LASERZURICH at Future Plan(t)s

In connection with the exhibition Future Plant(s) Life Science Zurich is hosting together with the SAE Sustainable Agroecosystems Group ETH two Laser Talks. Join us for these interesting talks in English with artists and scientists about "The Future of Soil - Plant Interactions" and "Resilience, Nutrition, Food Systems".

Date and Time: Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 18:30 to 22:00

Location: SAE Greenhouse Art Lab, Häldeliweg 19, 8044 Zürich

• What are the soil management practices that can be implemented to face our changing environment? How can it be different between agroecosystems?
• How can we ensure that biodiversity and a living community are sustained or regenerated in soil?
• How can we enhance and improve the relationships between the soil and plants
• How to foster a resilient cropping system?
• What strategies can artists use to raise awareness in the public realm and what does the public need to know about soil and its ecology?

Science Speakers:

• Dr. Tania Galindo Castaneda, Postdoctoral researcher, Group for Sustainable Agroecosystems, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Departement of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
• Dr. Kevin Vega, Postdoctoral researcher, Group für Sustainable Agroecosystems, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich

Art Speakers:

• Dorothea Rust, Research, performative relationships, the body and the soil
• Monica Germann and Daniel Lorenzi, Drawings carbon cycles and carbon sequestration in the soil
• Suresh Kumar,  On making new soil in unique ways

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Date and Time: Tuesday, 5 September 2023, 18:30 to 22:00

Location: SAE Greenhouse Art Lab, Häldeliweg 19, 8044 Zürich

• What is resilience in relation to your research and nutrition?
• How can we feed plants so that they can feed us properly?
• How do we enhance our food systems to face the climate crisis?
• How can we raise awareness through art about ways to transform plant systems and their sustainability?
• What new kinds for communication strategies can we use to educate people about plants and food in the future?

Science Speakers:

• Dr. Charles Nwokoro, Postdoctoral researcher, Group für Sustainable Agroecosystems, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
• Prof. Dr. Johanna Jacobi, Assistant professor, Group for Agroecological Transitions Research, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich

Art Speakers:

• Vreni Spieser, Installation about human migration and plant migration
• Barbara Bietenholz, Circular economies for our plants
• Dr. Sandro Steudler, An artistic / scientific journey to new ecological niches of plants

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For more information about the speakers see here.