event: First edition in Barcelona Autumn 2014

► Duration: 3 days, 2 days for delegates and 1 Open Day exhibition

► 10 leading conferences (opinion leaders) + workshops + 10 short demos

► Exhibition areas with: -Pabilions for partners

-Stands for enterprises with new ideas, systems, products,...

► Cocktails, lunchs and dinners for global networking

► Delegates limit: 500 pax

► International promotion, specialized media communication

Event briefing

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1st DAY 2nd DAY 3rd DAY

09:30-10:00 Opening Ceremony 10:00-10:45 Gu1 10:00-10:45 Gu5 10:30-11:15 Gu10 10:45-11:00 Demo 1 10:45-11:00 Demo 5 11:15-11:30 Demo 10 11:00-11:45 Gu2 11:00-11:45 Gu6

Exhibition Day

11:45-12:00 Demo 2 11:45-12:00 Demo 6 12:00-12:30 Coffee Break 12:00-12:30 Coffee Break 12:30-14:00 Closework* 12:30-14:00 Closework* 14:00-15:30 Design Thinking

Lunch 14:00-15:30 Design Thinking

Lunch

15:30-16:15 Gu3 15:30-16:15 Gu7 16:15-16:30 Demo 3 16:15-16:30 Demo 7 16:30-17:15 Gu4 16:30-17:15 Gu8 17:15-17:30 Demo 4 17:15-17:30 Demo 8 17:30-18:00 Coffee Break 17:30-18:00 Coffee Break 19:30-20:30 Roundtable Day 1 19:30-20:30 Roundtable Day 2 19:30-20:30 Closing Ceremony 20:30-23:00 Biomimetic Gala

Dinner Gu 9 Demo 9

UNDER SUBSCRIPTION OPEN DAY

► Gu: Speakers, Opinion Leaders.

► Demo: Demonstration of a biomimetic real implementation.

► Design Thinking Lunch: Global approach to the relation biomimetics/business/innovation.

► CloseWork: -Top Workshops: 20 delegates with speakers for best personalized networking (2 sessions with 8 groups of 20 delegates, with 1 opinion leader per group)

-Focus Workshops: Different special workshops (robotics, bioniks, etc.)

► Biomimetic Gala Dinner: dinner with 1 opinion leader speach.

► Exhibition opens from 10:00h to 19:00h

Conference Structure Provisional version

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We are going to grow up with our sponsors, from the trunch to the branches to complete the understanding of what’s going on the innovation inspired by nature.

Sponsors Structure

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We are searching the biomimetic world leading companies of each main sector. The most representative has to be the Global Sponsor and it has a hard transectorial profile.

In the Premium segment, we have identified 4 main fields: the Premum Mobility Sponsor, the Premium Health Sponsor, the Premium Technology Sponsor and the Premium Nutrition Sponsor.

To complete the industrial sectors, we have defined 10 more specific branches: the Focus Transport Sponsor, the Focus Automotive Sponsor, the Focus Pharma Sponsor, the Focus Chemical Sponsor, the Focus Textile Sponsor, the Focus Architectural, Engineering and Construction Sponsor, the Focus Media Sponsor, the Focus Information Technologies Sponsor, the Focus Food and Drinks Sponsor and the Focus Energy Sponsor.

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GLOBAL SPONSOR 200.000€

►Exclusivity: the only one as Global Sponsor

►Pavilion of 50 m2 in the Exhibition Area

►Participation in the Opening (welcome)

►5 invitations to the previous dinner with the 10 speakers + personalities

►Logo in prominent appearance at:

- official event web linked to own site and social media

- official event documentation

- all conference sessions

- advertising inserts (on-line and off-line)

- exterior signaling and lunch event area

►Banner in the official web

►50 invitations for delegates (Conference+Top Workshop)

►10 invitations to the Gala dinner

►Participation in the Closing ceremony (summary)

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PREMIUM SPONSOR 100.000€

►Pavilion of 25 m2 in the Exhibition Area

►Moderation of two of the conference sessions

►Breakfast / Lunch with speakers of the session to moderate

►Logo in prominent appearance at:

- official event web linked to own site and social media

- official event documentation

- the conference session to moderate

- advertising inserts (on-line and off-line)

- cofee break signaling

- lanyards

►Rotatory Banner in the official website

►25 invitations for delegates to Conferences, 10 invitations for Top Workshop

►6 invitations to the Gala dinner

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FOCUS SPONSOR 50.000€

GALA DINNER SPONSOR 20.000€

►Pavilion of 16 m2 in the Exhibition Area

►Presentation of one Demo

►Logo in prominent appearance at:

- official event web linked to own site and social media

- official event documentation

- advertising inserts (on-line and off-line)

►10 invitations for delegates, 1 invitation for Top Workshop

►4 invitations to the Gala dinner

►Pavilion of 16 m2 in the Exhibition Area

►Logo in prominent appearance at:

- official event web

- Gala dinner

►10 invitations to the Gala dinner

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Images Credits: examples of biomimetic robots

(A) Stickyrobot: Gecko-inspired climbing robot developed at Stanford University (Kim et al 2008, photo credit: Mark Cutkosky)

(B) Robobee: Insect-like micro.air vehicle from the Harvard Microrobotics Lab (Sreetharan et al 2012, photo credit:he Harvard Microrobotics Lab)

(C) Shrewbot: rodent-like, whiskered robot developed by Bristol Robotics Laboratory (Prescott et al 2009, Sullivan et al 2012, photo credit: Ben Mitchinson)

(D) Robotic octopus tentacle: developed at the University of Pisa, Italy (Mazzolai et al 2012, photo credit: Lorenzo Natale)

(E) iCub: a child-like humanoid robot developed at the Italian Institute of Technology (Metta et al 2008, photo credit: Lorenzo Natale)

(F) Robot lobster: developed at North-Eastern University (Ayers et al 2011, photo credit: Daniel Blustein) From “The state of the art in biomimetics”; Nathan F. Lepora, Paul Verschure and Tony J. Prescott

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